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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorCoraline
Neil Gaiman · 176 pages
When Coraline steps through a door to find another house strangely similar to her own (only better), things seem marvelous. But there's another mother there, and another father, and they want her to stay and be their little girl. They want to change her and never let her go. Coraline will have to fight with all her wit and courage if she is to save herself and return to her ordinary life.
The Waterhole
Graeme Base · 32 pages
As ever growing numbers of animals visit a watering hole, introducing the numbers from one to ten, the water dwindles.
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick · 534 pages
ORPHAN, CLOCK KEEPER, AND THIEF, twelve-year-old Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks with an eccentric girl and the owner of a small toy booth in the train station, Hugo’s undercover life, and his most precious secret, are put in jeopardy. A cryptic drawing, a treasured notebook, a stolen
Where's Waldo? The Fantastic Journey
Martin Handford · 32 pages
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
Lewis Carroll · 273 pages
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs · 392 pages
A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of peculiar photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, and unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he
Night Film
Marisha Pessl · 624 pages
Ashley Cordova is dead. Scott McGrath, a veteran investigative journalist wants to know why. The reason why the death of this beautiful, young woman has piqued his interest so much is because of who her father is. He is Stanislas Cordova, the world famous director of strange cult/horror films that hasn't been seen publicly in over thirty years. The last time McGrath got involved with Cordova he lo
Black and White
David Macaulay · 32 pages
Four brief "stories" about parents, trains, and cows, or is it really all one story? The author recommends careful inspection of words and pictures to both minimize and enhance confusion.
Masquerade
Kit Williams · 48 pages
On his way to deliver a splendid necklace to the Sun from the Moon, Jack Hare is diverted by a series of odd characters and when he finally reaches his destination he realizes that the necklace is missing. The reader is invited to answer several riddles and solve the mystery from clues given in the text.
Each Peach Pear Plum
Janet Ahlberg, Allan Ahlberg · 32 pages
Rhymed text and illustrations invite the reader to play "I Spy" with a variety of Mother Goose and other folklore characters
Piranesi
Susanna Clarke · 272 pages
**From the *New York Times* bestselling author of *Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell*, an intoxicating, hypnotic new novel set in a dreamlike alternative reality.** Piranesi's house is no ordinary building; its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls are lined with thousands upon thousands of statues, each one different from all the others. Within the labyrinth of halls an ocean is im
I Spy With My Little Eye
Edward Gibbs
Peeking through the pages, children will be able to spot a different colored animal every time, and guess what it is using a simple, factual clue. Bold illustrations and die-cut holes will absorb young readers as they learn about colors and animal names.
Museum Trip
Barbara Lehman · 40 pages
In this wordless picture book, a boy imagines himself inside some of the exhibits when he goes on a field trip to a museum.
The Penultimate Peril
Lemony Snicket · 353 pages
Dear Reader, If this is the first book you found while searching for a book to read next, then the first thing you should know is that this next-to-last book is what you should put down first. Sadly, this book presents the next-to-last chronicle of the lives of the Baudelaire orphans, and it is next-to-first in its supply of misery, despair, and unpleasantness. Probably the next-to-last thin
Wacky Wednesday
Dr. Seuss, Theo LeSieg · 48 pages
Drawings and verse point out the many things that are wrong one wacky Wednesday.
Creepy Carrots!
Aaron Reynolds · 35 pages
The carrots that grow in Crackenhopper Field are the fattest and crispiest around and Jasper Rabbit cannot resist pulling some to eat each time he passes by, until he begins hearing and seeing creepy carrots wherever he goes.
Zoom
Istvan Banyai · 64 pages
Open this wordless book and zoom from a farm to a ship to a city street to a desert island. But if you think you know where you are, guess again. For nothing is ever as it seems in Istvan Banyai's sleek, mysterious landscapes of pictures within pictures, which will tease and delight readers of all ages.
Anno's Journey
Mitsumasa Anno · 47 pages
Told through brilliant illustrations, a colorful, wordless book takes young readers on a wonderous tour of northern Europe, seeing its landscape, geography, and architecture along the way.
The Moon Jumpers
Janice May Udry, Maurice Sendak · 32 pages
Four children play in the moonlight before bedtime on a soft summer night.
The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories
Tim Burton · 128 pages
A bizarre menagerie of characters--including Oyster Boy, Brie Boy, Match Girl, and Stick Boy--search for love and understanding in a world that does not comprehend oddities.
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.