Kid Book Match

Faraway Home by Jane Kurtz
Desta's father, who needs to return briefly to his Ethiopian homeland, describes what it was like for him to grow up there.

The patchwork Quilt by Valerie Flournoy
Using scraps cut from the family's old clothing, Tanya helps her grandmother and mother make a beautiful quilt that tells the story of her family's life.

Jamaica's Find by Juanita Havill
A little girl finds a stuffed dog in the park and decides to take it home.

If you're a beginning reader who likes to read series books, here are a couple suggestions. Each title is the first in the series.

26 Fairmount Avenue by Tomie DePaola. The true-life adventures of the famous children's book author, including dropping out of school on the first day of kindergarten.

Catwings by Ursula K. Le Guin. Do those kittens really have wings?

McBroom Tells a Lie by Sid Fleischman. Josh McBroom, his dear wife, and their eleven children outwit mean Heck Jones by using frozen sunlight and a car that runs on popcorn.

Thanks for requesting a Book Match. If you like fantasy and family stories, here are some other titles you might enjoy.

Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix.
In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear on his family's farm, until another "third" convinces him that the government is wrong.

Thank you for requesting a Book Match. I have not read the Heartland series, but here are some other inspiring horse stories you may enjoy:

Colt by Nancy Springer.
Summary: A young boy with a crippling disease learns, through a horseback riding program, to overcome his own anxieties and to help others in dealing with their own problems.

Thanks for requesting a Book Match! There are lots of great picture books to share with 2- and 4-year old girls! Here are a few ideas.

Princess Books:
The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch
Princess Elizabeth is to marry Prince Ronald when a dragon attacks the castle and kidnaps Ronald. In resourceful and humorous fashion, Elizabeth finds the dragon and rescues Ronald --- who is less than pleased at her un-princess-like appearance.

Thanks for your request for a book match. It sounds like you enjoy a wide variety of books. Here are a few book titles, but be sure to check out the link to all our lists. These lists are very helpful for someone like yourself who would like to explore Humor, Adventure, Action, Western, and Horror.

How to Eat Fried Worms
by Thomas Rockwell
Billy makes a bet that he can eat fifteen worms in fifteen days. Will he eat them fried, broiled, with ketchup and mustard, or raw?

Thank you for using our book match.

I have looked for books that are similar to Our Teacher's Having A Baby by Eve Bunting.

I believe that you have found the only one that relates to a teacher having a baby.

The books that I found relate to birth-fiction.

Honkers by Jane Yolen
While staying at her grandparents' farm until the birth of her mother's baby, homesick Betsy learns a lesson about independence when she witnesses the birth and migration of a gosling.

Thank you for requesting a Book Match. I, too, love to read fantasy. If you enjoyed Knight's Castle, here are some other titles you may like:

A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeliene L'Engle
Meg's father has been missing for a year. When she finds out he's slipped through a tesseract, a wrinkle in time, she, Calvin, and Charles Wallace set out to rescue him!

Here are some other books you might enjoy:

A House Called Awful End by Philip Ardagh
When eleven-year-old Eddie Dickens's ill parents become "a bit crinkly round the edges," he is taken by his great-uncle and great-aunt, Mad Uncle Jack and Mad Aunt Maude, and embarks on adventures that involve strolling actors, St. Horrid's Home for Grateful Orphans, and a carnival float shaped like a giant cow. This is the first of three books in the
series.

The Spiderwick Chronicles by Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi

I'm glad you are using our Book Match service and I hope I can help you find another good book. Since you liked The Things With Wings I should tell you that our library system doesn't even own that book. I looked it up and read what it was about and as far as I hope I have some good suggestions for you.