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10 best books like Thomas the Tank Engine Story Collection (Wilbert Awdry): You And Me, Little Bear, Fire-Hunter, Miffy, The Adventures of Abdi, Mrs. Armitage: Queen of the Road, Museum ABC, There's a House Inside My Mummy, "Let's Get a Pup!" Said Kate, Pete the Sheep-Sheep, Hairy Maclary's Showbusiness

You And Me, Little Bear
AuthorMartin Waddell
ISBN0744544599
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...
Fire-Hunter
AuthorJim Kjelgaard
ISBN1568491123
So, I read this book in either fifth or sixth grade and despite the fact that I can’t remember exactly when I read it, the story and enjoyment of it has stuck with me for all these years. I don’t know why it popped into my head a few weeks ago and I don’t know why this time around I decided I wanted to find...
Miffy
AuthorDick Bruna
ISBN1592260004
This is an extremely strange book. Maybe my Dutch is even worse than I imagine, but the story appears to be roughly the following. I translate into a more familiar idiom:

The Gospel According to Dick Bruna

1. And it came to pass in those days that there were two rabbits, and they did live...
The Adventures of Abdi
AuthorMadonna
ISBN0670058890
"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...
Mrs. Armitage: Queen of the Road
AuthorQuentin Blake
ISBN0224070185
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...
Museum ABC
AuthorMetropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN0316071706
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....
There's a House Inside My Mummy
AuthorGiles Andreae
ISBN1841210684
This book helps explain pregnancy to children. It is about a little boy, whose mother is pregnant. The little boy believes that there is a house inside his mother where his brother or sister lives. It explains that the baby is in sort of a giant bathtub inside his mother’s tummy and that the baby needs...
"Let's Get a Pup!" Said Kate
AuthorBob Graham
ISBN0763614521
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...
Pete the Sheep-Sheep
AuthorJackie French
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...
Hairy Maclary's Showbusiness
AuthorLynley Dodd
ISBN0140545506
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...
The Sea Of Tranquility
AuthorMark Haddon
ISBN0001981625
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...
Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley
AuthorAaron Blabey
ISBN1590785967
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...
Eyes, Nose, Fingers, and Toes
AuthorJudy Hindley
ISBN0763604402
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...
Children Just Like Me
AuthorBarnabas Kindersley
ISBN0789402017
Tadesse from Ethiopia, Suchart from Thailand, Celina from Brazil. . . each of these children has hopes and fears, dreams and beliefs. Their cultures are different, yet in many ways their daily lives are very similar, as are their hopes for the future and their ways of looking at the world.

Over...
Sees Behind Trees
AuthorMichael Dorris
ISBN0078681357
Visually impaired Walnut cannot earn his adult name the same way other boys do, by hitting a target with a bow and arrow. With his highly developed other senses, however, he earns a new name: Sees Behind Trees. "Dorris takes on some meaty existential issues here; he does so with grace, bighearted empathy,...
My Grandma Lived in Gooligulch
AuthorGraeme Base
ISBN0810915472
Author/Illustrator: Graeme Base
First Published: 1983

Graeme Base is one of those seriously lucky (and talented!) authors - the first publisher he sent his first book to accepted it. "My Grandma Lived in Gooligulch" has subsequently been produced as a play. He has gone on to make a huge...
I'll Teach My Dog 100 Words
AuthorMichael Frith
ISBN0394826922
A lesson in vocabulary
18 November 2013

This story, structured in beautiful meter and excellent rhyme, is about how we set ourselves huge goals, and imagine huge success, only to put it off because we prefer to sit under a tree and pass our days catching the rays from the sun. The protagonist...
The Frozen Water Trade: A True Story
AuthorGavin Weightman
ISBN0786886404
Now in paperback, the fascinating story of America's vast natural ice trade which revolutionized the 19th century

On February 13, 1806, the brig Favorite left Boston harbor bound for the Caribbean island of Martinique with a cargo that few imagined would survive the month-long voyage. Packed...
Dora Saves the Snow Princess (Dora the Explorer)
AuthorDave Aikins
ISBN1416958665
Absolutely and entirely ghastly. No narrative flow. Very much structured like a TV episode. 'I'm here! Now I'm somewhere else! Now I'm over there!'

Unfortunately, both my children really liked it. (*) To quote DD(3), "Dora has a dress!" Who am I to argue?

1 star from me, 5 from them


(*)...
McDuff Moves In
AuthorRosemary Wells
ISBN0786803185
This is a bit of an oldie, although I never read it when it was first published (as I was already an adult and hadn't yet realized how much fun it can be to read children's picture books). The story, set in the 1930s, is about a little white dog who finds himself lost and alone after "escaping" from the dogcatcher....
The Eye Book
AuthorTheo LeSieg
ISBN0007120249
All about eyes
17 November 2012

Hey, this book is so simple that I can translate most of it into German without going to a dictionary.

Das Auge Buch
Auge, Augen.
Meine Augen, Meine Augen.
Seine Augen, Seine Augen.
Zwinke Auge, Zwinke Auge.
Rosa Auge, rosa...
Scooby-Doo! and the Snow Monster
AuthorJames Gelsey
ISBN0590819143
Mommy's review from 7/4/11 -


This was just as good as the other Scooby-Doo Mysteries we've read but I'd have to say this was the most predictable.
Julia follows really well for being not-6-years-old yet, she constantly amazes me with her observation skills. Still, with some Scooby-Doo...
Dora Goes to School
AuthorLeslie Valdes
ISBN0689864949
Perhaps I would have given this a better rating if I didn't find Dora completely annoying. And the copy of this that I have is a TAG reader so her voice came with it. Mercifully Leap Frog put comparatively few games in it, so it moved a little bit more quickly than it could have.

The only reason I'm...
C is for Clown
AuthorStan Berenstain
ISBN0394924924
K-2

The Berenstains do a great job teaching children about the letter "C". The books is full of all words beginning with "C". They continually use the same vocabulary over and over, "Can Clarence Clown catch cats carrying canes?" The text is larger than normal and stands out boldy in black at...
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