Two Dogs in a Trench Coat Go to School
9 best books like Two Dogs in a Trench Coat Go to School (Julie Falatko): The Cardboard Kingdom, Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williams, The Adventures of a Girl Called Bicycle, Harbor Me, Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut, Me, Frida, and the Secret of the Peacock Ring, Captain Superlative, The Boo-Boos That Changed the World: A True Story about an Accidental Invention (Really!), Saving Winslow
Author | Chad Sell |
ISBN | 1524719374 |
Welcome to a neighborhood of kids who transform ordinary boxes into colorful costumes, and their ordinary block into cardboard kingdom. This is the summer when sixteen kids encounter knights and rogues, robots and monsters--and their own inner demons--on one last quest before school starts again.
In...
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“This lovingly crafted picture book biography centers on the incredible bond between Venus and Serena Williams…An important selection for biography and sports collections.” —School Library Journal (starred review)
“Will appeal to children and...
The Adventures of a Girl Called Bicycle
A determined 12-year-old girl bikes across the country.
Introverted Bicycle has lived most of her life at the Mostly Silent Monastery in Washington, D.C. When her guardian, Sister Wanda, announces that Bicycle is going to attend a camp where she will learn to make friends, Bicycle says no...
Author | Jacqueline Woodson |
ISBN | 0399252525 |
Jacqueline Woodson's first middle-grade novel since National Book Award winner Brown Girl Dreaming celebrates the healing that can occur when a group of students share their stories.
It all starts when six kids have to meet for a weekly chat—by themselves, with no adults to listen in. There,...
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut
Author | Derrick Barnes |
ISBN | 1572842245 |
The barbershop is where the magic happens. Boys go in as lumps of clay and, with princely robes draped around their shoulders, a dab of cool shaving cream on their foreheads, and a slow, steady cut, they become royalty. That crisp yet subtle line makes boys sharper, more visible, more aware of every great...
Me, Frida, and the Secret of the Peacock Ring
A room locked for fifty years.
A valuable peacock ring.
A mysterious brother-sister duo.
Paloma Marquez is traveling to Mexico City, birthplace of her deceased father, for the very first time. She's hoping that spending time in Mexico will help her unlock memories of the...
"Have no fear, citizens! Captain Superlative is here to make all troubles disappear!"
Red mask, blue wig, silver swimsuit, rubber gloves, torn tights, high top sneakers and . . . a cape? Who would run through the halls of Deerwood Park Middle School dressed like this? And why?
Janey-quick...
Author | Barry Wittenstein |
ISBN | 1632895579 |
A young couple meet and marry. Josephine is prone to accidents and getting cuts. Her husband, Earle, has a father that is a doctor and Earle works in medical supplies. You know what happens next: Earle creates the Band-Aid.
This is the evolution of what we now know as our go to bandage. They even...
Author | Sharon Creech |
ISBN | 0062570730 |
Perfect for fans of Charlotte’s Web and The One and Only Ivan, Saving Winslow is an uplifting modern classic in the making about a young boy who befriends an ailing newborn donkey and nurses him back to health, from New York Times bestseller and Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech.
Louie doesn't...