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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Little Red Caboose
Marian Potter
The little red caboose always came last. By the time the little red caboose came along, the boys and girls were turning away. "How I wish I were a big black engine, puffing and chuffing way up at the front of the train! But I'm just the little old red caboose. Nobody cares for me." The train went slower and slower and s-l-o-w-e-r. It looked as if that train could not get up the mountain. The littl
The Little Engine That Could
Watty Piper
When the other engines refuse, the Little Blue Engine tries to pull a stranded train full of toys and good food over the mountains.
Tootle
Gertrude Crampton
Tootle, a young train in training, begins leaving the tracks to cavort in the meadow until engineer Bill figures out a way to lure him back.
The 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
Shark vs. Train
Chris Barton
A shark and a train compete in a series of contests on a seesaw, in hot air balloons, bowling, shooting baskets, playing hide-and-seek, and more.
Two Little Trains
Margaret Wise Brown · 33 pages
Two little trains, one streamlined, the other old-fashioned, puff, puff, puff, and chug, chug, chug, on their way West.
Locomotive
Brian Floca · 62 pages
Learn what it was like to travel on the transcontinental railroad in the 1860s.
Choo Choo
Virginia Lee Burton · 48 pages
A little engine decides it could go much faster without pulling all the other cars, so it takes off by itself.
Trains
Byron Barton · 32 pages
Brief text and illustrations present a variety of trains and what they do.
How to Train a Train
Jason Carter Eaton
Loco for locomotives? Get your ticket ready - here is everything you need to know about finding, keeping and training your very own pet train. Finding advice on caring for a dog, a cat, a fish, or even a dinosaur is easy. But what if somebody's taste in pets runs to the more mechanical kind? What about those who like cogs and gears more than feathers and fur? People who prefer the call of a train
Black and White
David Macaulay · 32 pages
Four brief "stories" about parents, trains, and cows, or is it really all one story? The author recommends careful inspection of words and pictures to both minimize and enhance confusion.
No, David!
David Shannon · 32 pages
A young boy is depicted doing a variety of naughty things for which he is repeatedly admonished, but finally he gets a hug.
The Berenstain Bears and the Week at Grandma's
Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain · 32 pages
When Brother and Sister Bear get left with their grandparents for a whole week, they have a better time than they expected.
Funnybones
Allan Ahlberg · 32 pages
Three skeletons--a grownup, a child, and a dog--take a walk at night through a dark town.
Sector 7
David Wiesner · 48 pages
Beginning with a school trip to the Empire State Building, a boy makes friends with a mischievous little cloud, who whisks him away to the Cloud Dispatch Center for Sector 7 (the region that includes New York City). The clouds are bored with their everyday shapes, so the boy obligingly starts to sketch some new ones. . . .
The 20th Century Children's Book Treasury: Celebrated Picture Books and Stories to Read Aloud
Simon Boughton · 320 pages
Anthology of classic picture books from the 20th Century. The selections range from concept books and wordless books to picture books and short read-aloud stories, and represent the complete array of childhood themes and reading needs: ABCs, number and color books, stories about going to bed and going to school; tales about growing up, siblings, parents, and grandparents; animal stories, fantasies
The Bunny Book
Patricia M. Scarry, Richard Scarry
Illustrations and brief text depict different kinds of rabbits: big-eared, snowshoe, angora, and different color ones, and even chocolate Easter bunnies.
Mouse Paint
Ellen Stoll Walsh · 32 pages
Three white mice discover jars of red, blue, and yellow paint and explore the world of color.
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
Bernard Waber · 48 pages
Lyle, Lyle Crocodile is a children's book written by Bernard Waber first published in 1965. It is the sequel to The House on East 88th Street, published in 1962. The book is the second in the Lyle the Crocodile series. The fictional series follows the life of Lyle, a city-dwelling crocodile who lives in a Victorian brownstone with a family named the Primms. The story begins with Lyle and Mrs