Who's in Rabbit's House?: A Masai Tale
10 best books like Who's in Rabbit's House?: A Masai Tale (Verna Aardema): Follow the Drinking Gourd, A River Ran Wild: An Environmental History, The First Strawberries, Zomo the Rabbit: A Trickster Tale from West Africa, To Every Thing There Is A Season, Fa Mulan: The Story of a Woman Warrior, Sundiata: Lion King of Mali, A Story, a Story, Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales, Ruby
| Author | Jeanette Winter |
| ISBN | 0679819975 |
Illus. in full color. "Winter's story begins with a peg-leg sailor who aids slaves on their escape on the Underground Railroad. While working for plantation owners, Peg Leg Joe teaches the slaves a song about the drinking gourd (the Big Dipper). A couple, their son, and two others make their escape by...
| Author | Lynne Cherry |
| ISBN | 0152163727 |
This story was selected as one of the books for the September 2012 - Ecosystems reads at the Picture-Book Club in the Children's Books Group here at Goodreads.
I nominated this book because I discovered that it was about the Nashua River and discusses the area where I grew up. For my entire childhood,...
| Author | Joseph Bruchac |
| ISBN | 0140564098 |
From an award-winning Native American storyteller comes this captivating re-telling of a Cherokee legend, which explains how strawberries came to be. Long ago, the first man and woman quarreled. The woman left in anger, but the Sun sent tempting berries to Earth to slow the wife's retreat. Luminous...
| Author | Gerald McDermott |
| ISBN | 0152999671 |
Zomo the rabbit, a trickster from West Africa, wants wisdom. But he must accomplish three apparently impossible tasks before Sky God will give him what he wants. Is he clever enough to do as Sky God asks? “The tale moves along with the swift concision of a good joke, right down to its satisfying punch...
To Every Thing There Is A Season
| Author | Leo Dillon |
| ISBN | 0590478877 |
In this exquisite book -- the fortieth picture book the couple has worked on together -- Leo and Diane Dillon's breathtaking paintings accompany verses from the Book of Ecclesiastes. Simple yet profound, the inspiring words and pictures make this the perfect gift choice for birthdays, weddings,...
Fa Mulan: The Story of a Woman Warrior
| Author | Robert D. San Souci |
| ISBN | 0786814217 |
Who cares if Disney used this story for one of their mindless features...
(sorry, it just rubbed me the wrong way that this was even mentioned).
This is a very old Chinese story of a warrior woman who, at the time women were prohibited from serving in the Khan's army, pretended to be a man (to...
Sundiata: Lion King of Mali
| Author | David Wisniewski |
| ISBN | 0395764815 |
I really enjoyed reading this book. I was very enlightened by the love of a parent to their child and the courage of a young man's promised to fulfill his destiny. This book read like a TV movie and you were waiting to see who the good guys were and who were the bad guys. To wait and see who would conquer all. In...
| Author | Gail E. Haley |
| ISBN | 0689712014 |
Gail tells the tale of the old African sly man of Ananse, the spider. He wanted to bring the Nyame chest of stories to Earth to share with the people. Nyame, the grand sky god of the gods told him the price it would take and Ananse easily paid it. He brought stories to all corners of the world. It’s similar...
| Author | Virginia Hamilton |
| ISBN | 0590473700 |
Her Stories by Virginia Hamilton is a wonderful collection of stories that touched my heart. This detailed writing no doubt deserves the Coretta Scott King award nominee. This book demonstrates appreciation for African American culture because these stories have been passed down from generations...
| Author | Rosa Guy |
| ISBN | 0440211301 |
Wow! The beginning of this book was enjoyable enough, but let me tell you, by the end, I just had to keep reading to find out what happened to all the characters! This was a touching and real exploration of Ruby's own discovery of her sexuality, and who she is as a person. All the characters were so real - all...
| Author | Ludmila Zeman |
| ISBN | 0887764363 |
In this second volume in the Gilgamesh trilogy, Enkidu joins Gilgamesh in the quest to slay Humbaba, the monster who has attacked the city and caused great destruction, including the death of the beautiful singer, Shamat. Gilgamesh and Enkidu successfully slay the monster and in so doing, Gilgamesh...
| Author | Barbara Shook Hazen |
| ISBN | 0140504427 |
Daddy said tight times are why we don't have roast beef on Sunday.
