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24 books with the same feel
Hide books by the same authorThe 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
The Wind in the Willows
Kenneth Grahame · 192 pages
Since its first publication in 1908, generations of adults and children have cherished Kenneth Grahame's classic, The Wind in the Willows. For in this entrancing, lyrical world of gurgling rivers and whispering reeds live four of the wisest, wittiest, noblest, and most lovable creatures in all literature--Rat, Mole, Badger, and Toad of Toad Hall. Like true adventurers, they glory in life's simples
Scuffy the Tugboat (A Little Golden Book)
Gertrude Crampton
A Pocket for Corduroy
Don Freeman · 32 pages
A toy bear who wants a pocket for himself searches for one in a laundromat.
Winnie-the-Pooh
A.A. Milne · 160 pages
A.A. Milne's Pooh stories need no introduction; they have been loved by generations of children and their parents ever since they were first published in 1926. In his autobiography, Milne wrote: 'The animals in the stories came for the most part from the nursery. My collaborator [his wife] had already given them individual voices, their owner by constant affection had given them the twist in th
Little Bear
Else Holmelund Minarik · 63 pages
Celebrate the timeless warmth of a mother's love with the very first ever I Can Read book! Meet Little Bear, a friend to millions of children. And meet Mother Bear, who is there whenever Little Bear needs her. When it is cold and snowy outside, she finds just the right outfit for Little Bear to play in. When he goes to the moon, she has a hot lunch waiting for him on his return. And, of course
The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge
Hildegarde Hoyt Swift, Lynd Ward · 56 pages
A little lighthouse on the Hudson River regains its pride when it finds out that it is still useful and has an important job to do.
Time of Wonder
Robert McCloskey · 63 pages
Follows the activities of two children spending their summer vacation on an island off the coast of Maine.
The Borrowers Afloat
Mary Norton · 191 pages
The Borrowers, a family of miniature people, journey down a drain, live briefly in a teakettle, and are swept away in a flood before finding a new home. Sequel to "The Borrowers Afield."
Harold and the Purple Crayon
Crockett Johnson · 61 pages
"Harold loves animals so much that he decides to find out what it's like to be one. Join Harold and an elephant, a camel, a herd of cheetahs, and a slippery bunch of penguins on this wildlife adventure in his imagination."--P. [4] cover.
The Bobbsey Twins on a Houseboat
Laura Lee Hope · 156 pages
From the book:"What are you doing, Freddie?" asked Bert Bobbsey, leaning over to oil the front wheel of his bicycle, while he glanced at his little brother, who was tying strings about the neck of a large, handsome dog. "Making a harness," answered Freddie, not taking time to look up. "A harness?" repeated Bert, with a little laugh. "How can you make a harness out of bits of string?" "I'm g
By the Shores of Silver Lake
Laura Ingalls Wilder · 290 pages
The Ingalls family had fared badly in Plum Creek, Minnesota. They were in debt. Mary was blind now. So Pa went West to work at a railroad camp in Dakota Territory where he could make as much as fifty dollars a month! Then he sent for his wife and four children, and they became the first settlers in the new town of De Smet. But the railroad brought hordes of land-hungry people from the East. Had Pa
The Moon Jumpers
Janice May Udry, Maurice Sendak · 32 pages
Four children play in the moonlight before bedtime on a soft summer night.
Daisy Comes Home
Jan Brett · 31 pages
Daisy, an unhappy hen in China, floats down the river in a basket and has an adventure.
Love You Forever
Robert Munsch · 32 pages
The story details the cycle of life by chronicling the experiences of a young son and his mother throughout the course of the boy's life, and describing the exasperating behaviour exhibited by him throughout his youth. In spite of her occasional aggravation caused by her son's behaviour, the mother nonetheless visits his bedroom nightly to cradle him in her arms, and sing a brief lullaby promising
Curious George
H.A. Rey · 55 pages
George is an African monkey who has come to America with his friend The Man in The Yellow Hat. They get into all sort of trouble in this 1946 Childrens' novel.
Santa Calls
William Joyce · 40 pages
Art Aimesworth receives a mysterious summons from Santa Claus and he shares a Christmas adventure with his sister that brings them closer together.
Owl Moon
Jane Yolen · 32 pages
On a winter's night under a full moon, a father and daughter trek into the woods to see the Great Horned Owl.
Minn of the Mississippi
Holling Clancy Holling · 86 pages
Follows the adventures of Minn, a three-legged snapping turtle, as she slowly makes her way from her birthplace at the headwaters of the Mississippi River to the mouth of river on the Gulf of Mexico.
The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher
Beatrix Potter · 58 pages
A frog fishing from his lily pad boat doesn't catch any fish, but one catches him - what will happen next?
This Tender Land
William Kent Krueger · 464 pages
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Judi Barrett · 32 pages
Life is delicious in the town of Chewandswallow where it rains soup and juice, snows mashed potatoes, and blows storms of hamburgers--until the weather takes a turn for the worse.