"Children" Archive

If you enjoy Fly Guy, here are a few more books and authors that may interest you.

That’s my book! and other stories by Salina Yoon/ Too many Jacks by Mac Barnett /See the cat : three stories about a dog by David LaRochelle / What about worms!? by Ryan T. Higgins/ Max Spaniel : funny lunch by David Catrow

Nothing fits a dinosaur by Jonathan Fenske /We are growing! by Laurie Keller / My friends make me happy! by Jan Thomas/ Narwhal : unicorn of the sea by Ben Clanton / Mercy Watson to the rescue by Kate DiCamillo

The gathering  /Wait till Helen comes : a ghost story / The screaming staircase /  City of ghosts /Thornhill 

Scritch scratch /The ghoul of Windydown Vale /The cursed moon  /Not quite a ghost  /The year of shadows 

Dying to meet you / Ivy Newt and the storm witch /Castle Hangnail  /A curious tale of the in-between /Amelia Fang and the barbaric ball 

Bunnicula  /Ghoulia  /Ghost Circus 

Ghost cat / Eve Bunting ; and illustrated by Kevin M. Barry

After his death, Sailor Boy decided to stay at Port Carrick lighthouse with his friend, the lighthouse keeper, and when disaster strikes, he is there to help.

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Bonaparte falls apart / Margery Cuyler ; illustrated by Will Terry

Bonaparte the skeleton is literally falling to pieces and needs help from his friends to pull himself together before the first day of school.

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John the skeleton / Triinu Laan ; illustrated by Marja-Liisa Plats

Everyone deserves a quiet, restful retirement. But for John, a newly retired classroom skeleton, life is just beginning. When John is adopted by Grams and Gramps and leaves the classroom to live on their farm, every day is an exciting new adventure: John rides in the car for the first time, makes a snow angel, scares away crooks, and becomes a source of comfort for Grams, Gramps, and their grandkids. With delightful illustrations and a charming cast of characters, John the Skeleton is a quirky, touching, and unforgettable book. Triinu Laan thoughtfully weaves aging and death into the fabric of life, crafting a tender portrait of what it means to care for one another, grow old together, and appreciate the little things

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A spoonful of frogs /  Casey Lyall ; illustrated by Vera Brosgol

Young readers will have a hopping good time in this hilarious story about a witch who is having a hard time wrangling a bunch of frogs into her frog soup until she comes up with a surprising solution.

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A wee boo / Jessica Boyd, Brooke Kerrigan

A humorous picture book about a ghost who is too cute to be scary and who realizes that she might have a more important future as an imaginary friend.

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Vampire vacation /Laura Lavoie ; art by Micah Player

The last thing Fang wants is another vacation in Transylvania. He’s toured Dracula’s castle and the coffin museum enough for an eternal lifetime. Why can’t he spend the summer swimming and surfing like his other friends? When his parents refuse, Fang decides to convince them that fun at the beach is possible, even for a family of vampires.

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I am not a vampire / Miles McKenna ; illustrated by Riley Samuels

Arlo navigates his desire to be a vampire like his family and learns to become his true self.

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Cat nights / by Jane Manning

Felicity the witch begins turning herself into a cat as soon as she is old enough, and even though the rules say that she can only turn back into a witch eight times, she does it again on the ninth night.

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Zoom Broom / Margie Palatini ; illustrated by Howard Fine

When her broom breaks down, Gritch the Witch visits a foxy salesman in search of a new Zoom Broom but ends up with something unexpected.

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