Where's the Dragon?
10 best books like Where's the Dragon? (Jason Hook): The Monster Who Ate My Peas, Classic Fairy Tales, Ugly Pie, The Turn-Around, Upside-Down Alphabet Book, The Yuckiest, Stinkiest, Best Valentine Ever, Apple Trouble!, You Wouldn't Want to Be Sick in the 16th Century!: Diseases You'd Rather Not Catch, You Wouldn't Want to Be a Slave in Ancient Greece!: A Life You'd Rather Not Have, You Wouldn't Want to Be a Viking Explorer!: Voyages You'd Rather Not Make, A Moose That Says Moo
| Author | Danny Schnitzlein |
| ISBN | 1561452165 |
What do you dread eating the most? For the hero of this story, it's peas, and he thinks he's discovered a solution.
"I closed my eyes tightly and sent out a wish
That the peas would somehow disappear from my dish.
And something quite strange and mysterious occurred, As if somehow... somebody......
This exquisitely illustrated, large format gift book features ten of the most enduring fairy tales of all time. The stories, chosen and edited by the artist, are a balance of 'princess' classics and frolicking adventure tales.
Artist Scott Gustafson spent more than four years creating the...
| Author | Lisa Wheeler |
| ISBN | 0152167544 |
Ol’ Bear wakes one morning with a hankering for Ugly Pie, so he goes on a search from neighbor to neighbor. All he finds are pies that please the eye and . . . ingredients? Wait a second. Maybe it’s time for Ol’ Bear to start cookin’ up something ugly himself! Ol’ Bear shares that Ugly Pie with his...
| Author | Lisa Campbell Ernst |
| ISBN | 0689856857 |
The Turn-Around, Upside-Down Alphabet Book is written by Lisa Campbell Ernst. This book helps to teach letters to young students or even ELL students. Each page contains a letter in the alphabet, first starting with A and ending at the end of the book with Z. As you look at each letter, there are 4 sentences...
| Author | Brenda A. Ferber |
| ISBN | 0803735057 |
Even boys will fall in love with this valentine!
Leon has a crush. A let-her-cut-in-line-at-the-water-fountain kind of crush. And he's got the perfect valentine. But this valentine has no intention of getting caught up in any romantic conspiracy. "Love is yucky, kid! Valentine's Day is...
| Author | Ragnhild Scamell |
| ISBN | 0545049350 |
Hedgehog has finished building a cozy nest for winter. Unfortunately, a ripe apple falls from the tree above and gets stuck in her spines, making it impossible for her to fit in her new digs. She has several friends to whom she can go for advice, but their instructions simply make her situation worse. She...
| Author | Kathryn Senior |
| ISBN | 0531163660 |
As an apprentice barber surgeon of the 1500s you are embarking on a career in which you will have to treat the gruesome diseases of people who are ill. From plague victims to wounded soldiers, you treat them all, with the help of leeches for blood-letting and false noses and ears. You even attend King Henry...
| Author | Fiona MacDonald |
| ISBN | 0531162036 |
Think again! This delightful series brings something unusual to the study of history: humor. You Wouldn't Want to... revels in the darker side of life in ancient times. The reader is on center stage as he or she gets a tour through life as a slave, warrior, explorer -- even a mummy! Hilarious illustrations,...
| Author | Andrew Langley |
| ISBN | 0531162052 |
Think again! This delightful series brings something unusual to the study of history: humor. You Wouldn't Want to... revels in the darker side of life in ancient times.
The reader is on center stage as he or she gets a tour through life as a slave, warrior, explorer -- even a mummy! Hilarious illustrations,...
| Author | Jennifer Hamburg |
| ISBN | 0374350582 |
From jump-roping skunks to book-reading sharks, the animals in this girl's make-believe zoo will do whatever she wants. Messing with nature is fun at first, until we see how hilariously wrong things go. Oinking otters! Picketing ground hogs! Stage-crashing pigs! What could be next? With deadpan...
