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
Author | Tim Egan |
ISBN | 0618631542 |
“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...
Author | Jacqueline K. Ogburn |
ISBN | 0618862544 |
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...
Author | John Rocco |
ISBN | 1423100115 |
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...
Author | Emily Jenkins |
ISBN | 1423100751 |
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...
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 | Candace Fleming |
ISBN | 1416954023 |
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...
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...
Author | Leigh Hodgkinson |
ISBN | 1408301830 |
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...
Author | Ezra Jack Keats |
ISBN | 0670035866 |
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,...
Author | Colin McNaughton |
ISBN | 0374356343 |
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...
Author | Julianne Moore |
ISBN | 1599903164 |
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...
Author | Istvan Banyai |
ISBN | 0811846083 |
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
Author | Kate Bernheimer |
ISBN | 0375836063 |
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...
Author | Mike Reiss |
ISBN | 0060591269 |
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
Author | LeUyen Pham |
ISBN | 0061990299 |
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...
Author | Laura Joffe Numeroff |
ISBN | 0547402058 |
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
Author | Chris Monroe |
ISBN | 0822592479 |
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
Author | Jenny Offill |
ISBN | 0375835962 |
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...
Author | Kim Krans |
ISBN | 1101932279 |
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...
Author | Deanna Caswell |
ISBN | 1452124086 |
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...
Author | Andrea Beaty |
ISBN | 1416925449 |
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...
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Author | Julia Alvarez |
ISBN | 0440417473 |
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...
Author | Chris Van Dusen |
ISBN | 0525474005 |
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!
Author | Jan Thomas |
ISBN | 1416991506 |
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...