The Umbrella
10 best books like The Umbrella (Ingrid Schubert): The Girl of Ink and Stars, The Imaginary, The Rough Patch, Zoom, The Wolf, the Duck, and the Mouse, Duck, Death and the Tulip, Virginia Wolf, The Rabbits, Missing Mommy: A Book About Bereavement, Michael Rosen's Sad Book
The Girl of Ink and Stars
| Author | Kiran Millwood Hargrave |
| ISBN | 1910002747 |
Winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2017, and the British Book Awards' Children's Book of Year 2017
Forbidden to leave her island, Isabella Riosse dreams of the faraway lands her father once mapped.
When her closest friend disappears into the island’s Forgotten Territories,...
| Author | A.F. Harrold |
| ISBN | 1408852462 |
Rudger is Amanda’s best friend. He doesn't exist, but nobody's perfect.
Only Amanda can see her imaginary friend – until the sinister Mr Bunting arrives at Amanda's door. Mr Bunting hunts imaginaries. Rumour says that he eats them. And he's sniffed out Rudger. Soon Rudger is alone, and...
| Author | Brian Lies |
| ISBN | 0062671278 |
Evan and his dog do everything together, from eating ice cream to caring for their award-winning garden, which grows big and beautiful. One day the unthinkable happens: Evan’s dog dies. Heartbroken, Evan destroys the garden and everything in it. The ground becomes overgrown with prickles and thorns,...
| Author | Istvan Banyai |
| ISBN | 0140557741 |
As seen on the SERIAL podcast, season 2, episode 1 ("Dustwun")!
Open this wordless book and zoom from a farm to a ship to a city street to a desert island. But if you think you know where you are, guess again. For nothing is ever as it seems in Istvan Banyai's sleek, mysterious landscapes of pictures...
After reading a delightful and positive review here I couldn't resist picking up this book. I love children's stories with animals and nature and am a huge fan of wolves and stories featuring mice. The duck was not so important but hey, the duck turned out to be the key player in this story so...
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| Author | Wolf Erlbruch |
| ISBN | 1877579025 |
This is not your usual picture book about death. The story is simple. Death, wearing a fashionably long plaid coat and bearing a black tulip, comes to stay with Duck. Understandably nervous, Duck asks, "Are you going to make something happen?" But no. "Life takes care of that," Death tells her. The two...
| Author | Kyo Maclear |
| ISBN | 1554536499 |
Vanessa's sister, Virginia, is in a "wolfish" mood --- growling, howling and acting very strange. It's a funk so fierce, the whole household feels topsy-turvy. Vanessa tries everything she can think of to cheer her up, but nothing seems to work. Then Virginia tells Vanessa about an imaginary, perfect...
| Author | John Marsden |
| ISBN | 0968876889 |
The Rabbits by John Marsden and Shaun Tan is a book about environmental issues created by man.
After reading The Arrival we quickly became hooked on Shaun Tan's draftmanship. It's amazing how a book with very few words and mainly illustrations can send such a powerful message that will leave...
Missing Mommy: A Book About Bereavement
| Author | Rebecca Cobb |
| ISBN | 0805095071 |
Some time ago, we said good-bye to Mommy. I am not sure where she has gone.
Honest and straightforward, this touching story explores the many emotions a bereaved child may experience, from anger and guilt to sadness and bewilderment. Ultimately, Missing Mommy focuses on the positive—the...
| Author | Michael Rosen |
| ISBN | 0763625973 |
With unmitigated honesty, a touch of humor, and sensitive illustrations by Quentin Blake, Michael Rosen explores the experience of sadness in a way that resonates with us all.
Sometimes I'm sad and I don’t know why.
It's just a cloud that comes along and covers me up.
Sad things...
| Author | Marianne Dubuc |
| ISBN | 1771385723 |
Mr. Postmouse has loaded up his wagon and is ready to deliver the mail. From the lofty heights of the Birds' tree houses to the inky depths of Mrs. Octopus's ship, the intrepid letter carrier lets nothing stand in the way of his deliveries. Each spread features whimsically detailed interiors of creatures'...
| Author | Isabel Minhós Martins |
I read this book with a friend during an English Seminar this week. The book was one of a selection on our table, however the colourful, imaginative front cover drew us to it. When we opened the book, we were surprised to find that it was in fact a wordless picture book.
Without giving too much away,...
| Author | Oliver Jeffers |
| ISBN | 0399254528 |
A picture book about grief. A little girl likes to read with her grandfather as he sits in his rocking chair, and then one day she faces an empty chair. Yes, it's that subtle, the chair is just empty, no explanation, really. Her grandpa is gone, and since she feels like she can't risk too much strain on her...
| Author | Rachel Bright |
| ISBN | 1408331594 |
This is such a great read! An inspiring book which could most certainly inspire so many children to face their fears and 'find their roar'. A little mouse is tired of being looked down upon and not being seen as tough enough, so wants to learn how to ROAR to be as big and scary as the lion. He seeks the help of...
| Author | Joanne Schwartz |
| ISBN | 1554988713 |
A young boy wakes up to the sound of the sea, visits his grandfather’s grave after lunch and comes home to a simple family dinner with his family, but all the while his mind strays to his father digging for coal deep down under the sea. Stunning illustrations by Sydney Smith, the award-winning illustrator...
| Author | Marianne Dubuc |
| ISBN | 1592701515 |
One autumn day, a lion finds a wounded bird in his garden. With the departure of the bird's flock, the lion decides that it's up to him to care for the bird. He does and the two become fast friends. Nevertheless, the bird departs with his flock the following spring. What will become of Lion and what will become...
The Hueys in the New Sweater
| Author | Oliver Jeffers |
| ISBN | 0399257675 |
A brand-new series and cast of characters from the mind of Oliver Jeffers
The Hueys are small and mischievous, unique compared to the world's other creatures--but hardly unique to one another. You see, each Huey looks the same, thinks the same, and does the same exact things. So you can imagine...
