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10 best books like The Van Gogh Cafe (Cynthia Rylant): The Ink Drinker, My Mixed-Up Berry Blue Summer, Allergic to Dead Bodies, Funerals, and Other Fatal Circumstances, Dumpling Soup, The Famous Stanley Kidnapping Case, The Trolls, Sable, Mice and Beans, Ling & Ting: Twice as Silly, Amber Brown Is Tickled Pink

The Ink Drinker
AuthorEric Sanvoisin
ISBN0440414857
WHAT IF YOUR Dad loved books, owned a bookstore, and even called his cherished volumes “my little bookies”? You would probably despise books—just like the young protagonist in this deliciously bizarre story.

One summer vacation, while Odilon is working in the store and hoping shoplifters...
My Mixed-Up Berry Blue Summer
AuthorJennifer Gennari
ISBN0547577397
Twelve-year-old June Farrell is sure of one thing—she’s great at making pies—and she plans to prove it by winning a blue ribbon in the Champlain Valley Fair pie competition. But a backlash against Vermont’s civil union law threatens her family’s security and their business. Even when faced...
Allergic to Dead Bodies, Funerals, and Other Fatal Circumstances
AuthorLenore Look
ISBN0375868313
Let's face it, when it comes to death, everything is scary. Especially if your name is Alvin Ho and you maybe, sort of, agreed to go to a funeral for your Gunggung's best friend (who was your friend too).

Alvin's all freaked out and here's why:

1. He starts seeing bad omens...everywhere.

2....
Dumpling Soup
AuthorJama Kim Rattigan
ISBN0316730475
This story was about a seven year old Asian-American girl whose name is Marisa and she is from Hawaii and all her New Year family traditions. Every year on New Year, Marisa’s family comes together from all over Hawaii to eat dumpling soup and on New Year’s Eve, all the women in the family get together...
The Famous Stanley Kidnapping Case
AuthorZilpha Keatley Snyder
ISBN0440424852
Legit props to Snyder for giving the book this title. You know these kids are going to be kidnaped and the fact that the first half of the book is just a travelogue about the family moving to Italy really ramps up the tension. Every time they go on a picnic, or their parents leave for work, you think . . . this...
The Trolls
AuthorPolly Horvath
ISBN0374479917
Aunt Sally is beyond any of Melissa, Amanda, and Pee Wee's expectations. She has come all the way from Vancouver Island, Canada, to take care of the children while their parents are away, and right from the start Aunt Sally enchants them with tales of her childhood with their father. Odd characters figure...
Sable
AuthorKaren Hesse
ISBN0805057722
“Sable” is the story of a girl and a dog. I like stories that involve animals and this is no exception.

The story takes place somewhere in the country. It is at Tate’s (the main character) home (possibly a ranch or a farm) (Tate is the main character in the story) where a scrawny dog appears....
Mice and Beans
AuthorPam Muñoz Ryan
ISBN0439701368
Category: Family

Recipe for a Festive Story Time: Mix 1 birthday party, 1 delicious Mexican meal, and lots of children, grandchildren, aunts, uncles, cousins, and surprise guests into a fun romp. Add comic illustrations, jaunty rhythms, and playful refrains. Spice with mystery, and stir...
Ling & Ting: Twice as Silly
AuthorGrace Lin
ISBN0316184020
Ling & Ting are twins. They like to be silly. They like to tell jokes. Most of all, they like to laugh together. Laugh with Ling & Ting!

The beloved twins from the Geisel Honor book Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same! and Ling & Ting Share a Birthday are back to share their favorite...
Amber Brown Is Tickled Pink
AuthorBruce Coville
ISBN0399256563
Beloved Amber Brown returns in a new book!

