While Mama Had a Quick Little Chat

10 best books like While Mama Had a Quick Little Chat (Amy Reichert): The Pink Refrigerator, A Dignity of Dragons, Moonpowder, The Little Bit Scary People, The Yuckiest, Stinkiest, Best Valentine Ever, Seven Hungry Babies, Some Dogs Do, Limelight Larry, Keats's Neighborhood: An Ezra Jack Keats Treasury, Once Upon an Ordinary School Day

AuthorTim Egan
ISBN0618631542
“Try to do as little as possible.” This was Dodsworth’s motto. One morning, on his daily trip to the junkyard, he discovers a pink refrigerator.

There’s not much to say about a pink refrigerator, except this one had a note on it. The note said, “Paint pictures.” And so Dodsworth...
AuthorJacqueline K. Ogburn
ISBN0618862544
To catch a glimpse of one unicorn is lucky;
to see a grace of unicorns is to witness a marvel.
In this book, you will also find . . .

a riddle of sphinx,
a splash of mermaids,
a dignity of dragons,
and more.

With inventive groupings, luminous artwork, and a fact-filled...
AuthorJohn Rocco
ISBN1423100115

Young Eli Trebuckle is the "fixer of all things fixable." He fixes the vacuum cleaner, the fan, and even the radio, hoping to catch some news of his father who is away at war. But there's one thing that Eli simply can't fix-his bad dreams. It's the same one over and over again: a mountain of junk, a prize...
AuthorEmily Jenkins
ISBN1423100751
Jenkins, E. (2008). The little bit scary people. Boiger, A. New York, NY: Hyperion Books for Children.

Genre: Children’s Picture Storybook (Multicultural)

A young girl comes across some “scary” people throughout her day. A cranky bus driver, a teen kicking a trash can, and...
AuthorBrenda A. Ferber
ISBN0803735057
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...
AuthorCandace Fleming
ISBN1416954023
Seven bitty baby birds are hungry, hungry, hungry—and they’re letting Mama know. “Feed us! Feed us!” the little ones chant, and Mama calms them as only a mother can—before she frantically flies away to gather more delectable worms. Readers can count with Mama Bird as she zooms back and forth...
AuthorJez Alborough
In the inimitable world of Jez Alborough, some dogs do fly - and little pups everywhere are encouraged to dream big.

Do dogs fly?
Is it true?

One day, when Sid is walking to school, he suddenly gets a happy feeling. In fact, he feels so happy that his paws lift off the ground, and he floats...
AuthorLeigh Hodgkinson
ISBN1408301830
Limelight Larry is a great book. This would be a fanatastic read in the classroom with an important message of sharing. Larry wants the book to be all about him however, as you turn each page a new character wants to be in the book. This is a great idea as it can make the reader really feel as thouhg they're seeing...
AuthorEzra Jack Keats
ISBN0670035866
Ezra Jack Keats is widely acknowledged as one of the first people to feature realistic, friendly, multi-ethnic urban settings in his picture books-forever changing the landscape of children's literature in the process. Now this beautiful collection brings together nine of his best-loved stories,...
AuthorColin McNaughton
ISBN0374356343
A celebration of extraordinary teachers!

The boy's breakfast is ordinary, his walk to school is ordinary, even his thoughts are ordinary. But when he goes to his classroom and sits down at his desk, his day begins to change - a new teacher, Mr. Gee, bursts into the classroom with an extraordinary...
AuthorJulianne Moore
ISBN1599903164
Freckleface Strawberry loves the Early Bird program at school because it means extra time on the playground-except when it rains. Rain means indoor playtime...and facing the school bully Windy Pants Patrick in a bruising game of dodgeball. Ignoring him seems the safest thing, but what's our freckled...
The Other Side
AuthorIstvan Banyai
ISBN0811846083
In The Other Side, artist, designer, provocateur Istvan Banyai takes readers on another exceptional visual journey. In graphically stunning illustrations that feature many clever twists in point of view, familiar scenes turn and turn again to show us the back, the front, the top, the bottom, the...
The Girl in the Castle Inside the Museum
AuthorKate Bernheimer
ISBN0375836063
Once there was a girl who lived in a castle. The castle was inside a museum. When children visited, they’d press against the glass globe in which the castle sat, to glimpse the tiny girl. But when they went home, the girl was lonely. Then one day, she had an idea! What if you hung a picture of yourself inside...
Merry Un-Christmas
AuthorMike Reiss
ISBN0060591269
The first Un–Christmas classic from the bestselling team of How Murray Saved Christmas.