Instead we have soupy things with lima beans. I hate lima beans. If I had a dog, I'd make him eat mine.
I'm here to tell you about an amazing book.
This book is about a little boy who really wants a dog. He keeps asking...
| Author | Barbara Abercrombie |
| ISBN | 0689801149 |
Charlie, a fuzzy gray cat, walked out of the woods one evening and into Elizabeth's and Sarah's hearts. Now he sleeps on their beds, lets them dress him up in doll clothes, and laps up warm milk on chilly nights. But where does Charlie go during the day?
It's not until a storm keeps Charlie away one night...
| Author | Elphinstone Dayrell |
| ISBN | 0395539633 |
I enjoy how this is told like you might see a village play acting out the story. The players all wear amazing headgear as the characters of the Sun, Moon and Water. It is a simple and straight forward telling of this legend of the Sun and Moon in the Sky.
Sun and Water are friends and Sun always goes...
The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks
| Author | Katherine Paterson |
| ISBN | 0140557393 |
Wrtitten by Newbery Medalist Katherine Paterson with painting by Caldecott winning illustrators Leo and Diane Dillon
A beautiful mandarin duck is captured and caged by a greedy lord who wants to show off the bird's magnificent plumage. But the wild creature pines for his mate. When Yasuko,...
| Author | Desmond Tutu |
| ISBN | 0763633887 |
With warmth and humor, Archbishop Desmond Tutu distills his philosophy of unity and forgiveness into a picture book for the very young.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu has a vision of God's dream, which he shares here with the youngest of listeners. It involves people who reach out and hold each other's...
The Three Little Pigs Book & CD
| Author | Paul Galdone |
| ISBN | 0618732772 |
I originally wrote: “Neo liked this classic, but eating pigs is too violent for kids to read.”
Re-reading this story, the reader learns of the classic tale surrounding the three little pigs. They are all sent on their way to lay the groundwork for their future. After the first two pigs fall...
| Author | Janell Cannon |
| ISBN | 8426134459 |
Pinduli's mama has always told her that she's the most beautiful hyena ever. But Dog, Lion, and Zebra don't think so. Why else would they make her feel so rotten about her big ears, her fuzzy mane, and her wiggly stripes? Poor Pinduli just wants to disappear--and she tries everything she can think of to...
| Author | Mirra Ginsburg |
| ISBN | 0613068505 |
-- Sparkling, expansive fun, sure to be a runaway story hour success". -- Kirkus Reviews, pointered reviewVividly colored humorous pen-and-ink illustrations greatly enhance the simple tale of an ant who takes shelter under a small mushroom during a downpour.... This lively -- and instructive --...
The Day of Ahmed's Secret
| Author | Florence H. Parry |
| ISBN | 0688140238 |
The Day of Ahmed's Secret
As young Ahmed delivers butane gas to customers all over the city of Cairo, he thinks, I have a secret. All day long, as he maneuvers his donkey cart through streets crowded with cars and camels, down alleys filled with merchants' stalls, and past buildings a thousand...
| Author | Nathaniel Benchley |
| ISBN | 0064441075 |
"Get your gun!" Sam's father said. "The British soldiers are coming this way!" Sam's father was a Minuteman. Sam was ready in a minute.Father and son rushed to the village green. Other Minutemen were already there. Through the long night they waited and waited. Then, at dawn, the soldiers came!
In...
Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato
Ages: 4 - 9
Cleanliness: The story is about a lazy man (not to be taken too seriously). "Oh, the saints preserve us," and "faith" are exclaimed. Catholic confession, St. Bridget, the Virgin Mary and "old Death" are mentioned. There is a leprechaun in the story and fairies are mentioned. A man...
