18 books like Ox-cart man
The Wild Robot Escapes
After being captured by the Recons and returned to civilization for reprogramming, Roz is sent to Hilltop Farm where she befriends her owner's family and animals, but pines for her son, Brightbill.
Shares: Domestic animals, Farm life, Children's fiction
Stink and the Midnight Zombie Walk
Stink and his friends try to earn money to buy the latest book in the Nightmare on Zombie Street series and go to the book release party.
Shares: Books and Reading, Children's fiction
The girl who loved wild horses
Though she is fond of her people, a girl prefers to live among the wild horses where she is truly happy and free.
Shares: Caldecott Medal, Children's fiction
Rotkäppchen
Charles Perrault’s version of the folk tale _Petite chaperon rouge_ was retold in German by the Grimm Brothers as _Rotkäppchen_, and retold in many English translations as _Little Red Riding Hood_.
A little girl on her way to visit her grandmother meets a hungry wolf in the forest.
Shares: Children's 4-8, Children's fiction
I Want to Eat Your Books
He’s limping strangely down the hall with outstretched arms and a groaning drawl. A zombie! Could it really be? You race to class, but turn to see he’s sitting in the desk right next to you!But odds are you’ll probably be okay, because this is no ordinary zombie. This zombie doesn’t want to eat your brains—he wants to eat your books! Hide your textbooks and your fairy tales, because the little…
Shares: Books and Reading, Children's fiction
The Faithful Friend
A retelling of the traditional tale from the French West Indies in which two friends, Clement and Hippolyte, encounter love, zombies, and danger on the island of Martinique.
Shares: Caldecott Medal, Children's fiction
Voices
Young Memer takes on a pivotal role in freeing her war-torn homeland from its oppressive captors.
Shares: Books and Reading, Children's fiction
The storyteller
Sefia is determined to keep Archer out of the Guard s clutches and their plans for war between the Five Kingdoms. The Book, the ancient, infinite codex of the past, present and future, tells of a prophecy that will plunge Kelanna in that bloody war, but it requires a boy Archer and Sefia will stop at nothing to ensure his safety.
Shares: Books and Reading, Children's fiction
Diabolical
Stuck in a mysterious New England boarding school with an assortment of secretive students, disgraced angel Zachary and his werewolf friend, Kieren, face demon dogs, a sadistic instructor, and a legendary fire-breathing monster.
Shares: New england, Children's fiction
One fine day
After the old woman cuts off his tail when he steals her milk, the fox must go through a long series of transactions before she will sew it back on again
Shares: Caldecott Medal, Children's fiction
Duffy and the devil
The spinning and knitting the devil agrees to do for her win Duffy the Squire's name and a carefree life until it comes time for her to guess the devil's name.
Shares: Caldecott Medal, Children's fiction
Work
In this story of a woman's search for a meaningful life, Alcott moves outside the family setting of her best knows works. Originally published in 1872, Work is both an exploration of Alcott's personal conflicts and a social critique, examining women's independence, the moral significance of labor, and the goals to which a woman can aspire. Influenced by Transcendentalism and by the women's rights…
Shares: New england, Children's fiction
Texas Gothic
Amy Goodnight's family is far from normal. She comes from a line of witches, but tries her best to stay far outside the family business. Her summer gig? Ranch-sitting for her aunt with her wacky but beautiful sister. Only the Goodnight Ranch is even less normal than it normally is. Bodies are being discovered, a ghost is on the prowl, and everywhere she turns, the hot neighbor cowboy is in her…
Shares: Farm life, Children's fiction
Sylvester and the magic pebble
In a moment of fright, Sylvester the donkey asks his magic pebble to turn him into a rock but then can not hold the pebble to wish himself back to normal again.
Shares: Caldecott Medal, Children's fiction
Ghost Hawk
A friendship between a young Native American and a colonial New England settler endangers them both in this “simply unforgettable” (Booklist, starred review) adventure story from Newbery Medalist Susan Cooper.On the winter day Little Hawk is sent into the woods alone, he can take only a bow and arrows, his handcrafted tomahawk, and the amazing metal knife his father traded for with the new white…
Shares: New england, Children's fiction
Breaktime
A classmate's challenge to prove that literature is ever related to real life spurs Ditto to chronicle his amazing life-changing adventures during spring break, but he leaves it up to his friend to decide if it is true, or just a story.
Shares: Books and Reading, Children's fiction
The book of beasts
As young King Lionel turns the pages of his magical book, a hungry red dragon and other creatures in the illustrations come to life.
Shares: Books and Reading, Children's fiction
How I Live Now
"Every war has turning points and every person too."Fifteen-year-old Daisy is sent from Manhattan to England to visit her aunt and cousins she's never met: three boys near her age, and their little sister. Her aunt goes away on business soon after Daisy arrives. The next day bombs go off as London is attacked and occupied by an unnamed enemy.As power fails, and systems fail, the farm becomes more…
Shares: Farm life, Children's fiction