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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThunder Cake
Patricia Polacco · 32 pages
Grandma finds a way to dispel her grandchild's fear of thunderstorms.
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.
The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats · 32 pages
Winner of the 1963 Caldecott Medal, Keats' story of a young boy experiencing the year's first snowfall has delighted millions of readers. Peter, The Snowy Day's protagonist, wakes up to the season’s first snowfall. In his bright red snowsuit, he goes outside and makes footprints and trails through the snow. Peter is too young to join a snowball fight with older kids, so he makes a snowman and sno
Corduroy
Don Freeman · 32 pages
A toy bear in a department store wants a number of things, but when a little girl finally buys him, he finds what he has always wanted most of all.
The Story of Ferdinand
Munro Leaf, Robert Lawson · 69 pages
A gentle bull who likes to sit quietly and smell flowers is entered in a bullfight.
Zen Shorts
Jon J. Muth
When Stillwater the giant panda moves into the neighborhood, the stories he tells to three siblings teach them to look at the world in new ways. Includes factual note on Zen.
The 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 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
Stellaluna
Janell Cannon · 48 pages
After she falls headfirst into a bird's nest, a baby bat is raised like a bird until she is reunited with her mother.
Frog and Toad All Year
Arnold Lobel · 64 pages
Frog and Toad All Year is an American picture book written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel, published by Harper & Row in 1976. It is the third book in the Frog and Toad series, whose four books completed by Lobel comprise five easy-to-read short stories each. ---------- Also contained in: [The Frog and Toad Treasury](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1973505W)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Dr. Seuss · 64 pages
The Grinch tries to stop Christmas from arriving by stealing all the presents and food from the village, but much to his surprise it comes anyway. Could Christmas be more than presents?
The Sandwich Swap
Rania Al Abdullah, Kelly DiPucchio
A beautiful book written by an actual queen. This book teaches about tolerance and accepting others. It is about two girls in school who learn how to accept each other's lunches, even though they are unfamiliar with what the food is. It teaches kids that it is important to not assume they will not like something that is new, and also to be kind to friends who might be different. It celebrates c
Giraffes Can't Dance
Giles Andreae · 31 pages
Gerald the giraffe is too clumsy to dance with all the other animals at the Jungle Dance, until he finds the right music.
If You Plant a Seed
Kadir Nelson
While planting seeds in their garden, two animals learn the value of kindness.
The Art Lesson
Tomie dePaola · 32 pages
Having learned to be creative in drawing pictures at home, young Tommy is dismayed when he goes to school and finds the art lesson there much more regimented.
I Wish You More
Amy Krouse Rosenthal · 40 pages
In simple text and pictures, the author and illustrator create a compendium of small daily moments.
Blueberry Girl
Neil Gaiman · 31 pages
Rhyming text expresses a prayer for a girl to be protected from such dangers as nightmares at age three or false friends at fifteen, and to be granted clearness of sight and other favors.
The Rainbow Fish
Marcus Pfister · 32 pages
Rainbow Fish has a disagreement with Little Blue because Little Blue has a sea glass which Rainbow Fish thinks he lost.
Wherever You Are My Love Will Find You
Nancy Tillman
Children feel the reassuring love of their parents no matter where they go or what they do.
The Snail and the Whale
Julia Donaldson · 32 pages
Wanting to sail beyond its rock, a tiny snail hitches a ride on a big humpback whale and then is able to help the whale when it gets stuck in the sand.