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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorCalvin and Hobbes
Bill Watterson · 127 pages
A collection of comic strips following the adventures of Calvin and his stuffed tiger Hobbes.
29 Myths on the Swinster Pharmacy
Lemony Snicket
A brother and sister wonder about the mysterious establishment across town called the Swinster Pharmacy. A brother and sister wonder about the mysterious establishment in the next town, the Swinster Pharmacy. So investigator Lemony Snicket compiled 29 myths about this bewildering establishment, hoping to help shine some light on this enduring mystery.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
Lewis Carroll · 273 pages
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs
Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith · 32 pages
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type
Doreen Cronin · 32 pages
When Farmer Brown's cows find a typewriter in the barn they start making demands, and go on strike when the farmer refuses to give them what they want.
How to Be Perfectly Unhappy
Matthew Inman, The Oatmeal · 48 pages
The Shrinking of Treehorn
Florence Parry Heide · 63 pages
"If you want to pretend you're shrinking, that's all right," said Treehorn's mother, "as long as you don't do it at the table." But Treehorn wasn't pretending. He really was shrinking. Hilarious complications result as he becomes more minuscule by the moment. Treehorn is a bit downhearted when his teacher says, "we don't shrink in this class," and sends him to the principal. Poor Treehorn spend
A Hat Full of Sky
Terry Pratchett · 352 pages
Something is coming after Tiffany ...Tiffany Aching is ready to begin her apprenticeship in magic. She expects spells and magic -- not chores and ill-tempered nanny goats! Surely there must be more to witchcraft than this!What Tiffany doesn't know is that an insidious, disembodied creature is pursuing her. This time, neither Mistress Weatherwax (the greatest witch in the world) nor the fierce, six
Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary
David Sedaris · 192 pages
If animals were more like us, if mice kept pets and toads could cuss, if dogs had wives and chipmunks dated, sheep sat still and meditated, then in the forest, field, and dairy you might find this bestiary, read by storks, by rats and kitties, skimmed by cows with milk-stained titties. "I found the book to be most droll," might quip the bear, the owl, the mole. Others, though, would be more coarse
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.
Stuck
Oliver Jeffers
Floyds Drachen steckt in einer Baumkrone fest. Um ihn wieder runterzukriegen, wirft Floyd alles Mögliche und Unmögliche in Richtung Krone. Erst den einen Schuh, dann den andern. Und dann alles, was ihm in die Hände gerät. Sogar ein Orang-Utan und ein Wal landen im Grün der Baumkrone. Nichts hilft und auch die Feuerwehr kann nichts ausrichten. Sie steckt mit allen Feuerwehrmännern direkt in den Äst
Chloe and the Lion
Mac Barnett
Mac, the author, fires Adam, the illustrator, over their artistic differences about Chloe, the main character of their book, until Mac realizes both of their talents are needed and they must work together or their story about Chloe will never be finished.
The Templeton Twins Have an Idea
Ellis Weiner
Abigail and John, the Templeton twins, and their dog Cassie, foil a pair of inept kidnappers intent on stealing one of their father's newest inventions.
Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing
Judi Barrett · 31 pages
Pictures of animals wearing clothes show why this would be a ridiculous custom for them to adopt.
The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish
Neil Gaiman · 64 pages
This children's book is about a boy who chooses to trade his father for his friend's two goldfish. When his mother returns, she sends the boy and his younger sister on an adventure to return the goldfish and recover their father. However, when the boy arrives at the goldfish owner's home, he finds that his father has been swapped again. This continues, and as the boy and his sister venture thro
Wacky Wednesday
Dr. Seuss, Theo LeSieg · 48 pages
Drawings and verse point out the many things that are wrong one wacky Wednesday.
Imogene's Antlers
David Small · 32 pages
One Thursday Imogene wakes up with a pair of antlers growing out of her head and causes a sensation wherever she goes.
A Wild Sheep Chase
Haruki Murakami · 299 pages
It begins simply enough: A twenty-something advertising executive receives a postcard from a friend, and casually appropriates the image for an insurance company's advertisement. What he doesn't realize is that included in the pastoral scene is a mutant sheep with a star on its back, and in using this photo he has unwittingly captured the attention of a man in black who offers a menacing ultimatum
The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip
George Saunders · 90 pages
Gappers will get your goat. Literally. If You don't brush them off and return them to the ocean, whence they arrive every day, these bright orange, many eyead creatutes will cover your goats, and the goats will stop giving milk. In a village called Frip, goat's milk was the entire economy. Three families lived there — the Romos, the Ronsens, and a little girl named Capable and her widowed fathe