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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorWe're All Wonders
R.J. Palacio · 32 pages
Augie enjoys the company of his dog, Daisy, and using his imagination, but painfully endures the taunts of his peers because of his facial deformity.
Little Blue Truck Leads the Way
Alice Schertle · 38 pages
A country truck feels out of place in the speedy, noisy city until he comes to the rescue during a giant traffic jam.
Beatrice's Goat
Page McBrier · 37 pages
A young girl's dream of attending school in her small Ugandan village is fulfilled after her family is given an income-producing goat. Based on a true story about the work of Project Heifer.
Zen Shorts
Jon J. Muth
When Stillwater the giant panda moves into the neighborhood, the stories he tells to three siblings teach them to look at the world in new ways. Includes factual note on Zen.
The Crippled Lamb
Max Lucado, Jenna Lucado Bishop, Sara Lucado, Andrea Lucado · 32 pages
A lamb who has always felt different and sad because of his black spots and his limp, feels his true worth when he is called upon to help keep the baby Jesus warm.
Biblioburro: A True Story from Colombia
Jeanette Winter · 32 pages
"After amassing piles of books, Luis, a voracious reader, dreams up a way to share his collection with 'faraway villages.' He starts with two burros--one for himself, one for books--and heads off. Tough terrain and menacing bandits challenge him along the way, but at last he reaches a remote town, where he holds a story hour and loans titles to eager kids before returning home to his wife and rea
I Wish You More
Amy Krouse Rosenthal · 40 pages
In simple text and pictures, the author and illustrator create a compendium of small daily moments.
The Lion and the Mouse
Jerry Pinkney · 40 pages
In this wordless retelling of an Aesop fable set in the African Serengeti, an adventuresome mouse proves that even small creatures are capable of great deeds when she rescues the King of the Jungle.
Llama Llama Misses Mama
Anna Dewdney · 36 pages
Llama Llama experiences separation anxiety on his first day of nursery school.
Katy and the Big Snow
Virginia Lee Burton · 36 pages
Katy, a red crawler tractor, belonged to the Highway Department of the City of Geoppolis. She was not used in winter, however, until a huge snow storm snowed in the whole city. Then Katy plowed out everyone.
The Old Woman Who Named Things
Cynthia Rylant, Kathryn Brown · 32 pages
An old woman who has outlived all her friends is reluctant to become too attached to the stray dog that visits her each day.
Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch
Eileen Spinelli · 32 pages
A Chair for My Mother
Vera B. Williams · 32 pages
Koala Lou
Mem Fox · 32 pages
A young koala, longing to hear her mother speak lovingly to her as she did before other children came along, plans to win her distracted parent's attention.
The Little Red Caboose
Marian Potter
The little red caboose always came last. By the time the little red caboose came along, the boys and girls were turning away. "How I wish I were a big black engine, puffing and chuffing way up at the front of the train! But I'm just the little old red caboose. Nobody cares for me." The train went slower and slower and s-l-o-w-e-r. It looked as if that train could not get up the mountain. The littl
The Gardener
Sarah Stewart · 40 pages
A series of letters relating what happens when, after her father loses his job, Lydia Grace goes to live with her Uncle Jim in the city but takes her love for gardening with her.
If You Plant a Seed
Kadir Nelson
While planting seeds in their garden, two animals learn the value of kindness.
The Smallest Girl in the Smallest Grade
Justin Roberts · 32 pages
Sally McCabe is a very little girl, and nobody notices her, although she notices everything that goes on around her--but when she speaks out about the unkindness she sees, people start to pay attention.
Thunder Cake
Patricia Polacco · 32 pages
Grandma finds a way to dispel her grandchild's fear of thunderstorms.
Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?
Dr. Seuss · 48 pages
Compared to the problems of some of the creatures the old man describes, the boy is really quite lucky.
A Good Day
Kevin Henkes · 32 pages
A bird, a fox, a dog, and a squirrel overcome minor setbacks to have a very good day.