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10 best books like Twelve Kinds of Ice (Ellen Bryan Obed): Building Our House, Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95, Water Sings Blue: Ocean Poems, The Center of Everything, Eighth Grade Is Making Me Sick: Ginny Davis's Year In Stuff, Step Gently Out, Unspoken: A Story from the Underground Railroad, Cold Snap, Kindred Souls, A Black Hole Is Not a Hole

Building Our House
AuthorJonathan Bean
ISBN0374380236
In this unique construction book for kids who love tools and trucks, readers join a girl and her family as they pack up their old house in town and set out to build a new one in the country. Mom and Dad are going to make the new house themselves, from the ground up. From empty lot to finished home, every stage...
Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95
AuthorPhillip Hoose
ISBN0374304688
B95 can feel it: a stirring in his bones and feathers. It’s time. Today is the day he will once again cast himself into the air, spiral upward into the clouds, and bank into the wind.
He wears a black band on his lower right leg and an orange flag on his upper left, bearing the laser inscription B95. Scientists...
Water Sings Blue: Ocean Poems
AuthorKate Coombs
"I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by."

"For whatever we lose (like a you or a me)
it's always ourselves we find in the sea."

Admission: I have a great weakness for sea poetry. Like Melville's Ishmael,...
The Center of Everything
AuthorLinda Urban
ISBN0547763484
Spring 2013 Kids' Indie Next List

For Ruby Pepperdine, the “center of everything” is on the rooftop of Pepperdine Motors in her donut-obsessed town of Bunning, New Hampshire, stargazing from the circle of her grandmother Gigi’s hug.  That’s how everything is supposed to be—until...
Eighth Grade Is Making Me Sick: Ginny Davis's Year In Stuff
AuthorJennifer L. Holm
ISBN0375968512
Part graphic novel, part scrapbook and altogether original—New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Holm's Eighth Grade Is Making Me Sick is just right for fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Dork Diaries and Babymouse!
Ginny has big plans for eighth grade. She's going to try out for cheerleading,...
Step Gently Out
AuthorRick Lieder
ISBN0763656011
Stunning close-up photography and a lyrical text implore children to look more closely at the world around them.

Be still, and watch a single blade of grass.
An ant climbs up to look around.
A honeybee flies past.

What would happen if you walked very, very quietly and looked...
Unspoken: A Story from the Underground Railroad
AuthorHenry Cole
ISBN0545399971
A young girl's courage is tested in this haunting, wordless story. When a farm girl discovers a runaway slave hiding in the barn, she is at once startled and frightened. But the stranger's fearful eyes weigh upon her conscience, and she must make a difficult choice. Will she have the courage to help him?...
Cold Snap
AuthorEileen Spinelli
ISBN0375957006
Warm up with this charming neighborly tale about a small town determined to beat the deep freeze from a beloved picture-book author and a two-time Caldecott Honor illustrator!
 
It’s snowy cold in the town of Toby Mills. The thermometer is sinking toward zero, and the icicle hanging from...
Kindred Souls
AuthorPatricia MacLachlan
ISBN0060522976
Jake’s grandfather, Billy, hears the talk of birds, is eighty-eight years old, and is going to live forever. Even when Billy gets sick, Jake knows that everything will go on as always. But there’s one thing Billy wants: to rebuild the sod house where he grew up. Can Jake give him this one special thing?

From...
A Black Hole Is Not a Hole
AuthorCarolyn Cinami Decristofano
ISBN1570917833
Get ready to S-T-R-E-T-C-H your mind!

What is a black hole? Where do they come from? How were they discovered? Can we visit one? Carolyn Cinami DeCristofano takes readers on a ride through the galaxies (ours, and others), answering these questions and many more about the phenomenon known as...
The Unfortunate Son
AuthorConstance Leeds
ISBN0670013986
Kidnapping, family secrets, and adventure on the high seas--perfect for middle grade fans of historical fiction!

