The Treasure
10 best books like The Treasure (Uri Shulevitz): The Little House, The Relatives Came, Interrupting Chicken, Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut, The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night, Fly High, Fly Low, Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest, The Boy of the Three-Year Nap, It Could Always Be Worse: A Yiddish Folk Tale, The Story of Jumping Mouse
| Author | Virginia Lee Burton |
| ISBN | 0395181569 |
Virginia Lee Burton won the Caldecott Medal in 1943 for her memorable picture book The Little House, a poignant story of a cute country cottage that becomes engulfed by the city that grows up around it. The house has an expressive face of windows and doors, and even the feelings of a person, so she’s sad...
| Author | Cynthia Rylant |
| ISBN | 0689717385 |
In a rainbow-colored station wagon that smelled like a real car, the relatives came. When they arrived, they hugged and hugged from the kitchen to the front room. All summer they tended the garden and ate up all the strawberries and melons. They plucked banjos and strummed guitars.
When they finally...
| Author | David Ezra Stein |
| ISBN | 0763641685 |
Awarded a 2011 Caldecott Honor!
A favorite joke inspires this charming tale, in which a little chicken’s habit of interrupting bedtime stories is gleefully turned on its head.
It’s time for the little red chicken’s bedtime story —and a reminder from Papa to try not to interrupt....
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut
| Author | Derrick Barnes |
| ISBN | 1572842245 |
The barbershop is where the magic happens. Boys go in as lumps of clay and, with princely robes draped around their shoulders, a dab of cool shaving cream on their foreheads, and a slow, steady cut, they become royalty. That crisp yet subtle line makes boys sharper, more visible, more aware of every great...
| Author | Peter Spier |
| ISBN | 0440408296 |
This is an old Folk song that Peter set to a story. It’s also a Nursery Rhyme. I remember just reading it in that huge volume previously. Peter Spier wrote this in ’61 when they would do every other page in black and white to save money. Peter went back in his later years and colored the rest of the book...
| Author | Don Freeman |
| ISBN | 0142408174 |
Fly High, Fly Low, a Caldecott Honor book, tells the story of two San Francisco birds who hatch some eggs in a very unconventional place--the letter "B" in the sign on top of the Bay Hotel. But what happens when the sign is taken down? Told with Freeman's typical humor and simplicity, the book features breathtaking...
| Author | Gerald McDermott |
| ISBN | 0152024492 |
I read Manybooks review (it's a review worth reading - it's very good!) about this book before I did my review. She really made me think - a lot. I admit to not knowing who Gerald really was or much about the Raven history in stories. I was going to give it 4 stars and after reading Manybooks, I don't think I can...
The Boy of the Three-Year Nap
| Author | Dianne Snyder |
| ISBN | 0395440904 |
I really enjoyed this story. It is an adapted Japanese folktale. A mother is raising a son who loves to sleep. He sleeps all the time. He is a trickster. He comes up with a plan to have a life so that he does not have to work. The whole town knows he is lazy and they call him the boy of the 3 year nap. His mother works...
| Author | Margot Zemach |
| ISBN | 0374436363 |
Once upon a time a poor unfortunate man lived with his mother, his wife, and his six children in a one-room hut.
Because they were so crowded, the children often fought and the man and his wife argued. When the poor man was unable to stand it any longer, he ran to the Rabbi for help.
As he follows...
"You will reach the far-off land if you keep hope alive within you." The words of Magic Frog give courage to the young mouse on his long and perilous journey to reach the wonderful land of legend. He faces many obstacles on his quest and sacrifices much to help others in need. But the mouse's compassion and...
| Author | Jane Yolen |
| ISBN | 0698116445 |
Largely ignored by her own family, Princess Djeow Seow spends her days playing with a kite made from paper and sticks. But when the Emperor is imprisoned in a high tower, only the Princess can save the day, flying her kite high up into the sky to rescue her father.
"A familiar jewel polished to unaccustomed...
| Author | Marla Frazee |
| ISBN | 0152055738 |
Trying something new is never easy. Like walking, for instance. But aren't you sick of sitting on your bottom day in and day out? Hasn't lying around all the time become a little bit boring? This handy guide, both practical and inspirational, is here to help. With useful tips, common pitfalls, and Marla...
| Author | Elisa Bartone |
| ISBN | 0688102689 |
In the tradition of Lois Lowry and Paul Fleischman, Elisa Bartone's Caldecott Honor-winning book gives children a glimpse into American history and the immigrant experience.
This is the story of Peppe, who becomes a lamplighter to help support his immigrant family in turn-of-the-century...
| Author | Robert D. San Souci |
| ISBN | 0027861317 |
Clement and Hippolyte are handsome, sharp-witted, and as close as brothers. When Clement falls in love with enchanting Pauline, he bids Hippolyte to join his quest to court her, and the two friends set out toward danger and adventure.
Pauline is ward of the mysterious Monsieur Zabocat -- a...
