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10 best books like Zelda and Ivy: The Runaways (Laura McGee Kvasnosky): We are in a Book!, Before She Was Harriet, Millions of Cats, Carmela Full of Wishes, The Deaf Musicians, Anne of Green Gables: A Graphic Novel, Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai, Viva Frida, Pearl and Wagner: One Funny Day, Charlie & Mouse

We are in a Book!
AuthorMo Willems
ISBN1423133080
Gerald is careful. Piggie is not. Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can.

Gerald and Piggie are best friends.

In We Are in a Book! Gerald and Piggie discover the joy of being read. But what will happen when the book ends?

Using vocabulary perfect for beginning readers (and...
Before She Was Harriet
AuthorLesa Cline-Ransome
ISBN0823420477
A lush and lyrical biography of Harriet Tubman, written in verse and illustrated by an award-winning artist.
We know her today as Harriet Tubman, but in her lifetime she was called by many names. As General Tubman she was a Union spy. As Moses she led hundreds to freedom on the Underground Railroad....
Millions of Cats
AuthorWanda Gág
ISBN0142407089
Once upon a time there was an old man and an old woman who were very lonely. They decided to get a cat, but when the old man went out searching, he found not one cat, but millions and billions and trillions of cats! Unable to decide which one would be the best pet, he brought them all home. How the old couple came...
Carmela Full of Wishes
AuthorMatt de la Pena
When Carmela wakes up on her birthday, her wish has already come true--she's finally old enough to join her big brother as he does the family errands. Together, they travel through their neighborhood, past the crowded bus stop, the fenced-off repair shop, and the panaderia, until they arrive at the...
The Deaf Musicians
AuthorPete Seeger
Poor Lee! He used to be a jazzman who could make the piano go yimbatimba- TANG—zang-zang. But now he's lost his hearing, and the bandleader had to let him go. So Lee goes to a school for the deaf to learn sign language. There, he meets Max, who used to play the sax. Riding the subway to class, they start signing...
Anne of Green Gables: A Graphic Novel
AuthorMariah Marsden
Schoolyard rivalries. Baking disasters. Puffed sleeves. Explore the violet vales and glorious green of Avonlea in this spirited adaptation.

The magic of L.M. Montgomery’s treasured classic is reimagined in a whimsically-illustrated graphic novel adaptation perfect for newcomers...
Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai
AuthorClaire A. Nivola
ISBN0374399182
Wangari Maathai, winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize and founder of the Green Belt Movement, grew up in the highlands of Kenya, where fig trees cloaked the hills, fish filled the streams, and the people tended their bountiful gardens. But over many years, as more and more land was cleared, Kenya was transformed....
Viva Frida
AuthorYuyi Morales
ISBN1596436034
A 2015 Caldecott Honor Book
A 2015 Pura Belpré (Illustrator) Award

Frida Kahlo, one of the world's most famous and unusual artists is revered around the world. Her life was filled with laughter, love, and tragedy, all of which influenced what she painted on her canvases.

Distinguished...
Pearl and Wagner: One Funny Day
AuthorKate McMullan
ISBN0803730853
A short-chapter book is a Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book. It is part of a series of books featuring two friends - Pearl, a rabbit, and Wagner, a mouse. It is intended as a reading together book for pre-kindergarten through second grade readers.
I found this book just delightful. It not only has short...
Charlie & Mouse
AuthorLaurel Snyder
ISBN1452131538
Whenever I post about my kids to Facebook or Twitter, friends write to me and say, "You should make a book about your kids!"

So now, at last, THIS is that book!

As a result, I am completely unable to be objective about Charlie and Mouse. It's the story of my two sweet boys, and their small...
Don't Throw It to Mo!
AuthorDavid A. Adler
ISBN0670016314
Winner of the 2016 Theodor Seuss Geisel Award

Mo Jackson is a little boy with a big passion for sports. He may not be the biggest, the strongest, or the fastest player, but he won't let that stop him from playing!Mo is the youngest kid on the Robins, his football team. His classmates don’t mind,...
The Night of the Living Bed
AuthorDenys Cazet
ISBN0060005033
On Halloween night, best friends Minnie and Moo take a wild ride into town on a runaway bed. They find the streets filled with trick-or-treaters dragging bags of candy. Leading a ragtag troupe of their farm buddies, Minnie and Moo join the festivities, performing hilarious tricks to earn their treats.

One...
The Thank You Book
AuthorMo Willems
ISBN1423178289
They say, “All good things must come to an end.”

I harrumph and ask, “Why?”

Through the years, I've collected each new book as they are published. Now I've finally added the last and final book to this loving series, and it feels...overwhelming. I'm sadden that it's come to...
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