Marisol McDonald and the Clash Bash / Marisol McDonald y la fiesta sin igual by Monica Brown

Books like Marisol McDonald and the Clash Bash / Marisol McDonald y la fiesta sin igual

By Monica Brown

For the kid who refuses to pick just one favorite thing and wants every interest celebrated at once, Marisol's party is proof that not fitting a category is worth celebrating. Festive, bright, warmhearted, and a little rebellious

Crispin: The Pig Who Had It All by Ted Dewan

A pig who has every toy imaginable unwraps a Christmas box containing nothing at all — and has to figure out, with friends, what to do with an empty box.

Islandborn by Junot Díaz

A girl who left her homeland as a baby must draw it for a school assignment, so she gathers memories from family and neighbors to imagine her way back to The Island.

Amy Wu and the Patchwork Dragon by Kat Zhang

A girl determined to make her own dragon for craft time struggles when her classmates don't recognize her creation — until a story from Grandma and help from her family spark something truly hers.

Dandelion by Don Freeman

A lion named Dandelion gets a fancy party invitation and dresses himself up so lavishly that when he arrives, even the hostess doesn't recognize him.

Mirandy and Brother Wind by Patricia C. McKissack

A determined girl chases every trick her neighbors suggest to try to capture Brother Wind himself as her partner for the junior cakewalk jubilee, certain nothing else will do.

Fanny's Dream by Caralyn Buehner

A sturdy farm girl named Fanny Agnes waits in her garden for a fairy godmother to whisk her off to the mayor's grand ball and her destined prince — but who actually shows up changes everything.

Julián Is a Mermaid by Jessica Love

After spotting three dazzling mermaids on the subway, a boy transforms his home into a lagoon of imagination, fashioning his own mermaid costume from a curtain and some ferns.

Frosty the Snow Man by Annie North Bedford

A group of children build a snowman one winter's day and watch him come to life, sharing in the wonder and fun of a magical friend made of snow.

Let's Do Nothing! by Tony Fucile

Two best friends who've already played every game, baked every cookie, and painted every picture decide to try something harder: standing perfectly still and doing nothing for ten whole seconds.

Sector 7 by David Wiesner

On a school trip to the Empire State Building, a boy is whisked away by a mischievous cloud to the Cloud Dispatch Center for Sector 7, where he starts sketching wild new cloud shapes for bored clouds.

Ooh-la-la: Max in Love by Maira Kalman

A millionaire dog-poet arrives in Paris and is swept up by dazzling characters like Fritz from the Ritz and Pierre Potpurri, but something — namely love — still eludes him.

Andrew Henry's Meadow by Doris Burn

A middle child inventor, unappreciated at home, runs away to build a meadow of one-of-a-kind houses for other overlooked kids — until the whole town comes looking for them.