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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorScuffy the Tugboat (A Little Golden Book)
Gertrude Crampton
The River at Green Knowe
L.M. Boston, Peter Boston · 153 pages
An English girl, a Polish refugee, and a displaced boy from the Orient explore an island-strewn river flowing past the ancient manor house of Green Knowe.
The Willows in Winter
William Horwood · 294 pages
The further escapades of four animal friends who live along a river in the English countryside--Toad, Mole, Rat, and Badger.
Take Me to the River
Will Hobbs · 184 pages
When North Carolina fourteen-year-old Dylan Sands joins his fifteen-year-old cousin Rio in running the Rio Grande River, they face a tropical storm and a fugitive kidnapper.
The Bobbsey Twins on a Houseboat
Laura Lee Hope · 156 pages
From the book:"What are you doing, Freddie?" asked Bert Bobbsey, leaning over to oil the front wheel of his bicycle, while he glanced at his little brother, who was tying strings about the neck of a large, handsome dog. "Making a harness," answered Freddie, not taking time to look up. "A harness?" repeated Bert, with a little laugh. "How can you make a harness out of bits of string?" "I'm g
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer/Adventures of Huckleberry Finn/The Prince & the Pauper
Mark Twain · 608 pages
Contains: - Adventures of Tom Sawyer - [Adventures of Huckleberry Finn] (https://openlibrary.org/works/OL53908W/Adventures_of_Huckleberry_Finn) - The Prince and the Pauper
The Wind in the Willows
Kenneth Grahame · 192 pages
Since its first publication in 1908, generations of adults and children have cherished Kenneth Grahame's classic, The Wind in the Willows. For in this entrancing, lyrical world of gurgling rivers and whispering reeds live four of the wisest, wittiest, noblest, and most lovable creatures in all literature--Rat, Mole, Badger, and Toad of Toad Hall. Like true adventurers, they glory in life's simples
The Big Six
Arthur Ransome · 383 pages
The second of Ransome's books set in the Norfolk Broads, the protagonists of Coot Club are accused of casting boats adrift, a terrible crime on any waterfront. They go cruising, fishing, eeling, discover the real villains, and there is lots of good stuff about sailing, photography (now of historical interest) and the odd part of England that is the Broads.
The Spellcoats
Diana Wynne Jones · 279 pages
Tanqui discovers she has the only means to conquer the evil Kankredin who threatens her own people and the Heathens who have invaded prehistoric Dalemark.
The Haunted Showboat
Carolyn Keene · 184 pages
Nancy Drew investigates a series of mysterious incidents aboard a Mississippi River showboat.
The Borrowers Afloat
Mary Norton · 191 pages
The Borrowers, a family of miniature people, journey down a drain, live briefly in a teakettle, and are swept away in a flood before finding a new home. Sequel to "The Borrowers Afield."
The Little Water Sprite
Otfried Preussler, Winnie Gebhardt-Gayler · 123 pages
Daisy Comes Home
Jan Brett · 31 pages
Daisy, an unhappy hen in China, floats down the river in a basket and has an adventure.
Flush
Carl Hiaasen · 294 pages
Bestselling novelist Carl Hiaasen is back with another hysterical mystery adventure for young readers, set in the Florida Keys. You know it's going to be a rough summer when you spend Father's Day visiting your dad in the local lockup. Noah's dad is sure that the owner of the Coral Queen casino boat is flushing raw sewage into the harbor--which has made taking a dip at the local beach like swim
The River
Gary Paulsen · 132 pages
Because of his success surviving alone in the wilderness for fifty-four days, fifteen-year-old Brian, profoundly changed by his time in the wild, is asked to undergo a similar experience to help scientists learn more about the psychology of survival.
Heaven Eyes
David Almond · 233 pages
Erin Law and her friends are Damaged Children. At least that is the label given to them by Maureen, the woman who runs the orphanage that they live in. Damaged, Beyond Repair because they have no parents to take care of them. But Erin knows that if they care for each other they can put up with the psychologists, the social workers, the therapists -- at least most of the time. Sometimes there is no
A Girl Named Disaster
Nancy Farmer · 309 pages
While fleeing from Mozambique to Zimbabwe to escape an unwanted marriage, Nhamo, an eleven-year-old Shona girl, struggles to escape drowning and starvation and in so doing comes close to the luminous world of the African spirits.
The Endless Lake
Erin Hunter · 304 pages
At the edge of a strange lake that seems to stretch on forever, Lucky and his Pack are about to discover even more new dangers. With the Fierce Dogs on their trail and the Storm of Dogs looming on the horizon, every dog will have to fight for survival—or be swept away. ---------- **Books in this series** 1. [The Empty City][1] 2. [A Hidden Enemy][2] 3. [Darkness Falls][3] 4. [The Bro
Leepike Ridge
N.D. Wilson · 240 pages
Eleven-year-old Thomas Hammond is in for the ride of his life when he's swept downstream and underground aboard a crumbling raft of Styrofoam. Washing up on a dark subterranean "beach," his only companions are an impulsive dog named Argus and a corpse, from which he takes a flashlight and an all-too-limited supply of batteries. What Tom finds under Leepike Ridge--a castaway, four graves, a tomb, a
Mr. Gumpy's Outing
John Burningham · 32 pages
Mr. Gumpy accepts more and more riders on his boat until the inevitable occurs.
The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp
Kathi Appelt · 326 pages