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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Composer is Dead
Lemony Snicket · 36 pages
An inpector seeks to solve a murder mystery at the symphony by questioning each of the musical instruments.
Remarkable Farkle Mcbride
John Lithgow · 40 pages
The musical prodigy Farkle McBride tries a number of instruments before discovering that conducting the orchestra makes him happy.
Squeak, Rumble, Whomp! Whomp! Whomp!: A Sonic Adventure
Wynton Marsalis · 40 pages
"Takes readers (and listeners) on a rollicking, clanging, clapping tour through the many sounds that fill a neighborhood"--
Bats in the Band
Brian Lies · 32 pages
A late-spring night sky fills with bats flocking to a theater, already echoing and booming with delightful sounds of music. Bat music-plunky banjoes, bat-a-tat drums, improvised instruments, country ballads, and the sweet cries of a bat with the blues. When the weather warms up, bats take advantage of an empty theater to stage a concert.
The Cricket in Times Square
George Selden · 151 pages
An updated version of the timeless children's classic featuring a business-savvy mouse, a kind alley cat, and a talented country cricket, featuring a new foreword and revisions by YA author Stacey Lee. Tucker is a streetwise city mouse. He thought he'd seen it all. But he's never met a cricket before, which really isn't surprising, because, along with his friend Harry Cat, Tucker lives in the v
Happy!
Pharrell Williams · 31 pages
Happy has had the world dancing ever since it first hit the airwaves, and now the irresistibly cheerful tune will come to life on the page with Pharrell Williams s very first picture book! A keepsake and true classic in the making.
The Magic School Bus Wet All Over: A Book About The Water Cycle
Patricia Relf, Joanna Cole · 32 pages
Ms. Frizzle's class is learning all about water. And when Wanda suggests they take a trip to Waterland, Ms Frizzle gets that funny look in her eyes. But instead of taking her class to the water theme park, she takes them on a seriously wet and wild ride - through the water cycle! Join the class as they evaporate, condense, rain, and make their way back to the ocean...only to evaporate all over aga
Sir Cumference and the First Round Table
Cindy Neuschwander · 32 pages
Assisted by his knight, Sir Cumference, and using ideas offered by his wife and son, King Arthur finds the perfect shape for his table.
Oliver and His Alligator
Paul Schmid
Nervous about the first day of school, Oliver brings an alligator to school for protection.
Fly Guy and the Frankenfly
Tedd Arnold · 30 pages
Buzz has a nightmare that his best friend Fly Guy has created a gigantic Frankenfly monster.
Harry the Dirty Dog
Gene Zion · 32 pages
When a white dog with black spots runs away from home, he gets so dirty his family doesn't recognize him as a black dog with white spots.
The Fortune-Tellers
Lloyd Alexander · 32 pages
A carpenter in the West African country of Cameroon goes to a fortune teller and finds the predictions about his future coming true in an unusual way.
Elbert's Bad Word
Audrey Wood · 32 pages
After shocking the elegant garden party by using a bad word, Elbert learns some acceptable substitutes from a helpful wizard.
Ball
Mary Sullivan
While searching for someone to play ball with him, a dog dreams of fantastical adventures he could have with his ball.
The Hueys in: What's the Opposite?
Oliver Jeffers
Quirky egg-shaped creatures known as the Hueys explore the concept of opposites.
Mouse Soup
Arnold Lobel · 64 pages
"Weasel is ready for his dinner, and poor Mouse is it. Can Mouse stop Weasel from serving up mouse soup for supper? The clever mouse tells the weasel four stories to make the soup tasty & then manages to trick the weasel and get home safely. This Level Two I Can Read is geared toward kids who read on their own but still need a little help."--
Popcorn
Frank Asch · 40 pages
Sam’s Halloween party is popping—with a massive amount of popcorn! Find out how he and his friends handle the delicious surplus in this reissue of a classic picture book from celebrated and award-winning author and illustrator Frank Asch.
Ups And Downs: A Book About Floating And Sinking
Joanna Cole · 32 pages
Is there a monster living in Walker Lake? That's what Ms.Fizzle's class is trying to find out. The kids try to dive down under the water, but the bus won't go! The class has to figure out how to turn their floater into a sinker so they can solve the mystery of the underwater monster. Take a dive with the Magic School Bus, and learn why things float and sink!
Jimi: Sounds Like a Rainbow: a Story of the Young Jimi Hendrix
Gary Golio · 32 pages
Before he became one of the greatest guitar players of all time, Jimi Hendrix was a boy who loved to paint and listen to records, and who asked himself an unusual question: could someone paint pictures with sound?
Little Red Writing
Joan Holub · 36 pages
Once upon a time, in pencil school, a brave little red pencil sets out to write an exciting story with nouns and adverbs and everything--but first she has to face the ravenous pencil sharpener, the Wolf 3000.
Who Took the Cookies from the Cookie Jar?
Bonnie Lass, Philemon Sturges
This text is a fun adaptation of the classic playground song. Help Skunk solve the mystery as he asks each of his animal friends, Mouse, Raven, Squirrel, Rabbit, Turtle, Raccoon, Snake, Beaver, and Frog, who took the cookies from the cookie jar? And along the way the reader learns what the animals actually eat.
Boo Hoo Bird
Jeremy Tankard · 30 pages
When Bird gets hit on the head while playing ball, his friends have many suggestions to try to make him feel better.