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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorEven Monsters Need Haircuts
Matthew McElligott · 35 pages
At night under a full moon, a child operates a barber shop with a monstrous clientele.
I'm a Manatee
John Lithgow · 32 pages
A boy imagines that he is a manatee, sprinkling seaweed on his raisin bran-atee and dignifying his watery domain with his wit, sophistication, and urbanity.
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
Simms Taback · 36 pages
Cinderella Skeleton
Robert D. San Souci · 32 pages
This book is a rhyming retelling of the story of a young woman who finds her prince at a Halloween ball despite the efforts of her wicked stepmother. The main characters are skeletons. Meet Cinderella Skeleton, as sweetly foul as only a ghoul can be. Poor Cinderella has no one to help her hang the cobwebs and arrange dead flowers -- certainly not her evil stepsisters. But the Halloween Ball is jus
Burt Dow, Deep-Water Man
Robert McCloskey · 61 pages
Burt goes fishing, takes refuge from a storm in a whale's stomach, and decorates a whole school of whales' tails with striped band-aids.
If You Give a Cat a Cupcake
Laura Joffe Numeroff · 32 pages
A series of increasingly far-fetched events might occur if someone were to give a cupcake to a cat.
Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros?
Shel Silverstein · 56 pages
There are lots of things a rhinoceros can do around one's house, including eating bad report cards before one's parents see them, tiptoeing downstairs for a midnight snack, and collecting extra allowance.
A Boy and His Bunny
Sean Bryan
One morning, a boy wakes up with a rabbit on his head and, although his mother is skeptical, he soon discovers that he can be fed, ride a bobsled, and even look cool with a rabbit on his head.
We're in the Wrong Book!
Richard Byrne · 32 pages
When a potato sack race goes awry, Bella and Ben find themselves bumped from their familiar page into uncharted territory. It's a brave new world of lollipops and sphinxes--and Bella and Ben are on one page-turning adventure. How will they find their way back into their very own book?
Dinosaurumpus
Tony Mitton
A rhyming tale of Triceratops, Brontosaurus, and even Tyrannosaurus gathering at the swamp to dance.
If I Had a Gryphon
Vikki VanSickle · 30 pages
Sam just got a hamster for a pet. But the hamster is kind of boring. he just eats and sleeps and gets his shavings wet. Inspired by her book of mythological creatures, Sam longs for a more exciting pet. But she soon realises that taking care of these magical beasts might not be as wonderful as she thought. Sasquatches are messy, unicorns are shy, gryphons scare the dogs at the dogpark, and having
Babushka's Doll
Patricia Polacco · 33 pages
A little girl gets a doll that turns out to be twice as rambunctious as her owner.
Pickles to Pittsburgh
Judi Barrett · 32 pages
Dozing off while contemplating Grandpa's unusual vacation, Kate dreams about Chewandswallow, where it snows popcorn and rains sandwiches and the fate of falling food intrigues her.
Skippyjon Jones
Judy Schachner · 32 pages
Skippyjon Jones is a Siamese cat with an overactive imagination who would rather be El Skippito, his Zorro-like alter ego
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Shell!
Lucille Colandro, Skip Hinnant · 32 pages
No Bears
Meg McKinlay
Ruby is in charge of this book. And she'll tell you something right now. There are NO BEARS in it. Not even one. Ella wants to tell you a story - a story with absolutely no bears. You don't need bears for a book. You need pretty things like fairies and princesses and castles and maybe funny things and exciting things. In Ella's kind of story, there are no bears in the village or the castle or the
Avocado Baby
John Burningham · 32 pages
A baby who gains enormous strength from avocados defends his weakling family.
May I Bring A Friend?
Beatrice Schenk de Regniers · 46 pages
A well-mannered little boy, frequently invited to visit the king and queen, always asks to bring a friend--and the friends are always wild animals--and always well-behaved.
Froodle
Antoinette Portis
One day, amidst the usual chirps, tweets, and caws, a little brown bird decides to try singing a new song and sets off an interesting reaction.
The Whale in My Swimming Pool
Joyce Wan · 32 pages
A young boy discovers a whale in his pool and tries everything he can think of to get it out. When a little boy discovers a whale in his pool, he tries everything he can think of to get it out, eventually coming up with the perfect solution to the problem.