18 books like The Big Catch

What to read after The Big Catch — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

A Prize Inside Anastasia Suen · 2009 Rico is missing just one Hero Cat prize. Robot and Rico take a trip to the grocery store. With Robot's special tricks, Rico is sure he'll get the prize he wants. Even if he has to check every cereal box in the store! Shares: Bilingual, Ficción juvenil, Spanish language materials, Robots

Skate Trick Anastasia Suen · 2009 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Roll! Jump! Flip! Rico has learned a lot of new skateboard tricks. Robot wants to learn too. Can Rico teach Robot, or will his skateboarding dreams disappear? Shares: Bilingual, Ficción juvenil, Spanish language materials, Robots

The Scary Night Anastasia Suen · 2009 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate A crackling fire. Weird shadows. Strange noises. And a scary story. Are Robot and Rico ready for their first campout? Shares: Bilingual, Ficción juvenil, Spanish language materials, Robots

The Invention of Hugo Cabret Brian Selznick · 1920 · ★ 4.2 · 534p · ≈ 17h · Challenging ORPHAN, CLOCK KEEPER, AND THIEF, twelve-year-old Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks with an eccentric girl and the owner of a small toy booth in the train station, Hugo’s undercover life, and his most precious secret, are put in jeopardy. A cryptic drawing, a treasured notebook, a… Shares: Ficción juvenil, Spanish language materials, Robots, Children's fiction

Knight and the Dragon Tomie dePaola · 1980 · ★ 4.2 · 31p · ≈ 1h · Moderate A knight who has never fought a dragon and an equally inexperienced dragon prepare to meet each other in battle. Shares: Bilingual, Children's fiction

Heckedy Peg Audrey Wood · 1987 · ★ 4.3 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate A mother saves her seven children from Heckedy Peg, a witch who has changed them into different kinds of food. Shares: Bilingual, Children's fiction

Stories of Robots Russell Punter · 2004 · ★ 4.1 · 48p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Synopsis coming soon....... Shares: Robots, Children's fiction

A bad case of robots Kenneth Oppel · 1994 · ★ 4.0 · 64p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Humourous stories - robots - fiction. Shares: Robots, Children's fiction

Eager Helen Fox · 2003 · ★ 3.7 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Moderate It's the end of the 21st century where technocrats rule and robots take care of humans' every need. Your house watches you, knows your secrets, and talks to you. And your closest friend can be--a machine? Gavin Bell and his teenage sister Fleur come from a middle-class family. Their much-loved, old-fashioned robot, Grumps, is running down and can't be repaired, so a scientist friend loans them… Shares: Robots, Children's fiction

Norby, the Mixed-up Robot Janet Asimov · 1983 · 96p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Jeff Wells, a Space Academy student, and Norby, a second-hand robot with unusual abilities, find themselves involved in the sinister plans of Ing the Ingrate, who intends to take over the universe. Shares: Robots, Children's fiction

Eager's nephew Helen Fox · 2004 · 299p · ≈ 9h · Moderate In a world which has banned self-aware robots, Eager and his brilliant but headstrong nephew, Jonquil, come out of hiding to visit the Bell family, and soon become involved in the mysterious and dangerous events surrounding them and their friends. Shares: Robots, Children's fiction

The dragon's tears Manju Gregory · 2001 · 26p · ≈ 52m · Moderate Shares: Bilingual, Children's fiction

Dragons love tacos Adam Rubin · 2012 · ★ 4.2 · 40p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Explores the love dragons have for tacos, and the dangers of feeding them them anything with spicy salsa. Shares: Ficción juvenil, Spanish language materials, Children's fiction

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish Dr. Seuss · 1960 · ★ 4.2 · 63p · ≈ 2h · Moderate A story-poem about the activities of such unusual animals as the Nook, Wump, Yink, Yop, Gack, and the Zeds. Shares: Ficción juvenil, Spanish language materials, Children's fiction

The trouble with sisters and robots Steve Gritton · 2009 After frantically trying to stop his out of control robot from turning everything it touches into metal, Kyle finally listens to his little sister's advice. Shares: Robots, Children's fiction

The Jolly Postman Janet Ahlberg · 1986 · ★ 4.6 · 29p · ≈ 58m · Moderate This gorgeously illustrated, full-color classic celebrates a time before email by depicting amusing correspondence between fairy tale and Mother Goose characters. What could possibly be in a letter from Goldilocks to the Three Bears? Who would write to the Wicked Witch? Open this book, take out the letters, and discover what favorite characters would write to each other--and reimagine best-loved… Shares: Ficción juvenil, Spanish language materials, Children's fiction

The Giant Turnip Henriette Barkow · 2001 · 26p · ≈ 52m · Moderate "The Gigantic Turnip" or "The Enormous Turnip" (, , , ; ATU 2044, ‘Pulling up the turnip') is a cumulative Russian fairy tale, collected in Arkhangelsk Governorate and published in 1863 by folklore researcher Alexander Afanasyev in his collection Russian Fairy Tales (tale number 89), a collection not strictly Russian, but which included stories from Ukraine and Belarus alongside Russian tales.… Shares: Bilingual, Children's fiction

The Search for WondLa Tony DiTerlizzi · 2010 · ★ 4.5 · 496p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Living in isolation with a robot on what appears to be an alien world populated with bizarre life forms, a twelve-year-old human girl called Eva Nine sets out on a journey to find others like her. Features "augmented reality" pages, in which readers with a webcam can access additional information about Eva Nine's world. Shares: Ficción juvenil, Robots, Children's fiction

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