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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorNow We Are Six
A.A. Milne · 103 pages
A collection of poems reflecting the experiences of a little English boy growing up in the early part of the twentieth century.
Every Thing On It
Shel Silverstein · 201 pages
The Night Before Christmas
Clement Clarke Moore · 32 pages
God Got a Dog
Cynthia Rylant · 48 pages
Cynthia Rylant and Marla Frazee imagine a God inspired to go out and experience human things"--
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.
Won-Ton: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku
Lee Wardlaw
A cat arrives at a shelter, arranges to go home with a good family, and settles in with them, all the while letting them know who is boss and, finally, sharing his real name.
Hush Little Baby
Sylvia Long
In this variation on an old lullaby, a baby rabbit is promised an assortment of presents from its adoring parent.
Happy to Be Nappy
bell hooks
Happy to be nappy! Happy with hair all short and strong. Happy with locks that twist and curl. Just all girl happy! Happy to be nappy hair!
Read to Your Bunny
Rosemary Wells · 32 pages
Read To You Bunny is an invitation to the world of reading -- a poem your child will want to hear again and again. Make it a prelude to reading with your own little bunnies every day -- and soon they'll be reading back to you.
A Child's Garden of Verses
Robert Louis Stevenson · 69 pages
The Real Mother Goose
Blanche Fisher Wright · 128 pages
An illustrated collection of popular nursery rhymes, reprinted from the 1916 original.
Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reverso Poems
Marilyn Singer · 32 pages
A collection of short poems which, when reversed, provide new perspectives on the fairy tale characters they feature.
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.
Kate Greenaway's Mother Goose
Kate Greenaway · 52 pages
Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes
Mem Fox · 40 pages
Rhyming text compares babies born in different places and in different circumstances, but they all share the commonality of ten little fingers and ten little toes.
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.
Red 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
Outside Your Window: A First Book of Nature
Nicola Davies
Mary Engelbreit's Mother Goose: One Hundred Best-Loved Verses
Mary Engelbreit · 128 pages
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