When Noelle wakes up every morning, she must put her new pony in the backyard with all of her other ponies and her new bike in the garage with all of her other bikes. It is another normal day in Christmas City,...
All the Things I Love About You
AuthorLeUyen Pham
ISBN0061990299
There are oh so many things a mom loves about her young child. But most of all, she just loves him, no matter what.

Bestselling author and illustrator LeUyen Pham combines her experience as a mother and her proven storytelling skills in a humorous and heartfelt love letter of a book. In All the...
Nighty-Night, Cooper
AuthorLaura Joffe Numeroff
ISBN0547402058
When it's time for good night, don't just close your eyes! Mama and Cooper have a sweet surprise. With new songs to sing (you may know the tunes . . . ), Bedtime is special for these kangaroos.           Cooper just can't fall asleep! But Mama has an idea. Setting new stories to familiar tunes,...
Monkey with a Tool Belt and the Noisy Problem
AuthorChris Monroe
ISBN0822592479
There's a terrible "Arooga! Boom! Clang!" noise in Chico Bon Bon's tree house, but he cannot find what's causing the sound. After searching from attic to basement, he locates the source of the problem: an elephant named Clark is stuck in the laundry chute.

No kidding. How priceless is that?

Chico...
17 Things I'm Not Allowed to Do Anymore
AuthorJenny Offill
ISBN0375835962
This "Parenting Magazine" Best Book of the Year and Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Book of the Year features a kid full of fun ideas. For example, in the morning, gluing her brother's bunny slippers to the floor sounds like a good plan. But now she's not allowed to use glue anymore. And...
Whose Moon Is That?
AuthorKim Krans
ISBN1101932279
A stunning picture book that addresses the question: do any of us "own" nature?
When a curious cat asks the question, "Whose moon is that?," a panoply of animals try to stake their claim. The wolf, the owl, and the starry sky all have their reasons, but the moon ultimately answers for herself -- her...
Beach House
AuthorDeanna Caswell
ISBN1452124086
Deanna Caswell's poetic text reads lyrically, humorously and definitely presents itself as both imaginative and also sweetly realistically true to life with regard to extended family summer vacations. And of course, in Beach House this is a holiday in a cottage by the sea (with beachside and ocean...
Hide and Sheep
AuthorAndrea Beaty
ISBN1416925449
Farmer McFitt's seven sheep go on the lam in this amusing picture-book romp, told in rhyming text. From a visit to the zoo to a stint in the circus, these ovine rebels know how to get around. But so too does the farmer, who catches up with them one by one, until they are all shorn. Now it is time for bed...

Hide...
The Secret Footprints
AuthorJulia Alvarez
ISBN0440417473
The Dominican legend of the ciguapas, creatures who lived in underwater caves and whose feet were on backward so that humans couldn't follow their footprints, is reinvented by renowned author Julia Alvarez. Although the ciguapas fear humans, Guapa, a bold and brave ciguapa, can't help but be curious--especially...
If I Built a Car
AuthorChris Van Dusen
ISBN0525474005
If I built a car, it'd be totally new!Here are a few of the things that I'd do. . . .

Young Jack is giving an eye-opening tour of the car he'd like to build. There's a snack bar, a pool, and even a robot named Robert to act as chauffeur. With Jack's soaring imagination in the driver's seat, we're deep-sea...
Here Comes the Big, Mean Dust Bunny!
AuthorJan Thomas
ISBN1416991506
Kirkus Reviews (October 1, 2009)

The wacky dust bunnies return, now terrorized by an intimidating gray ball of fanged fuzz instead of the vacuum cleaner (Rhyming Dust Bunnies, 2008). Friends Ed, Ned, Ted and Bob try engaging their tormentor in their rhyming game, but unfortunately, this...
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