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10 best books like Things People Do (Anne Civardi): Dr. Seuss's ABC: An Amazing Alphabet Book!, Is a Blue Whale the Biggest Thing There Is?, The Year At Maple Hill Farm, The Story of Doctor Dolittle, Eric Carle's Animals Animals, The Berenstain Bears and the Forgiving Tree, The Milly-Molly-Mandy Storybook, The Berenstain Bears' Big Book of Science and Nature, Children's Book of Virtues, A Child's Book of Art: Great Pictures First Words

Dr. Seuss's ABC: An Amazing Alphabet Book!
AuthorDr. Seuss
ISBN0385375166
I think that this is the most amazing alphabet book ever, word-wise. (Animalia wins for pictures, I think.)

We've been collecting Dr. Seuss books for quite some time, because we tend to like them. I never read this book as a child, and I'm almost glad, because I get to be so astounded now as an adult.

First...
Is a Blue Whale the Biggest Thing There Is?
AuthorRobert E. Wells
ISBN0807536555
This is a book for all ages, to illustrate and explain the relative sizes of large from a blue whale all the way to the whole universe. The opening picture shows an elephant, horse, and lion standing on a pier watching the tale of a blue whale that is larger than all of them combined. Then he
shows the same...
The Year At Maple Hill Farm
AuthorAlice Provensen
ISBN0689845006
This is a book about farm animals, and what happens during one year on a farm.
In January, the cows stay in the barnyard, and the chickens don't lay many eggs. By March, you can tell spring is coming: the barn is filled with baby animals. Month by month, the animals at Maple Hill Farm sense the changing...
The Story of Doctor Dolittle
AuthorHugh Lofting
ISBN0060775971
Doctor John Dolittle loves animals. He loves them so much that his home and office overflow with animals of every description. When Polynesia the parrot teaches him the language of the animals, Doctor Dolittle becomes a world-famous doctor, traveling even as far away as Africa to help his friends....
Eric Carle's Animals Animals
AuthorEric Carle
ISBN0698118553
From leaping, flying fish to dancing butterflies, and camels that "trollop along," Eric Carle's brilliant and colorful collage designs bring to life animal poems from such diverse sources as Shakespeare, Lewis Carroll, Rudyard Kipling, Emily Dickinson, and Jack Prelutsky, as well as Bible verses,...
The Berenstain Bears and the Forgiving Tree
AuthorJan Berenstain
ISBN0310720842
When kids are starting school they are learning their teacher, their fellow students and what their expectations are. It can be new and will be different from home and with that they need to know how to forgive one another. This is a great lesson and should be taught in their homes but it is a crucial part...
The Milly-Molly-Mandy Storybook
AuthorJoyce Lankester Brisley
The stories of Milly-Molly-Mandy and her family and friends have charmed generations of children since they first appeared in 1925. This collection of twenty-one classic tales about this resourceful and thoughtful little girl reflect with accuracy the dilemmas and challenges of a child's world....
The Berenstain Bears' Big Book of Science and Nature
AuthorStan Berenstain
ISBN0679886524
Here are three books bound together to make one awesome Bear Country collection! The Berenstain Bears' Almanac, The Berenstain Bears' Nature Guide, and The Berenstain Bears' Science Fair are filled with fascinating facts that cubs and kids want o know about the world they live in. Chock-full of information...
Children's Book of Virtues
AuthorWilliam J. Bennett
The perfect companion to William J. Bennett's number-one bestseller; The Book of Virtues, The Children's Book of Virtues is the ideal storybook for parents and children to enjoy together:

With selections from The Book of Virtues, from Aesop and Robert Frost to George Washington's life as...
A Child's Book of Art: Great Pictures First Words
AuthorLucy Micklethwait
ISBN1564582035
This is a superb art book for children. The idea here is simple but inspired.

The author has put together a collection of paintings in various categories, with words and concepts within the categories. For each of these a painting or paintings that depicts the featured word is shown.

There...
Uncle Wiggily's Story Book
AuthorHoward R. Garis
ISBN0448400901
Uncle Wiggily is one of the most popular and enduring characters in American literature. A cheerful “bunny rabbit gentleman” with a wonderful knack for setting things right, he has been a reassuring friend to millions of children since early in the century. Uncle Wiggily’s amusing stories...
Disney's The Little Mermaid
AuthorStephanie Calmenson
ISBN0736421289
The Little Mermaid is one of the most famous fairy tales of Danish Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875). I am still to read the whole collection but I got a copy of this book as I try to buy a few children's books every payday for our outreach program for child literacy on May 25, 2013 to be held at the Museo Pambata....
The Lion Storyteller Bedtime Book: World Folk Tales Especially for Reading Aloud
AuthorBob Hartman
ISBN0745946542
A Featured Selection of the Children's Book-of-the-Month!
 
In this new collection of international folk tales, storyteller Bob Hartman blends familiar stories with little-known tales. Each story has been chosen for its integrity and for its ability to encourage and inspire children...
People
AuthorPeter Spier
We still own the battered beaten-up copy of this homage to humanity that our two daughters returned to so often that it needed patching up with a judicious amount of sticky tape. A wholehearted celebration of diversity, it devotes pages to appearance, homes, food, clothes, pastimes, jobs, pets, feasts...
How Do You Lift a Lion?
AuthorRobert E. Wells
ISBN0807534218
Publishers of nonfiction for children please note: a lot more people would read nonfiction if it was. . . better! Take a look at this book, that manages to convey complex ideas about simple machines in a highly imaginative way, but does not talk down to the reader. For sure the dense language and concepts...
What's Smaller Than a Pygmy Shrew?
AuthorRobert E. Wells
ISBN0807588377
My son and I read this book as a part of Sonlight's P4/5 curriculum. This is the third book we've read by Robert E. Wells and I am in love with his books. He has this wonderful way of taking complex science and mathematics concepts and making them accessible to preschoolers and young children. My son has also...
Stories from Around the World
AuthorHeather Amery
ISBN0746042078
My son and I read this book as a part of Sonlight's P4/5 curriculum. It is a wonderful book! A great way to introduce the concept of other cultures to preschool age children. I believe that it is very important to teach our children that there are all kinds of different peoples and beliefs in our world. Stories...
The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Pressure
AuthorStan Berenstain
ISBN0679836713
Sister and Brother Bear have activities every day after school, and Mama and Papa have their own interests, too. There isn't much time left over for homework, household chores, or just plain family fun. As the Bears' lives grow more hectic, pressure builds! Finally, the Bears take a realistic look at...
How to Dig a Hole to the Other Side of the World
AuthorFaith McNulty
ISBN0064432181
‘[An] irresistible account of a child’s imaginary 8,000-mile journey through the earth to discover what’s inside. Facts about the composition of the earth are conveyed painlessly and memorably.’ —SLJ. ‘An exciting adventure. . . . Illustrations [by Caldecott Medal winner Marc Simont]...
What's Under The Sea?
AuthorSophy Tahta
ISBN0746009682
This was a decent and informative book about all kinds of things that go on under the sea.

It covers world ocean geography, types of animals that live under the sea (as well as the food chain), polar seas, coral reefs, oil rigs, divers, a little bit on plate tectonics, and more. In typical Usborne...
Mike Mulligan and More: A Virginia Lee Burton Treasury
AuthorVirginia Lee Burton
Best known for the ever popular Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel and the Caldecott Medal winner The Little House, Virginia Lee Burton wrote and illustrated stories that have been entertaining children, parents, and grandparents for more than sixty years. Many of her books—with themes that honor...
The Gods Must Be Angry
AuthorSheila Miller
5 stars because people found Jesus .
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