Zen Ghosts
10 best books like Zen Ghosts (Jon J. Muth): Ghosts in the House!, Miss Brooks Loves Books!, City Dog, Country Frog, Bone Dog, Miss Smith and the Haunted Library, Chester's Masterpiece, Over at the Castle, Cooking with Henry and Elliebelly, The Twins' Blanket, Who Hops?
| Author | Kazuno Kohara |
| ISBN | 1596434279 |
JUST THE RIGHT MIX OF SWEET AND SCARY for the youngest trick-or treaters
At the edge of town lives a clever girl with a spooky problem: Her house is haunted! Luckily, she happens to be a witch and knows a little something about taking care of ghosts. She catches them, puts them in the washing machine,...
| Author | Barbara Bottner |
| ISBN | 0375846824 |
With the help of Miss Brooks, Missy's classmates all find books they love in the library--books about fairies and dogs and trains and cowboys. But Missy dismisses them all--"Too flowery, too furry, too clickety, too yippity."
Still, Miss Brooks remains undaunted. Book Week is here and Missy...
| Author | Mo Willems |
| ISBN | 1423103009 |
In spring, when City Dog runs free in the country for the first time, he spots Country Frog sitting on a rock, waiting for a friend. "You'll do," Frog says, and together they play Country Frog games. In summer, they meet again and play City Dog games. Through the seasons, whenever City Dog visits the...
| Author | Eric Rohmann |
| ISBN | 1596431504 |
One of School Library Journal’s Best Picture Books of 2011
One of Horn Book’s Best Picture Books of 2011
Ghost dogs and skeletons in a tall tale with a tender heart from the Caldecott Medal-winning creator of My Friend Rabbit.
Gus doesn't feel like doing much after his dog Ella...
Miss Smith and the Haunted Library
| Author | Michael Garland |
| ISBN | 0525421394 |
When Miss Smith reads from her magical book, the worlds she describes come alive - literally! Today Miss Smith is taking her class on a field trip to a deliciously spooky library. There the class meets librarian Virginia Creeper and settles down to listen to a few scary tales. Before long everyone's favorite...
| Author | Mélanie Watt |
| ISBN | 1554535662 |
Chester's finally ready to write his own masterpiece --- he just needs to get pesky writer-illustrator Mélanie Watt out of the way.
Chester's solo attempts at storytelling are messy, to say the least, but he's determined to go it alone. But where's his story going? After several alternative...
| Author | Boni Ashburn |
| ISBN | 0810984148 |
In this clever reworking of the classic folk song “Over in the Meadow,” readers meet villagers who spent their day spinning, cleaning, cooking, dancing, and more. The text counts up from one baby dragon to ten court jesters, and kids will enjoy counting along with each of the characters as they go...
| Author | Carolyn Parkhurst |
| ISBN | 0312548486 |
As I work in the main branch of New York Public Library, sometimes I get to see the occasional celebrity. Not long ago, Mario Batali was in my children’s room with a carefully assembled group of adorable munchkins for a storytime photo op (he read Green Eggs and Ham and Bee-Bim Bop, in case you’re interested)....
| Author | Hyewon Yum |
| ISBN | 0374379726 |
One of School Library Journal’s Best Picture Books of 2011
These look-alike twins have always shared everything—their room, their toys, a crib, and, since the day they were born, a blanket. But as they grow into new beds, they need new blankets, too. Now they face a new dilemma: they don’t...
This book is awesome for children who are learning about animals and simple forms of what they do. Each page has an animal that hops and then will have one page that has an animal that doesn't hop but on the next page explains why it doesn't hop and what it does. I also love this book because of its vibrant colors....
| Author | Elanna Allen |
| ISBN | 1442406712 |
NO ONE likes bedtime, and Itsy Mitsy has had quite enough. So tonight's the night she's running away to the perfect place where there are no more bedtimes ever (not even one). But running away isn't as easy as it seems. There's a lot to pack: Mitsy's friendliest dinosaur Mister Roar; a snack for Mister Roar;...
