There's a Bear on My Chair
10 best books like There's a Bear on My Chair (Ross Collins): My Father's Arms Are a Boat, Black Dog, The Pencil, How to Hide a Lion, Tanka Tanka Skunk!, Ruby’s Worry, Silly Billy, Disappearing Acts: A Search-and-Find Book of Endangered Animals, Accidental Trouble Magnet, Colin and Lee, Carrot and Pea
My Father's Arms Are a Boat
| Author | Stein Erik Lunde |
| ISBN | 1592701248 |
It's quieter than it's ever been. Unable to sleep, a young boy climbs into his father's arms. Feeling the warmth and closeness of his father, he begins to ask questions about the birds, the foxes, and whether his mom will ever wake up. They go outside under the starry sky. Loss and love are as present as the...
| Author | Levi Pinfold |
| ISBN | 0763660973 |
What shone here for me were the unique and lush illustrations, both the large and colorful ones and the miniature gray tone ones. I love their intricacies and their style. Just lovely and fun to view. The pictures make the book, and they’re worth the read.
The story and its message about fear...
| Author | Allan Ahlberg |
| ISBN | 0763638943 |
The creators of THE RUNAWAY DINNER and PREVIOUSLY team up to imagine the comical world that comes to life when a lonely pencil starts to draw.
"One day that little pencil made a move, shivered slightly, quivered somewhat . . . and began to draw."
Welcome back Banjo, the boy from THE RUNAWAY...
| Author | Helen Stephens |
| ISBN | 1407120662 |
How does a very small girl hide a very large lion? It's not easy, but Iris has to do her best, because moms and dads can be funny about having a lion in the house. Luckily, there are lots of good places to hide a lion—behind the shower curtain, in your bed, and even up a tree. But can Iris hide her lion forever?
With...
| Author | Steve Webb |
| ISBN | 0439578442 |
Rhyming has never been so much fun as in Steve Webb's bold, new picture book, which encourages children to read aloud, following the easy and catchy rhythm of the text.
"Skunka Tanka
Skunka Tanka
Tanka Tanka Skunk!
They've got the beat, and so do their friends."
"Meet...
| Author | Tom Percival |
| ISBN | 1408892154 |
Ruby Finds a Worry is an excellent children's book that deals with anxiety. Ruby is a young child who develops a very small worry that slowly gets larger over time. It becomes so huge that it begins to overcrowd her happiness. At a park one day, she finds another child with a problem and feels compelled to...
| Author | Anthony Browne |
| ISBN | 0763631248 |
A funny, sympathetic antidote to worry from a Hans Christian Andersen Medalist
Billy worries about everything, from shoes that might march out the window to giant birds that might carry him away. One night on a visit to Grandma's, Billy is so anxious that he can't sleep. But Grandma has just...
Disappearing Acts: A Search-and-Find Book of Endangered Animals
| Author | Isabella Bunnell |
| ISBN | 1908714301 |
Disappearing Acts is a beautifully illustrated search-and-find book. Each page features a densely detailed landscape: rainforest, savannah, coral reef, and more. Within these landscapes are hiding threatened species such as the Adelie penguin, elephant, panda, and snow leopard, and children...
Accidental Trouble Magnet
*Previously published as 'THE MUSLIMS', this was the winner of the Little Rebels Award in June 2018. The text has been revised, expanded and re-illustrated.*
Welcome, readers, to the imaginative brain of Omar! You might not know me yet, but once you open the pages of this book you'll laugh so...
Colin and Lee, Carrot and Pea
| Author | Morag Hood |
| ISBN | 1509808949 |
Lee is a pea. All of his friends are peas; except Colin. Colin isn't a pea.
And so begins the deliciously funny story of two very different friends: a small green pea and a tall orange carrot stick. Colin the carrot can't do everything the peas can, but he has some special carrot-y qualities that...
