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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorI'm a Manatee
John Lithgow · 32 pages
A boy imagines that he is a manatee, sprinkling seaweed on his raisin bran-atee and dignifying his watery domain with his wit, sophistication, and urbanity.
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
Simms Taback · 36 pages
We're in the Wrong Book!
Richard Byrne · 32 pages
When a potato sack race goes awry, Bella and Ben find themselves bumped from their familiar page into uncharted territory. It's a brave new world of lollipops and sphinxes--and Bella and Ben are on one page-turning adventure. How will they find their way back into their very own book?
The Bad Mood and the Stick
Lemony Snicket · 43 pages
Once there was a bad mood and a stick.The stick appeared when a tree dropped it. Where did the bad mood come from? Who picked up the stick? And where is the bad mood off to now? You never know what is going to happen.
Babushka's Doll
Patricia Polacco · 33 pages
A little girl gets a doll that turns out to be twice as rambunctious as her owner.
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Shell!
Lucille Colandro, Skip Hinnant · 32 pages
No Bears
Meg McKinlay
Ruby is in charge of this book. And she'll tell you something right now. There are NO BEARS in it. Not even one. Ella wants to tell you a story - a story with absolutely no bears. You don't need bears for a book. You need pretty things like fairies and princesses and castles and maybe funny things and exciting things. In Ella's kind of story, there are no bears in the village or the castle or the
Froodle
Antoinette Portis
One day, amidst the usual chirps, tweets, and caws, a little brown bird decides to try singing a new song and sets off an interesting reaction.
The Whale in My Swimming Pool
Joyce Wan · 32 pages
A young boy discovers a whale in his pool and tries everything he can think of to get it out. When a little boy discovers a whale in his pool, he tries everything he can think of to get it out, eventually coming up with the perfect solution to the problem.
The Magic Hat
Mem Fox · 32 pages
A wizard's hat blows into town, changing people into different animals when it lands on their heads.
The Pencil
Allan Ahlberg · 48 pages
A lonely pencil timidly draws a boy, a dog, and other items but soon faces a problem as his creations begin demanding changes, and when he draws an eraser to make them happy, the real trouble begins.
365 Penguins
Jean-Luc Fromental · 48 pages
When a box containing a penguin arrives anonymously on New Year's Day, a family of four is puzzled, but as they continue to receive one penguin each day their problems--and food budget, and storage issues--are multiplied.
The Last Basselope: One Ferocious Story
Berkeley Breathed · 32 pages
Even Monsters Need Haircuts
Matthew McElligott · 35 pages
At night under a full moon, a child operates a barber shop with a monstrous clientele.
The Princess in Black and the Hungry Bunny Horde
Shannon Hale, Dean Hale · 90 pages
Princess Magnolia and her unicorn, Frimplepants, are on their way to have brunch with Princess Sneezewort, an occasion Frimplepants enjoys more than anything in the world. But just when he can smell the freshly baked bread and the heaping platters of sugar-dusted doughnuts, Princess Magnolia’s glitter-stone ring rings. The monster alarm! After a quick change in the secret cave, Princess Magnolia a
I Know a Wee Piggy
Kim Norman
A cumulative, rhyming tale of an ordinary pig who leaps out of his boy's arms at a state fair and wallows in color after color, turning himself into a work of art.
Scaredy Squirrel
Melanie Watt · 36 pages
Meet Scaredy Squirrel, a squirrel who never leaves his nut tree because he's afraid of the unknown "out there." But then, something unexpected happens that may just change his outlook
Skippyjon Jones, Class Action
Judy Schachner · 31 pages
Skippyjon Jones, a Siamese cat who would rather be his Chihuahua alter ego, is determined to attend dog obedience school.
Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures with the Family Lazardo
William Joyce · 32 pages
While vacationing in Africa, the Lazardo family finds and brings back to America a friendly dinosaur that becomes the talk of the town.
Cinderella Skeleton
Robert D. San Souci · 32 pages
This book is a rhyming retelling of the story of a young woman who finds her prince at a Halloween ball despite the efforts of her wicked stepmother. The main characters are skeletons. Meet Cinderella Skeleton, as sweetly foul as only a ghoul can be. Poor Cinderella has no one to help her hang the cobwebs and arrange dead flowers -- certainly not her evil stepsisters. But the Halloween Ball is jus
Spork
Kyo Maclear · 32 pages
A humorous “multi-cutlery” tale about how Spork — half spoon, half fork — finally finds his place at the table. A charming story for anyone who has ever wondered about their place in the world.