Books like Clever Jack Takes the Cake
By Candace Fleming
For the kid who'd rather make something with their own two hands than buy it off a shelf, Jack's homemade gift turns into the whole adventure. Playful, funny, and adventurous, with fairy-tale mishaps piling up one after another.
A very fussy little sister refuses carrots, mashed potatoes, and especially tomatoes — until her clever big brother renames every food on her plate into something wildly more interesting.
A relentlessly cheerful stranger follows a grumpy skeptic everywhere, asking him to try green eggs and ham in a box, on a train, in the rain — anywhere, everywhere.
A boy named Ned races a thousand miles to a surprise party, and every stroke of good luck — a borrowed airplane, a handy parachute — flips into disaster and back again.
Two kids stuck inside on a rainy day get an uninvited visitor — a tall cat in a striped hat who promises fun and games while their mother is away.
A little girl wakes up one Thursday with a full set of antlers growing out of her head, and while the doctor and school principal panic, the cook and kitchen maid find surprising uses for them.
A little red chicken just can't sit still through bedtime stories, jumping into Hansel and Gretel and Little Red Riding Hood to save the characters herself, much to her patient papa's dismay.
A man and his dog set out on a peaceful camping trip, but a marshmallow-loving bear sends them plunging down a mountain and racing down a river toward a waterfall.
A witch grows the biggest pumpkin ever but can't pull it off the vine — and neither can the ghost, the vampire, or the mummy — until the tiniest creature of all comes up with an idea.
Nineteen comic poems peek into the everyday headaches of famous monsters — Frankenstein hunts for lunch fixings, Wolfman needs housekeeping tips, and Dracula could really use a toothbrush.
A fun-loving king climbs into his bathtub and simply refuses to get out, no matter who arrives to plead with him to come rule his kingdom.
A little brown bird gets tired of chirping the same old song as every other bird, dog, and cat in the neighborhood, so she invents a brand-new sound — and it spreads.
A child imagines an entire day as a horse — galloping through familiar settings, wondering if they'd fit in their clothes, and whether a little sister would get a ride.
