There's a House Inside My Mummy
10 best books like There's a House Inside My Mummy (Giles Andreae): You And Me, Little Bear, The Princess and the Packet of Frozen Peas, The Adventures of Abdi, Mrs. Armitage: Queen of the Road, Enigma: A Magical Mystery, Flashing Fire Engines, Museum ABC, "Let's Get a Pup!" Said Kate, Pete the Sheep-Sheep, Hairy Maclary's Showbusiness
| Author | Martin Waddell |
| ISBN | 0744544599 |
A beautifully told story about the close relationship between a father bear and his son.
You could read this book with two views in mind; friendship, sharing and playing or the strong bond children have with a loved one. The story can also be read with the theme of father and son in mind.
I read this...
| Author | Tony Wilson |
| ISBN | 1407111450 |
After tiring of the needs of overly demanding princesses, Prince Henrik devises a test to find a girl who s not so sensitive, using a very thin mattress and an entire packet of frozen peas. His dream girl shows up unexpectedly in the form of his old friend Pippa, who is all too happy to pitch a tent or play a...
| Author | Madonna |
| ISBN | 0670058890 |
"The power of certainty is without limits."
Abdi is a little boy who has been given a very big task. He is to deliver the most precious necklace in the world -- made by Eli, his teacher and a master jeweler -- to the queen. Along the way he is robbed in the desert, thrown in a dungeon, and has a surprising...
| Author | Quentin Blake |
| ISBN | 0224070185 |
I'm very familiar with Quentin Blake's illustrations of Roald Dahl, but I'm embarrased to say I wasn't aware of his other works.
A quick check of his website reveals that he has been involved in more than 300 books - only 27 of which were written by Roald Dahl and a full 35 which were written and illustrated...
Bertie the Badger's Grandpa is a retired conjurer living in a retirement home for magicians and the like. One day Bertie comes to visit and see the magic show only to find that the residents have had their magic things stolen. Bertie's on the case, and goes to speak to each of them. Who stole the special magic...
Flashing Fire Engines (Amazing Machines) by Tony Mitton and Ant Parker
"Big Bold fire engines, waiting day and night, Ready for a rescue or a blazing fire to fight. As soon as there's a fire alarm, the engines start to roar. The firefighters jump aboard...it rumbles out the door." Jump aboard...
| Author | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| ISBN | 0316071706 |
Museum ABC introduces more than one hundred works art--using the alphabet!
This unique alphabet book features four works of art from different cultures and periods for each letter of the alphabet. Simple words matched with intriguing illustrations provide an opportunity for endless exploration....
| Author | Bob Graham |
| ISBN | 0763614521 |
The Barnes & Noble Review
A little girl's dream comes true -- twice -- in this outstanding picture book from gifted author/illustrator Bob Graham. After her cat, Tiger, dies, Kate needs another companion to love, someone to keep her feet warm at night. "Let's get a pup!" she proclaims as she...
Australian sheep shearers always have sheep dogs--smart, well-trained dogs with names like Brute, Tiny, and Fang, who bark commands--"Woof! Arf arff arff! Grrrr!"--to round up the sheep for shearing.
But sheep shearer Shaun doesn't have a sheep dog. Instead, he has a sheep-sheep named...
| Author | Lynley Dodd |
| ISBN | 0140545506 |
Hairy Maclary is a scruffy dog from Donaldson's Dairy. He desperately wants to check out the Riverside Cat Club Annual Show. Using his stealth skills, he manages to sneak into the dazzling world of cats.
Little did Hairy know that his visit would create kitty chaos. Humans scramble to catch...
| Author | Matthew Van Fleet |
| ISBN | 1416978003 |
From the #1 New York Times bestselling children’s book creator Matthew Van Fleet.
Purrrrrfect fun for toddlers!
In Matthew Van Fleet's captivating multiconcept book, watch twenty-two breeds of frolicking felines demonstrate synonyms, action words, opposites, and more....
| Author | Mark Haddon |
| ISBN | 0001981625 |
Leading up to the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing, the excitement of this momentous event is captured through the eyes of a child in this glorious picture book, reformatted with a new cover design. Mark Haddon is the prize-winning, highly-acclaimed author of the best-selling novel 'The...
| Author | Aaron Blabey |
| ISBN | 1590785967 |
A delightfully uplifting tale about self-belief, courage, and—above all—the power of friendship. Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley are the best of friends. But they are different in almost every way: Pearl loves solving mysteries and moves rather fast in the world, and Charlie likes taking leisurely...
| Author | Nick Sharratt |
| ISBN | 0763639214 |
Peek through each foggy vellum page to guess what lies beyond in an innovative novelty book that's a surefire page turner.
"What can this be in the foggy, foggy forest?" That's the question on every spread of this clever book, each depicting the black-and-white silhouette of a fairy-tale figure...
| Author | Judy Hindley |
| ISBN | 0763604402 |
Peekaboo! From a blink and a wink of their eyes, to a wiggle of their shoulders, to a stomp of their feet, a group of lovable toddlers joyfully explores the many ways to use their bodies. Readers are invited to join in the fun of learning all the moves our bodies are able to make--and how, for instance, lips...
| Author | Wilbert Awdry |
| ISBN | 0375834095 |
Since the first Thomas stories written by a father for his son over 60 years ago, Thomas the Tank Engine continues to delight children everywhere. This collection contains 14 of the best-loved titles of the Reverend W Awdry’s classic Railway Series and includes the most famous adventures of Thomas...
| Author | Fiona Watt |
| ISBN | 0794502105 |
Board Book
This book is one of a series of "touchy feely" books by Usborne designed for children ages 2-6. The text is repetitive and therefore predictable to the emerging reader. Children love these books and they allow those new to reading to interact with each page in a verbal, visual and tactile...
| Author | Hazel Edwards |
| ISBN | 0340286970 |
'My daddy says there's a hole in our roof. I know why there's a hole. There's a hippopotamus on our roof eating cake.'
The cake-eating hippo is ageless. This classic story about one of the largest and most famous imaginary friends has been delighting children around the world for almost 40 years....
| Author | John Butler |
| ISBN | 0670059048 |
Whose nose and Toes by Whose John Butler
ISBN0-670-05904-8
Whose nose and Toes by John Butler is a guessing picture book written for N-Nursery ages 2-5. In this book, they show a picture of an animal's nose and toes and the reader is to guess what animal they belong too. By turning the page they...
| Author | Alison Lester |
| ISBN | 0395669537 |
This isn't so much a story as a series of imaginative scenarios: children playing, creating worlds in their collective imaginations, turning bunk beds into tents and fishbowls into the ocean. The corresponding text consists of a beautifully-worded, poetic ode to the scene they've created through...
| Author | Emily Gravett |
| ISBN | 1405052155 |
Read in a Doctor's waiting room, this is a very cute children's picture book about Sunny the Meerkat who gets tired of his extended over-exuberant close knit family in the desert and goes off to visit relatives all over the world looking for a better place to live. He sends back a postcard from each place...