| Author | Jane Yolen |
| ISBN | 0399252924 |
Elsie is a city girl. She loves the noise of the cobbled streets of Boston. But when her mother dies and her father moves them to the faraway prairies of Nebraska, Elsie hears only the silence, and she feels alone in the wide sea of grass. Her only comfort is her canary, Timmy Tune. But when Timmy flies out...
| Author | Emily Gravett |
| ISBN | 0230704239 |
While Emily Gravett's illustrations are indeed sweet and imaginative, full of fun and movement, I have simply found her The Rabbit Problem much much too busy for me (to the point of it becoming distracting, to the point of it becoming tedious and actually rather boring, as I simply shut down and was only...
| Author | Mark Kimball Moulton |
| ISBN | 1416982884 |
Growing up on Mimi and Papa’s farm, Peter knows a lot about caring for pumpkins. One summer Peter finds a lonely pumpkin all by itself in the field, and with his tender care, the pumpkin flourishes. By autumn, it’s the very best pumpkin of all, and Peter wants to keep it for himself. But when a young girl...
| Author | Barbara Kerley |
| ISBN | 0545125081 |
From the Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor-winning team behind WHAT TO DO ABOUT ALICE?, a humorous and intimate portrait of the most celebrated writer in America, as told by his thirteen-year-old daughter.
"This is a frank biographer and an honest one; she uses no sandpaper on me." - Mark Twain
An...
| Author | Frank Viva |
| ISBN | 0316129259 |
Well, this is a very creative book. Its illustrations are made up from one big illustration, which is shown on the inside front and back covers. It would be great for both beginning readers and for reading aloud.
However, neither the lackluster (lack of) story text or the pictures really appealed...
| Author | Peter Brown |
| ISBN | 0316011800 |
Chowder is a story about a quirky bulldog looking for friends. Chowder is a bit odd and treated like a baby by his owners so he has a hard time fitting in with the local packs. Chowder notices that there is a new petting zoo at the local super market and when he gets there he tries to become friends with the animals....
| Author | Bob Staake |
| ISBN | 0316118621 |
Look! A book! A hook! A cowboy cook!
Weird and kooky things that go!
Some go fast and some go slow!
Can you find the squawking crow?
Go on a crazy seek-and-find adventure in this new picture book from award-winning artist Bob Staake. Die-cuts on every page draw readers into each themed...
Clever Jack Takes the Cake
| Author | Candace Fleming |
| ISBN | 0375849793 |
Take a bite out of this deliciously funny original fairy tale, which received four starred reviews and was named a Best Book of the Year by Booklist, School Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, and the Bank Street College of Education.
What would you do if you were invited to the princess’s tenth...
The Goblin and the Empty Chair
| Author | Mem Fox |
| ISBN | 1416985859 |
In a land far away, there lived a goblin who had once seem himself reflected in a still pond. His reflection had frightened him so much, he decided to hide his face from the world forever, so as not to frighten anyone else... and spent many years alone.
The accompanying illustrations have even...
| Author | Eve Bunting |
| ISBN | 0152054235 |
Told in rhythmic rhyme, this spooky Halloween tale relates how the young-boy narrator and his sister bring home a plastic skeleton and hang it in their sycamore tree, as a holiday decoration. They soon begin to notice, however, that the bones of Fred McFee (as the skeleton is soon named) have an odd effect...
Toot & Puddle: Let It Snow
| Author | Holly Hobbie |
| ISBN | 0316166863 |
In "Winter Solstice" by Elin Hilderbrand, once Margaret retires, she volunteers at the hospital where her husband Drake works, reading to the sick children. This was one of several books she mentions. It is adorable. The watercolor illustrations are soft and evocative of snow. The story of 2 friends...
| Author | Dav Pilkey |
| ISBN | 0439548470 |
Gentle blue Dragon's spooky, silly Halloween tale, by Dav Pilkey, the award-winning author/illustrator of the Captain Underpants series is perfect for beginning readers.
Dragon loves spooky Halloweens! But when he buys six small pumpkins that his friends tell him will never be scary,...
No one writes fun poetry quite like Jack Prelutsky, and his holiday collections are among his most enjoyable. After the otherworldly job Arnold Lobel did illustrating Prelutsky's Nightmares: Poems to Trouble Your Sleep, Marylin Hafner had a lot to live up to in It's Halloween, and she performs admirably,...
