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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Complete Tales and Poems of Winnie-the-Pooh
A.A. Milne · 494 pages
A A Milne originally wrote Winnie-the-Pooh for his son, Christopher Robin, and all the characters — like Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga and Tigger — were inspired by real cuddly toys. This collection includes stories and poems from all four of Milne's classics and is a beautiful and charming piece of literature for both children and adults. The illustrations are by Milne's long-term collaborator EH Shepard
The Trumpet of the Swan
E.B. White · 211 pages
Louis, a romantic swan, is in love with the angelic Serena, but he can't tell her how he feels; he has no voice. When he meets eleven-year-old Sam Beaver, a human friend, he goes to school with him to learn how to read and write. Louis' father also helps out; he steals a brass trumpet for his son. In the end, Louis learns to play, wins Serena's heart, and repays the music shop owner for his stolen
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)
Little Bear
Else Holmelund Minarik · 63 pages
Celebrate the timeless warmth of a mother's love with the very first ever I Can Read book! Meet Little Bear, a friend to millions of children. And meet Mother Bear, who is there whenever Little Bear needs her. When it is cold and snowy outside, she finds just the right outfit for Little Bear to play in. When he goes to the moon, she has a hot lunch waiting for him on his return. And, of course
Hilda and the Midnight Giant
Luke Pearson · 48 pages
Hilda finds her world turned upside down as she faces the prospect of leaving her snow-capped birthplace for the hum of the megalopolis. Her mother, an architect, has been offered a prestigious position in the bustling metropolis that she would find hard to reject. Besides, the tiny elven creatures making a daily habit of bombarding them with threats isn't making Hilda's case any better. As she se
The Cricket in Times Square
George Selden · 151 pages
An updated version of the timeless children's classic featuring a business-savvy mouse, a kind alley cat, and a talented country cricket, featuring a new foreword and revisions by YA author Stacey Lee. Tucker is a streetwise city mouse. He thought he'd seen it all. But he's never met a cricket before, which really isn't surprising, because, along with his friend Harry Cat, Tucker lives in the v
Guess How Much I Love You
Sam McBratney, Anita Jeram · 32 pages
Welcome the family classic with an elegant, refreshed cover — the quintessential picture book, just waiting to be shared. Sometimes, when you love someone very, very much, you want to find a way of describing how much you treasure them. But, as Little Nutbrown Hare and Big Nutbrown Hare discover, love is not an easy thing to measure! For two decades, Sam McBratney’s timelessly endearing story,
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.
Return to the Hundred Acre Wood
David Benedictus · 208 pages
It was eighty years ago, on the publication of The House at Pooh Corner, when Christopher Robin said good-bye to Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends in the Hundred Acre Wood. Now they are all back in new adventures, for the first time approved by the Trustees of the Pooh Properties. This is a companion volume that truly captures the style of A. A. Milne-a worthy sequel to The House at Pooh Corner and
The Essential Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury
Bill Watterson · 254 pages
Beginning with the day Hobbes sprang into Calvin's tuna fish trap, the first two Calvin and Hobbes collections, Calvin and Hobbes and Something Under The Bed Is Drooling, are brought together in this treasury. Including black-and-white dailies and color Sundays, The Essential Calvin and Hobbes also features an original full-color 16-page story. Perhaps the most brilliant comic strip ever create
Dragon Rider
Cornelia Funke · 532 pages
After learning that humans are headed toward his hidden home, Firedrake, a silver dragon, is joined by a brownie and an orphan boy in a quest to find the legendary valley known as the Rim of Heaven, encountering friendly and unfriendly creatures along the way, and struggling to evade the relentless pursuit of an old enemy.
The Mouse and the Motorcycle
Beverly Cleary · 158 pages
The Mouse and the Motorcycle is a children's novel written by Beverly Cleary and published in 1965. It is the first in a trilogy featuring Ralph S. Mouse, a house mouse who can speak to humans (though typically only children), goes on adventures riding his miniature motorcycle, and who longs for excitement and independence while living with his family in a run-down hotel. The book was released
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.
Phoebe and Her Unicorn
Dana Simpson · 224 pages
A boy and his dog . . . a girl and her . . . unicorn? It all started when Phoebe skipped a rock across a pond and accidentally hit a unicorn in the face. Improbably, this led to Phoebe being granted one wish, and she used it to make the unicorn, Marigold Heavenly Nostrils, her obligational best friend. But can a vain mythical beast and a nine-year-old daydreamer really forge a connection? Indee
The Wild Robot
Peter Brown · 287 pages
When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island. She has no idea how she got there or what her purpose is--but she knows she needs to survive. After battling a fierce storm and escaping a vicious bear attack, she realizes that her only hope for survival is to adapt to her surroundings and learn from the island's unwelcoming animal inhabita
The Mitten
Jan Brett · 32 pages
Several animals sleep snugly in Nicki's lost mitten until the bear sneezes.
Catwings
Ursula K. Le Guin · 40 pages
Mrs. Jane Tabby could not explain why all four of her children had wings. But it meant that her dreams for her kittens would some day come true. Thelma, Harriet, Roger, and James could fly away from the dangerous city slum and find a safer place to live. That day came. But who could have known what the four kittens would find in the woods...?
Frederick
Leo Lionni · 32 pages
(goodreads) While other mice are gathering food for the winter, Frederick seems to daydream the summer away. When dreary winter comes, it is Frederick the poet-mouse who warms his friends and cheers them with his words. (Amazon) Winter is coming, and all the mice are gathering food . . . except for Frederick. But when the days grow short and the snow begins to fall, it’s Frederick’s stories that
A Bear Called Paddington
Michael Bond · 160 pages
Mr. and Mrs. Brown first met Paddington, a most endearing bear from Darkest Peru on a railway platform in London. A sign hanging around his neck said, "Please look after this bear. Thank you" So that is just what they did. From the very first night when he attempted his first bath and ended up nearly flooding the house, Paddington was seldom far from imminent disaster. Jonathan and Judy were de
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Lyman Frank Baum · 226 pages
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz remains one of the world's most beloved and widely read books. Throughout a century of remarkable change, the popularity of L. Frank Baum's classic tale has endured and grown, embraced by generation after generation of children and the young at heart. To honour the centennial of its publication in 1900, the University Press of Kansas is presenting this special anniversar