Woody, Hazel and Little Pip
10 best books like Woody, Hazel and Little Pip (Elsa Beskow): The Little Yellow Leaf, The Tomten and the Fox, Autumn Story, Johnny Appleseed, Mother Earth and Her Children: A Quilted Fairy Tale, The Bear That Heard Crying, Island Boy, Pumpkin Moonshine, Fletcher and the Falling Leaves, Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf
| Author | Carin Berger |
| ISBN | 0061452238 |
Hmm. I checked and this book was first published in 2008, but it feels like one of those touchy feely books that was so popular 40 years prior to that.
I loved the illustrations. They make this a beautiful book. Even the slightly unusual shape of the book makes it a stunner.
I think I was...
| Author | Astrid Lindgren |
| ISBN | 0698115929 |
"This is a bedtime story that small children will want to hear over and over again."--The New Yorker
In this sequel to the classic The Tomten, the creator of Pippi Longstocking adapts a Swedish folk tale into a beloved children's story. When a hungry fox wanders into a farm late at night looking...
| Author | Jill Barklem |
| ISBN | 0689830548 |
Bad weather is on the way and the autumn crops are still not gathered in! Quickly, all the mice of Brambly Hedge set to work to finish the harvesting before the rain begins. Primrose, Lord Woodmouse's daughter, meant to help, but somehow she daydreamed her way over the cornfield and into the Chestnut Woods,...
| Author | Reeve Lindbergh |
| ISBN | 0316526347 |
Johnny Appleseed was a real person while his life has become legend. He was a bit like St Francis - he was very kind to animals. He was also on friendly terms with the Indians. The one thing we know he did barefoot or not in the snow was plant apple trees. This is a nice poem about his legend. The paintings are...
| Author | Sibylle von Olfers |
| ISBN | 1933308184 |
The incredibly intricate and vivid illustrations in this book are details of a modern quilt inspired by Sibylle von Olfers' classic storybook Mother Earth and Her Children. This vibrant new translation, in turn inspired by the quilt, explores the changing of the seasons and...
| Author | Natalie Kinsey-Warnock |
| ISBN | 0140558543 |
This is a true story set in New Hampshire. The author is a distant relative of Sarah Whitcher, the little girl whom the story is about.
Sarah is just three years old when she wanders off by herself and becomes lost in the woods. A rescue team was sent out to look for her to no avail. A man comes to town and...
| Author | Barbara Cooney |
| ISBN | 0140507566 |
The acclaimed author of Miss Rumphius recounts the lives of four generations living on a New England coastal island and the importance of family ties.
The youngest and quietest of 12 children, Matthias grew closest to Tibbets Island, learning its secrets through the years. And though in later...
| Author | Tasha Tudor |
| ISBN | 0689828462 |
I have read some of Tasha's books before and I didn't know it. This book from the 30s is a sweet example.
The artwork is simple and quaint. The story is simple and entertaining. A pumpkin to make moonshine. It become a run-away pumpkin. Here moonshine refers to the jack-o-lantern face that shines...
| Author | Julia Rawlinson |
| ISBN | 0061134015 |
It's autumn, and Fletcher's favorite tree is slowly changing colors and losing its leaves.
Fletcher is very worried.
He tells the tree he'll help. But when the very last leaf falls to the ground, Fletcher feels as though he's let down his friend . . .
. . . until the first day of...
| Author | Lois Ehlert |
| ISBN | 0152661972 |
While I certainly do much enjoy the bright and expressive collage like illustrations (especially of the woodpeckers which just happen to also be my favourite birds), I personally think that it would have been better for Lois Ehlert to have either penned a non-fiction book about sugar maples (and woodpeckers)...
| Author | Amy Ehrlich |
| ISBN | 0525473459 |
Cinderella's transformation from poor girl to princess never fails to captivate young ones, and this stellar retelling, exquisitely illustrated by Susan Jeffers, is a must for every library. When the original version of this book was published in 1985, Publishers Weekly called it "a treasure for...
| Author | Barbara Helen Berger |
| ISBN | 0698114345 |
What would you do if a golden carriage pulled by a lion came to your playhouse one sunny morning? Invite him in, of course! The author of Grandfather Twilight has created a radiant picture book dreamscape that perfectly captures all the joy of a child's imaginary play date."An inspired work of art". --...
| Author | Laura Ingalls Wilder |
| ISBN | 0064434982 |
"The Deer in the Wood" is a cute short story about a small family who lives in a house in the big woods. This family is why you would call 'typical:' a father, a mother, two daughters, a dog, and a cat. Since this family was found to live in a different time frame then the one we live in now, hunting and gathering...