Amber can't wait to be Best Child when her mom and Max get married, but planning a wedding comes with lots of headaches. Amber can't find the right dress, her dad keeps making mean cracks about Max, and Mom and Max have very different ideas about how much...
Summer Reading is Killing Me!
AuthorJon Scieszka
ISBN0142401153
Summer readings, indeed they are killer. When three boys, Joe, Sam, and Fred, get transported into a world of their summer reading list, they find themselves trapped where the villains of the books are trying to take over the good guys. With a crazed teddy bear directing the madness, the boys must figure...
Cinderella Smith
AuthorStephanie Barden
ISBN0061964239
Cinderella Smith has aproblem with a capital P.She loses shoes almost asquickly as she puts themon her feet. But now she’s lost themost important shoe of all: her shiny,ruby red tap shoe. Without it shewon’t have a chance of being chosenPumpkin Blossom Fairy for the falldance recital—and that...
The Birthday Room
AuthorKevin Henkes
ISBN0064438287
"Two of the things Benjamin Hunter received for his twelfth birthday took him completely by surprise: A room and a letter. The room was from his parents. The letter was from his uncle."

Ben was just two years old when he and his uncle, Ian, were last together, so Ben didn't remember him. And no one...
Chasing Orion
AuthorKathryn Lasky
ISBN0763639826
When a beautiful teen with polio enters their lives, a girl and her older brother find themselves drawn into a web of lies in this compelling novel by a best-selling author.

Eleven-year-old Georgie loves science-fiction movies, but she won’t be going to the theater anytime soon. It’s...
Oh Rats! The Story of Rats and People
AuthorAlbert Marrin
ISBN0525477624
Able to claw straight up a brick wall, squeeze through a pipe the width of a quarter, and gnaw through iron and concrete, rats are also revealed in this fascinating book to be incredibly intelligent and capable of great compassion. Weaving science, history, culture, and folklore, awardwinning writer...
The People Shall Continue
AuthorSimon J. Ortiz
ISBN0892390417
I read the 40th Anniversary edition which includes what I believe to be an added note from the author, Simon J. Ortiz He gives us a summary of the history of the People (or what many think of as Native Americans). This book is the perfect mentor text to introduce young students to the struggles of the People...
The Raft
AuthorJim LaMarche
ISBN0064438562
Inspired by various experiences from his childhood, Jim LaMarche, beloved illustrator of A Story for Bear and The Elves and the Shoemaker, brings this touching story about one boy's unexpected summer as a river rat to life with his bold, picturesque paintings.

Nicky isn't one bit happy about...
Old Turtle
AuthorDouglas Wood
ISBN0439309085
Experience the wisdom of Old Turtle, the bestselling fable that explores society, the environment, and the spirituality they share.
Who is God?
Is He a wind that is never still?
Is He a rock that never moves?
Is He high above or here among us?

Venerable Old Turtle answers quietly:...
Leaf Man
AuthorLois Ehlert
ISBN0152053042
Fall has come, the wind is gusting, and Leaf Man is on the move. Is he drifting east, over the marsh and ducks and geese? Or is he heading west, above the orchards, prairie meadows, and spotted cows? No one's quite sure, but this much is certain: A Leaf Man's got to go where the wind blows.

With illustrations...
The Pooh Story Book
AuthorA.A. Milne
I love this book probably because I loved Pooh Bear so much as a kid. This book has 3 separate stories; one about a snowy day, one about a rainy day, and one about a game they played. I love how much personality each of the characters has even if they're not the main character of that specific story. I really...
Dodsworth in Paris
AuthorTim Egan
ISBN0618980628
Dodsworth and his (crazy) friend the duck have just arrived in Paris. It is their first time in the City of Lights, and they are ready for some adventures magnifique! Right away they see mimes, painters, and people wearing berets. They climb the Eiffel Tower, and the duck even finds some bent-over guy...
Fig Pudding
AuthorRalph Fletcher
Destiny Burke

“STOP FIGHTING.” Fig pudding is a garbage book. Fig pudding teaches you about family dynamics and the family in the book seems very realistic. Two realistic things are one of the brothers died from a really bad bike wreck. The Grandma and Uncle move in to help out. I think Allyn...
Polkabats and Octopus Slacks: 14 Stories
AuthorCalef Brown
ISBN0618111298
Georgie Spider catches flies but never eats the little guys. Instead he cooks them up in pies. He doesn't use the legs or eyes or any artificial dyes . . . Not far from a greenish town, the Bathtub Driver is selling cut-rate imported shampoo. Georgie Spider serves up award-winning pies, while overhead...
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