Kid Book Match

Faraway Home by Jane Kurtz
Desta's father, who needs to return briefly to his Ethiopian homeland, describes what it was like for him to grow up there.

The patchwork Quilt by Valerie Flournoy
Using scraps cut from the family's old clothing, Tanya helps her grandmother and mother make a beautiful quilt that tells the story of her family's life.

Jamaica's Find by Juanita Havill
A little girl finds a stuffed dog in the park and decides to take it home.

Thanks for your request for a Book Match. It sounds as though you like lots of different kinds of books. Here are some suggestions:

Bo & Mzzz Mad by Sid Fleischman. When his father dies, Bo Gamage moves in with his distant and estranged relatives, the Martinkas, and finds that "Mad" lives up to her name, PawPaw despises him, and Aunt Juna hopes he'll help search for the gold mine that started a family feud.

Thanks for requesting a Book Match. If you like trains, here are some other books you might enjoy:

Full Steam Ahead by Faye Gibbons. A young boy and his grandpa ride on a steam locomotive chugging through Georgia one hot summer day.

All Aboard! by Mary Lyn Ray. A large white rabbit named Mr. Barnes goes on a train trip and enjoys all the sights and sounds of the ride.

Thanks for your request for a Book Match. This happens to be one of my favorite books, too. If you like this one, you might enjoy other books by Kevin Henkes. Lilly is also a character in "Julius, The Baby Of The World" (Lilly is convinced that the arrival of her new baby brother is the worst thing that has happened in their house, until Cousin Garland comes to visit.). Another character he writes about is Wemberley.

My favorite books about the weather are in the Let's Read And Find Out science series. You might like Tornado Alert and Flash, Crash, Rumble, And Roll, by Franklyn M. Branley. You might also like It's Raining Cats And Dogs: All Kinds Of Weather And Why We Have It by Franklyn M. Branley. (Discusses various weather phenomena, including rain, hail,
smog, snow, lightning, hurricanes, and tornadoes.)

If you like spooky stories, you'll enjoy Spooky America: Four Real Ghost Stories by Lori Haskins. Recounts four fact-based tales of hauntings, including a ghost horse on the coast of Massachusetts, a haunted painting at a Virginia plantation, a skeleton in Colorado, and a ghostly sea captain of California.

I'm glad you asked for a Book Match. Here are some books I think you will like:

Frog and Toad books by Arnold Lobel

George and Martha books by Marshall

Amelia Bedelia books by Peggy Parish

All of these have lots of stories about the same characters.

You might also like My Little Sister Ate One Hare by Grossman, What?
Cried Granny by Lum and The Red Racer by Wood.

Bridget Harvey
 

Thanks for your Book Match request. Here are some titles you may enjoy reading aloud to your children:

If You Ever Get Lost: The Adventures of Julia and Evan by Barbara Ann Porte
Julia and her younger brother Eric share several adventures, including getting lost at a marathon race, going grocery shopping, helping to catch two thieves at a pet store, and learning to speak Spanish.

Thanks for your request for a Book Match. If you want to read some looong books like Belle Prater's Boy, here are some suggestions:

The Same Stuff as Stars by Katherine Paterson. When Angel's self-absorbed mother leaves her and her younger brother with their poor great-grandmother, the eleven-year-old girl worries not only about her mother and brother, her imprisoned father, the frail old woman, but also about a mysterious man who begins sharing with her the wonder of the stars. Other books by this author that you might enjoy include The Great Gilly Hopkins and Flip-Flop Girl.

If you're a beginning reader who likes to read series books, here are a couple suggestions. Each title is the first in the series.

26 Fairmount Avenue by Tomie DePaola. The true-life adventures of the famous children's book author, including dropping out of school on the first day of kindergarten.

Catwings by Ursula K. Le Guin. Do those kittens really have wings?

McBroom Tells a Lie by Sid Fleischman. Josh McBroom, his dear wife, and their eleven children outwit mean Heck Jones by using frozen sunlight and a car that runs on popcorn.