18 books like The bad child's book of beasts
Barbie Horse Trouble Barbie Look Look
Golden Books launches fun new Barbie series this year. With everything from fairy tales to horse club books -- there's something for everyone with Barbie Rebecca's the new camper at the Lucky Horseshoe Camp and she thinks she doesn't need Barbie, or Stacie's help. Will Rebecca change her tune after her horse becomes frightened and tries to throw her? Find out in Horse Trouble
Shares: Nonsense verses, Juvenile poetry, Children's poetry, English poetry
When we were very young
A collection of poems reflecting the experiences of a little English boy growing up in the early part of the twentieth century.
Shares: Humorous poetry, Children's poetry, Children, English poetry
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
The Pied Piper pipes the village free of rats, and when the villagers refuse to pay him for the service he exacts a terrible revenge.
Shares: Juvenile poetry, Children's poetry, English poetry, Poetry
Through the Looking-Glass
Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871) is a work of children's literature by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), generally categorized in the fairy tale genre. It is the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865). Although it makes no reference to the events in the earlier book, the themes and settings of Through the Looking-Glass make it a kind of mirror image…
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Why War Is Never a Good Idea
Simple, rhythmic text explores the wanton destructiveness of War, which has grown old but not wise, as it demolishes nice people and beautiful things with no consideration for the consequence
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Where the Sidewalk Ends
NOW AVAILABLE AS AN EBOOK! Shel Silverstein, the New York Times bestselling author of The Giving Tree, A Light in the Attic, Falling Up, and Every Thing On It, has created a poetry collection that is outrageously funny and deeply profound. Come in . . . for where the sidewalk ends, Shel Silverstein's world begins. You'll meet a boy who turns into a TV set, and a girl who eats a whale. The…
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Instructions
This advice for travelling through a fairytale landscape might just save you from being eaten by wolves or being lost for ever, but it is also a charming metaphor for living courageously and taking risks.
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'Twas the Night before Christmas
The Coca-Cola Company's Santa are used to illustrate the well-known poem about an important Christmas visitor.
Shares: Juvenile poetry, Children's poetry, Animals, Poetry
You read to me, I'll read to you
Here's a book With something new - You read to me! I'll read to you! We'll read each page To one another - You'll read one side, I the other. But who will read - Now guess this riddle - When the words are In the middle? The answer's easy! Plain as pie! We'll read together, You and I.
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The golden key
The adventurous wanderings of a boy and girl to find the keyhole which fits the rainbow's golden key.
Shares: Children, Animals, Conduct of life, Children's fiction
Oh, the Places You'll Go!
In this joyous ode to life, Dr. Seuss addresses graduates of all ages, from nursery school to medical school, and gives them the get-up-and-go to move mountains with the unrivaled exuberance and charm that have made Dr. Seuss's books favorites for years.
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Mother West Wind's children
Fifteen tales that explain why Danny Meadow Mouse has a short tail, the reason Reddy Fox has no friends, and other mysteries about the residents of the Green Meadow.
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Konek-gorbunok
Children's poem about a young farmer who with the help of his magical horse becomes Tsar of Russia.
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Paul the Peddler
Young Paul is determined to win a better life for his mother, and he sets out on a whirlwind of entrepreneurial jobs to try to make a good living. From selling candy packages outside the post office to neckties from a cart, he will try his hand at anything to turn a profit. A rousing tale of moral triumph and free trade, "Paul the Peddler" is Horatio Alger at his best.
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The Tempest or The Enchanted Island
Adaptation of Tempest.
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The Darkangel
Aeriel is kidnapped by the Darkangel, swept up into his dozens of black wings and carried to his distant keep. There she is to serve his brides - thirteen pitiful creatures who were once beautiful, before the Darkangel drained away their souls. Aeriel would free them, but now that she, too, is one of the Darkangel's captives, she can do no other than obey - even while she knows she must destroy…
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Animal Fairy Tales
This book tells the story of the Empty Pot, a traditional Chinese folk tale. In it, the hero of the story learns that it is better to be honest than to cheat, and that honesty will bring real rewards.
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Sylvie and Bruno
Two little children meet adventure in such places as Dogland, Outland, and Elfland.
Shares: Children, Conduct of life, Children's fiction