Books like Carson Crosses Canada
By Linda Bailey
For the kid who loves maps, road trips, and dogs with a favorite squeaky toy, this cross-country journey turns geography into an adventure worth taking again and again. Warm, breezy, and full of open-road charm, with a wink of humor in every province.
An eight-year-old girl and her family pack up the car and skip an entire term of school to camp their way around Australia, meeting people and places along the road.
A little critter spends a special day at the beach with his grandma, navigating sand, waves, and small mishaps while soaking up her patient company.
When alphabet soup goes straight to her brain, a family dog named Martha suddenly starts talking — and talking, and talking — until the day she stops.
A parade of baby animals learns words for everyday things — a ball, a dog, a moon — but every single one insists on calling it all MAMA instead.
A newly hatched bird tumbles from his nest and sets off alone to find his mother, asking a kitten, a hen, a dog, and even a giant machine called a Snort if they're the one he's looking for.
A girl named Emily Elizabeth introduces her enormous red dog, Clifford, sharing the everyday activities they enjoy together and the ways they look after one another.
When hard times hit the farm, a hired boy is sent off to find his own way — but a runaway Journey Cake leads him on a wild chase that changes everything.
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.
A carpenter named Caleb gets into a spat with his wife Kate, then wakes up transformed into a dog — unable to speak or explain who he really is, so he stays close to her as her loyal companion.
A little girl and her mommy visit the library every Tuesday, where she meets friends, listens to stories, and picks out books to bring home before stopping for a treat.
A little girl flies with her family all the way to Holland to visit her grandparents, but somewhere along the journey, her beloved Knuffle Bunny goes missing again.
Giant dinosaurs try their hand at dog ownership, from splashing through baths to tossing balls in the yard, learning patience and gentleness with their beloved pups along the way.
