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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorMatilda
Roald Dahl · 240 pages
Matilda applies her untapped mental powers to rid the school of the evil, child-hating headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and restore her nice teacher, Miss Honey, to financial security.
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs
Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith · 32 pages
I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen · 40 pages
The bear's hat is gone, and he wants it back. Patiently and politely, he asks the animals he comes across, one by one, whether they have seen it. Each animal says no, some more elaborately than others. But just as the bear begins to despair, a deer comes by and asks a simple question that sparks the bear's memory and renews his search with a vengeance. A picture-book morality play about dishone
Struwwelpeter: Fearful Stories and Vile Pictures to Instruct Good Little Folks
Heinrich Hoffmann · 48 pages
The Book That Eats People
John Perry
The reader is warned to be careful around this book, which has already eaten several people and is always hungry.
Go the Fuck to Sleep
Adam Mansbach · 32 pages
The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories
Tim Burton · 128 pages
A bizarre menagerie of characters--including Oyster Boy, Brie Boy, Match Girl, and Stick Boy--search for love and understanding in a world that does not comprehend oddities.
Crazy Hair
Neil Gaiman · 36 pages
Bonnie encounters all sorts of exotic animals and marvelous things inside a man's crazy hair.
Shrek
William Steig · 32 pages
Horribly hideous Shrek leaves home and terrifies everyone he encounters in his search for his equally ugly bride.
Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography (A Series of Unfortunate Events)
Lemony Snicket · 224 pages
A Warning from the Publisher: Many readers have questions about Lemony Snicket, author of the distressing serial concerning the trials of the charming but unlucky Baudelaire orphans, published under the collective title A Series of Unfortunate Events. Before purchasing, borrowing, or stealing this book, you should be aware that it contains the answers to some of those questions, such as the fol
Amelia Bedelia
Peggy Parish · 63 pages
A literal-minded housekeeper causes chaos in the Rogers household when she attempts to make sense of some instructions.
Mr Bliss
J.R.R. Tolkien · 107 pages
Mr. Bliss's first outing in his new motor-car, shared with several friends, bears, dogs, and a donkey, though not the Girabbit, proves to be unconventional though not inexpensive.
The Story of the Little Mole Who Went in Search of Whodunit
Werner Holzwarth, Wolf Erlbruch
I'm Bored
Michael Ian Black
When a bored girl meets a potato who finds children tedius, she tries to prove him wrong by demonstrating all of the things they can do, from turning cartwheels to using their imaginations.
Please Try to Remember the First of Octember!
Theo LeSieg · 41 pages
Every wish is fulfilled on the First of Octember.
A Hungry Lion, or A Dwindling Assortment of Animals
Lucy Ruth Cummins · 40 pages
Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing
Judi Barrett · 31 pages
Pictures of animals wearing clothes show why this would be a ridiculous custom for them to adopt.
The Monster at the End of this Book
Jon Stone · 32 pages
Pierre: A Cautionary Tale in Five Chapters and a Prologue
Maurice Sendak · 48 pages
The story of Pierre, a little boy whose response to every question, sugeestion, or statement is always, "I don't care!" until an encounter with a lion changes his mind.
Black and White
David Macaulay · 32 pages
Four brief "stories" about parents, trains, and cows, or is it really all one story? The author recommends careful inspection of words and pictures to both minimize and enhance confusion.