What does it mean to be lucky? Luc doesn't really know. He was born with just one ear, his father constantly berates him, and his younger brother is already bigger and stronger...
Mr. and Mrs. Bunny — Detectives Extraordinaire!
AuthorPolly Horvath
ISBN0375867554

In this hilarious chapter book mystery, meet a girl whose parents have been kidnapped by disreputable foxes, and a pair of detectives that also happen to be bunnies! When Madeline gets home from school one afternoon to discover that her parents have gone missing, she sets off to find them. So begins...
Kepler's Dream
AuthorJuliet Bell
ISBN0399256458
A young girl makes her fractured family whole again with the help of a very special book

When eleven-year-old Ella's mother has to be hospitalized to undergo a dangerous cancer treatment, Ella spends the summer at "Broken Family Camp" with her eccentric grandmother, whom she's never met....
On the Road to Mr. Mineo's
AuthorBarbara O'Connor
ISBN0374356564
Summer days drift by slowly in Meadville, South Carolina--that is, until Sherman the one-legged pigeon flies into town and causes a ruckus. First Stella, who's been begging for a dog, spots him on top of a garage roof and decides she wants him for a pet. Then there's Ethel and Amos, an old couple...
Lulu Walks the Dogs
AuthorJudith Viorst
ISBN1442435798
This is the second collaboration between Judith Viorst and Lane Smith featuring a little girl named Lulu.

Have I mentioned that I love Judith Viorst's books? I've read several of her children's books with our girls and I've read all of her books about the decades of a woman's life. She is such...
Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World
AuthorSy Montgomery
ISBN0547443153
When Temple Grandin was born, her parents knew that she was different. Years later she was diagnosed with autism.
   While Temple’s doctor recommended a hospital, her mother believed in her. Temple went to school instead.
   Today, Dr. Temple Grandin is a scientist and professor...
Piper Green and the Fairy Tree
AuthorEllen Potter
ISBN0553499246
From award-winning author Ellen Potter comes a charming new chapter book series where kids, lobster boats, and a hint of magic are part of everyday life.
 
There are three things you should know about Piper Green:
1. She always says what’s on her mind (even when she probably shouldn’t).
...
Lulu and the Duck in the Park
AuthorHilary McKay
ISBN1407117378
Lulu and the Duck in the Park was quite the adventure. I found the book to be fun-loving, clever, and bright. I loved the educational component associated with the story and the diversity that was depicted through the presented relationships. I loved that Lulu was of ethnic origin. I thought this served...
The Mighty Mars Rovers: The Incredible Adventures of Spirit and Opportunity
AuthorElizabeth Rusch
On June 10, 2003, a little rover named Spirit blasted off on a rocket headed for Mars. On July 7, 2003, a twin rover named Opportunity soared through the solar system with the same mission: to find out if Mars ever had water that could have supported life.A thrilling addition to the acclaimed Scientists...
Sadie and Ratz
AuthorSonya Hartnett
ISBN0763653152
Award-winning Sonya Hartnett spins a tale for younger readers about mischief, siblings, and taking matters into your own hands.

Sadie and Ratz are the names of Hannah's hands. They aren't animals, but they behave like wild beasts, says Dad. For one thing, they're always after four-year-old...
Jimmy the Greatest!
AuthorJairo Buitrago
ISBN1554981786
Listed as one of the Best Children's Books of 2012 by Kirkus, honored with the Horn Book Fanfare, and selected for the School Library Journal's 100 Magnificent Children's Books of 2012



Jimmy lives in a small town by the sea where there is just one tiny gym. The owner of the gym suggests...
Charley's First Night
AuthorAmy Hest
ISBN0763640557
Two of our most beloved picture book creators team up to tell a classic story of a child, his new puppy, and a first night home.

On Charley’s first night, Henry carries his new puppy in his old baby blanket all the way to his house. He shows Charley every room, saying, "This is home, Charley." He...
The Bear in the Book
AuthorKate Banks
ISBN0374305919
It's time for bed, and a little boy chooses his favorite book for his mother to read to him. The bear in the book is preparing for his own deep slumber, hibernating through the winter while humans and other animals explore the snowy landscape around him. Just when the bear wakes up to greet the spring,...
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