Books like Zog and the Flying Doctors
By Julia Donaldson
For kids who root for the girl who wants to do the job instead of wear the crown, Zog and the Flying Doctors makes that wish soar. Warm, rhyming, and quietly rebellious, with plenty of flight and mischief.
An eager young dragon works his way through Madam Dragon's flying school, collecting bumps, bruises, and gold stars, while a mysterious little girl keeps turning up to patch him back together.
A costumed superhero girl and her Bug Squad friends volunteer at a dog-adoption fair, doing small jobs like brushing and feeding dogs until Lulu dreams up a plan to help every one of them find a home.
Seven sisters, each with her own special talent, must join forces and race to rescue their baby Seventh Sister after a hungry dragon snatches her away.
A boy who longs to be a trumpeter can only play an imaginary horn, until a musician from the neighborhood night club notices his ambition and takes him seriously.
A champion Italian cyclist who won the 1938 Tour de France secretly uses his bicycle and racing fame to help save Jewish lives during World War II, risking everything without ever telling a soul.
A shimmering fish must choose between keeping his new friends' approval or standing up for a lonely striped fish left out of the group — right as a hungry shark appears.
A poodle growing up among three talented bulldog brothers isn't sure what makes her special — until Gaston's sister Ooh-La-La goes missing in the park and Antoinette feels a pull to find her.
A tortoise named Truman watches his best friend Sarah board the number eleven bus for her first day of school, then decides he must do something he's never dared before.
A dressmaker's daughter sets out alone through a fierce snowstorm to deliver a duchess's ball gown, battling howling wind and deep drifts to complete her mother's errand.
In a Dutch town still recovering after World War II, a girl receives a surprise care package from an American stranger — and a simple thank-you letter grows into an exchange of boxes that keeps getting bigger.
A poem-wish spoken over a growing girl, asking that she be shielded from nightmares at three, false friends at fifteen, and given clear sight and courage for whatever roads lie ahead.
A mouse sets sail on a homemade boat, falls overboard far from land, and is saved by a passing whale — starting a friendship that will one day call the mouse back to return the favor.