Halloween is here, and Curious George is getting ready for the big night. There are so many costumes to try on, treats to share, and games to play! George has so much Halloween fun picking out the perfect pumpkin, decorating his house, and celebrating with his friends that he’s not sure he’s ready...
| Author | Stella Blackstone |
| ISBN | 1841482870 |
Early Lit Tips:
Children need to know three things about letters: the names, the shape, and the sounds they make. Naming letters on signs, pointing out letter shapes in sidewalk cracks or buildings, and voicing letter sounds while interacting are all ways to make these connections.
Early...
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 | Jennifer Ward |
| ISBN | 0761455507 |
Spectacular illustrations rendered in oil paint, and a rhyming text that describes a tree’s activities from its roots to its branches, introduce young readers to the amazing activities that go on in a tree. Acorns nibbled by chipmunks, ants scurrying across a trunk, a spider spinning a web, leaves...
| Author | Anna Fienberg |
| ISBN | 1741149665 |
Second book in the Tashi series, we liked it even more than the first. Tashi first tricks and befriends a couple of giants (my girls especially loved this one) and then he goes on to befriend/trick/save a gang of bandits who want to keep him as a son.
Funny, and action packed. The words are easy to...
| Author | Syd Hoff |
| ISBN | 0064442721 |
Personal Response:
My sister, Sydney, who is nine years old thought the book Oliver was a very good book. She thought that it was a good book for kids to chase their dreams, and never stop trying. I thought the book was super good. Syd Hoff, the author, taught kids to follow their dreams and never give...
| Author | Betsy Byars |
| ISBN | 0440407613 |
The Blossom family has an especially eventful weekend during which Junior Blossom loses the school hamster and Pap's dog Mud is put on trial for the hamster's murder!"Byars captures the conflict and tension of courtroom drama, the ups and downs of personal relationships, and the rewards of lasting...
| Author | Iza Trapani |
| ISBN | 1879085992 |
Join our rambunctious teapot as he gets all steamed up just waiting to share his imaginative adventures with you. Grab your coat as you sail down the river on a boat to China, run off to Mexico to fight a bull, race with the hounds on a fox hunt, and hide deep in the jungle where no one will find you.
I'M...
| Author | Philemon Sturges |
| ISBN | 0060526661 |
I Love Trucks! is a book featuring a young boy who tells the readers about the various types of trucks he likes and what they do. This book is a great introductory book to many different types of trucks for children who are interested in transportation. Science is exhibited throughout the book in the form...
| Author | Emma Dodd |
| ISBN | 0823422801 |
A standalone picture book for the budding scientist in your young child.
My Take
It’s perfect for the child who is into bugs or wants to be “scientific”. And it’s not so much a story, as a series of fun, bouncy rhymes as a young boy tells us all about the bugs he loves — including his...
| Author | Jez Alborough |
| ISBN | 1933605898 |
Review: I love it. A flying duck, it seriously can't get any better than that in my mind! A definite recommended book here. This is the first book I put on my shelf to read because it looked fun, interesting, and catchy to any audience. Who wouldn't get a kick out of a flying duck?!
Summary: Duck and...
| Author | Katie Van Camp |
| ISBN | 0061755982 |
When a boy named Harry sneaks out of bed one night with his best friend, Horsie, to play with his Super Duper Bubble Blooper—an out-of-this-world adventure begins! Illustrated with retro-comic art, this is a charming story about the power of friendship and imagination. .
Quiet! There's a Canary in the Library
| Author | Don Freeman |
| ISBN | 0670062308 |
This caught my eye when I was in the library today so I grabbed it and read it. It is cute. A girl who loves the library goes in one Saturday morning and starts daydreaming an adventure in the library. It is cute and while dated in terms of clothing, isn't much dated otherwise....other than the bun on the female...
| Author | Laura Joffe Numeroff |
| ISBN | 0689878281 |
It’s about imagination. It talks about all these things that animals can’t do, like dogs don’t wear sneakers and dresses look silly on Siamese cats. Then the book asks the reader to close their eyes and draw with their mind, because in their dreams they might find ducks riding bikes or snails saving...
My Monster Mama Loves Me So
| Author | Laura Leuck |
| ISBN | 0060088605 |
"She tucks me tightly into bed, then asks me if my spider's fed and hangs my favorite bat above me. That's how I know my mama loves me!"
This book is the perfect example that not all monsters are scary! It follows a monster mama and her baby as they do things throughout the day. Incredibly cute...
