Books like Always Room for One More
By Sorche Nic Leodhas
For the kid who thinks the more people at the table, the better — this is a house that keeps opening its door no matter how full it gets. Cozy, rollicking, and warmhearted, with a singsong Scottish lilt running through it.
A boy drops his white mitten in the snow, and one by one a mole, a rabbit, a badger, and other woodland animals squeeze inside — each one bigger than the last — until a bear and a tiny mouse push things too far.
Three traveling monks arrive in a war-weary village where suspicious neighbors hide their food and shutter their windows — until the monks offer to make soup from nothing but stones.
Under the sea, every creature has their thing — Seahorse hides, Pufferfish puffs, and Crab simply bakes cakes — until a sudden disaster strikes and Crab's small act of kindness becomes exactly what the community needs.
A young girl finds a box of yarn that never runs out and knits sweaters for everyone and everything in her gray town — until a greedy archduke decides he wants the box for himself.
A second-grade teacher's whole school year unfolds through the letters she receives — sympathetic, informative, apologetic, even one from a local firefighter — revealing all the chaos and warmth of her classroom.
A poor washerwoman on the island of Martinique uses her mother's magic wand to help her beloved goddaughter Cendrillon win the heart of a rich man's son.
A small boy who lives next door to a nursing home learns that his elderly friend Miss Nancy has lost her memory, and sets out to discover what a memory actually is so he can help her find hers again.
A boy declares Jeremy Ross his enemy the moment he moves in down the street, so Dad offers his secret weapon: Enemy Pie — but the recipe requires spending a whole day playing with the enemy first.
A beloved dinosaur bakes cookies, helps old ladies cross the street, and plays with kids in town — while one boy, Reginald Von Hoobie-Doobie, insists she's scientifically extinct and shouldn't exist at all.
A mouse dentist and his wife treat animals of all kinds for toothaches — with one strict rule against dangerous creatures — until a fox in agony forces them to break it.
A tree loves a boy so completely that she gives him her apples, her branches, and finally her trunk, asking nothing in return as he grows old.
A bird wakes up too grumpy to fly, eat, or play, so he stomps off on a walk instead — and one by one, Sheep, Rabbit, Raccoon, Beaver, and Fox tag along.
