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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorRed Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors
Joyce Sidman · 32 pages
In spring red sings from treetops: cheer-cheer-cheer, each note dropping like a cherry into my ear. In winter green waits in the hearts of trees, feeling the earth turn. Color comes alive in this whimsical, innovative book. Blue dances on summer lakes, green drips from spring leaves, black wafts mysteriously through autumn evenings. Together, an award-winning poet and a brilliant painter inspire u
Water Can Be...
Laura Purdie Salas · 32 pages
"This picture book poetically explores the many things water can be--from home maker and ship breaker to cloud fluffer and fire snuffer. Backmatter provides additional explanations."--
Kate Greenaway's Mother Goose
Kate Greenaway · 52 pages
All the World
Liz Garton Scanlon · 40 pages
Pictures and rhyming text celebrate a family's day spent going to the beach, shopping at the market, eating at a restaurant and spending the evening with the rest of the extended family.
Science Verse
Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith · 40 pages
When the teacher tells his class that they can hear the poetry of science in everything, a student is struck with a curse and begins hearing nothing but science verses that sound very much like some well-known poems.
I, Too, Am America
Langston Hughes · 40 pages
Winner of the Coretta Scott King illustrator award, *I, Too, Am America* blends the poetic wisdom of Langston Hughes with visionary illustrations from Bryan Collier in this inspirational picture book that carries the promise of equality. Langston Hughes was a courageous voice of his time, and his authentic call for equality still rings true today. Beautiful paintings by illustrator Bryan Collie
Mary Engelbreit's Mother Goose: One Hundred Best-Loved Verses
Mary Engelbreit · 128 pages
Flower Fairies of the Autumn
Cicely Mary Barker · 53 pages
The Rooster Crows: A Book of American Rhymes and Jingles
Maud Petersham, Miska Petersham · 64 pages
Instructions
Neil Gaiman · 40 pages
This advice for travelling through a fairytale landscape might just save you from being eaten by wolves or being lost for ever, but it is also a charming metaphor for living courageously and taking risks.
Struwwelpeter: Fearful Stories and Vile Pictures to Instruct Good Little Folks
Heinrich Hoffmann · 48 pages
The Spider and the Fly
Mary Howitt, Tony DiTerlizzi · 40 pages
An illustrated version of the well-known poem about the wily spider and the luckless fly. Includes an addendum with a modern-day example of why it is best not to trust strangers who offer treats.
Dirty Beasts
Roald Dahl · 32 pages
A collection of humorous poems about amazing or nasty creatures, including a flying cow, a pig who turns the tables on a farmer, and crocodiles, lions, and anteaters who delight in devouring people.
Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes
Beatrix Potter · 40 pages
Eight short nursery rhymes about Cecily Parsley, Goosey Gander, the five pigs, Pussy-Cat, three blind mice, Tom Tinker's dog, a garden, and Ninny Nanny Netticoat
The Night Before Christmas
Clement Clarke Moore · 32 pages
Firefly July A Year of Very Short Poems
Paul B. Janeczko · 48 pages
Here's a Little Poem: A Very First Book of Poetry
Polly Dunbar · 108 pages
A collection of poems for children with the various themes of self, family, going outside, and when it is time for bed.
Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich
Adam Rex · 40 pages
Stories in verse about the monster-sized problems Dracula, Wolfman, Bigfoot and other monsters face.
A Child's Calendar
John Updike · 32 pages
A collection of twelve poems describing the activities in a child's life and the changes in the weather as the year moves from January to December.
Once I Ate a Pie
Patricia MacLachlan, Emily MacLachlan Charest
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod
Eugene Field · 38 pages
A classic lullaby poem about three fishermen who try to catch the stars in nets of silver and gold.