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24 books with the same feel
Hide books by the same authorThe Adventures of Harold and the Purple Crayon
Crockett Johnson · 256 pages
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?
Jumanji
Chris Van Allsburg · 31 pages
Left on their own for an afternoon, two bored and restless children find more excitement than they bargained for in a mysterious and mystical jungle adventure board game.
The Color Kittens
Margaret Wise Brown
While the color kittens are trying to make green paint, their mixing leads to pink, orange, and purple.
Thumbelina
Hans Christian Andersen · 32 pages
Thumbelina is one of the most charming and childlike tales of the great Danish story-teller, Hans Christian Andersen. It is presented in a brief retelling, with pictures by Gustaf Tenggren, the Swedish-American artist whose pictures are loved by children everywhere.
The Velveteen Rabbit
Margery Williams Bianco · 40 pages
In the nursery, only the toys that are old and wise truly understand what it means to be Real. The Velveteen Rabbit, a newcomer to the nursery, asks one of the most knowledgeable toys, the Skin Horse, what being real means.
Mr. Gumpy's Outing
John Burningham · 32 pages
Mr. Gumpy accepts more and more riders on his boat until the inevitable occurs.
Children of the Forest
Elsa Beskow · 32 pages
Four tiny elf children living in a Scandinavian forest have adventures throughout the year working and playing with the other inhabitants: fairies, a troll, birds, bats, 4 leggeds, and more. They wear hats of the red spotted amanita muscaria as a camoflage should they need to hide. So we rarely see them, but children, do you think they really exist?
Many Moons
James Thurber · 47 pages
Though many try, only the court jester is able to fulfill Princess Lenore's wish for the moon.
The Snowman
Raymond Briggs · 32 pages
When his snowman comes to life, a little boy invites him home and in return is taken on a flight high above the countryside.
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Laura Joffe Numeroff · 32 pages
Relating the cycle of requests a mouse is likely to make after you give him a cookie takes the reader through a young child's day.
A Treasury of Curious George
Margret Rey, H.A. Rey · 208 pages
Flower Fairies of the Autumn
Cicely Mary Barker · 53 pages
Madeline's Christmas
Ludwig Bemelmans · 32 pages
With everyone else sick in bed with a cold on Christmas Eve, it is up to Madeline to run the school, and she finds a remarkable helper in a rug-selling magician.
A Hole is to Dig
Ruth Krauss · 48 pages
A book for young children that explains and illustrates simple and easily understood defintions such as a hole is to dig, hands are to hold, and arms are to hug.
The Real Mother Goose
Blanche Fisher Wright · 128 pages
An illustrated collection of popular nursery rhymes, reprinted from the 1916 original.
Are You My Mother?
P.D. Eastman · 64 pages
When a baby bird hatches while his mother is out searching for food, he leaves the nest for a series of adventures to try to determine his mother's identity.
Mouse Tales
Arnold Lobel · 61 pages
Contains: The Wishing Well Clouds Very Tall Mouse and Very Short Mouse The Mouse and the Winds The Journey The Old Mouse The Bath
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod
Eugene Field · 38 pages
A classic lullaby poem about three fishermen who try to catch the stars in nets of silver and gold.
Millions of Cats
Wanda Gag · 32 pages
Millions of Cats is a wonderful tale of vanity versus humility, written and illustrated by the singular Wanda Gag. An old man and his wife decide to get a cat, so the old man goes out in search of the prettiest cat of all. When he is forced to choose from "hundreds, thousands, millions and billions and trillions" of cats, he (naturally) brings them all home. When the wife points out their inabilit
Would You Rather Be A Bullfrog? (Beginning Beginner Books)
Theo LeSieg, Roy McKie