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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorNana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs
Tomie dePaola · 32 pages
An autobiographical picture book that gently introduces young readers to the concept of grief. Tommy, a young child who regularly visits his grandmother and great-grandmother one day finds that his great-grandmother is no longer there. He must then learn to say good-bye.
Love You Forever
Robert Munsch · 32 pages
The story details the cycle of life by chronicling the experiences of a young son and his mother throughout the course of the boy's life, and describing the exasperating behaviour exhibited by him throughout his youth. In spite of her occasional aggravation caused by her son's behaviour, the mother nonetheless visits his bedroom nightly to cradle him in her arms, and sing a brief lullaby promising
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 Fox and the Star
Coralie Bickford-Smith · 64 pages
"The Fox and the Star is the story of a friendship between a lonely Fox and the Star who guides him through the frightfully dark forest. Illuminated by Star's rays, Fox forages for food, runs with the rabbits, and dances in the rain--until Star suddenly goes out and life changes, leaving Fox huddling for warmth in the unfamiliar dark. To find his missing Star, Fox must embark on a wondrous journey
I'll Always Love You
Hans Wilhelm · 31 pages
A child's sadness at the death of a beloved dog is tempered by the remembrance of saying to it every nignt, "I'll always love you."
Michael Rosen's Sad Book
Michael Rosen · 32 pages
A man tells about all the emotions that accompany his sadness over the death of his son, and how he tries to cope.
Rilla of Ingleside
L.M. Montgomery · 277 pages
Fifteen-year-old Rilla, the daughter of Anne Shirley Blythe, grows from a carefree, irresponsible girl into a strong and capable young woman during the war years, 1914-1918.
Cry, Heart, But Never Break
Glenn Ringtved
A beautiful, sensitive picture book about being able to say goodbye to those we love, while holding them in memory.
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
Kate DiCamillo · 228 pages
Once, in a house on Egypt Street, there lived a china rabbit named Edward Tulane. The rabbit was very pleased with himself, and for good reason: he was owned by a girl named Abilene, who adored him completely. And then, one day, he was lost...Kate DiCamillo takes us on an extraordinary journey, from the depths of the ocean to the net of a fisherman, from the bedside of an ailing child to the bustl
The Witches
Roald Dahl · 208 pages
A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother, who is an expert on witches, together foil a witches' plot to destroy the world's children by turning them into mice.
The Lion King
Justine Korman Fontes
Simba believes he is responsible for the death of his father, the King, and flees--but returns to claim his kingdom when he discovers his father was a victim of evil Uncle Scar in a storybook based on Disney's latest animated feature. Movie tie-in.
The Lion and the Bird
Marianne Dubuc · 82 pages
A lion finds a wounded bird in his garden and decides to care for it through the winter. When spring arrives, the bird's flock returns. The bird goes off with its flock. Lion is sad. But autumn brings a wonderful surpris ... A lion finds a wounded bird in his garden and decides to care for it through the winter. When spring arrives, the bird's flock returns and the bird goes off with its flock. L
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.
The Little Prince
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Katherine Woods · 87 pages
A pilot forced to land in the Sahara meets a little prince. The wise and enchanting stories the prince tells of his own planet with its three volcanoes and a haughty flower are unforgettable. A strange and wonderful parable for all ages, with superb illustrations by the author.
The Lightkeeper's Wife
Karen Viggers · 393 pages
A woman at the end of her life. A man unable to restart his. A history of guilty secrets and things left unsaid. A powerful, moving novel that will steal your heart.
The Birchbark House
Louise Erdrich · 250 pages
[In this] story of a young Ojibwa girl, Omakayas, living on an island in Lake Superior around 1847, Louise Erdrich is reversing the narrative perspective used in most children's stories about nineteenth-century Native Americans. Instead of looking out at 'them' as dangers or curiosities, Erdrich, drawing on her family's history, wants to tell about 'us', from the inside. The Birchbark House establ
The Dead Bird
Margaret Wise Brown · 48 pages
One day, the children find a bird lying on its side with its eyes closed and no heartbeat. They are very sorry, so they decide to say good-bye. In the park, they dig a hole for the bird and cover it with warm sweet-ferns and flowers. Finally, they sing sweet songs to send the little bird on its way.
Other Birds
Sarah Addison Allen · 320 pages
Between the real and the imaginary, there are stories that take flight in the most extraordinary ways. Right off the coast of South Carolina, on Mallow Island, The Dellawisp sits-a stunning old cobblestone building shaped like a horseshoe, and named after the tiny turquoise birds who, alongside its human tenants, inhabit an air of magical secrecy. When Zoey comes to claim her deceased mother
The Kissing Hand
Audrey Penn · 32 pages
When Chester the raccoon is reluctant to go to kindergarten for the first time, his mother teaches him a secret way to carry her love with him.
Snowflakes Fall
Patricia MacLachlan · 32 pages
Miss Rumphius
Barbara Cooney · 32 pages
As a child Great-aunt Alice Rumphius resolved that when she grew up she would go to faraway places, live by the sea in her old age, and do something to make the world more beautiful--and she does all those things, the last being the most difficult of all.
Each Kindness
Jacqueline Woodson
When Ms. Albert teaches a lesson on kindness, Chloe realizes that she and her friends have been wrong in making fun of new student Maya's shabby clothes and refusing to play with her.
John Brown, Rose and the Midnight Cat
Jenny Wagner · 32 pages
Rose's dog feels he can look after her without any help from a cat but Rose has different ideas.
Grandpa Green
Lane Smith · 32 pages
He was a boy on a farm and a kid with chickenpox. He was a soldier and a husband and a gardener, and most of all, an artist. Follow Grandpa Green's great-grandson through a garden where memories are handed down in the fanciful shapes of topiary trees and imagination recreates things forgotten. In his most enigmatic and beautiful work to date, noted picture book creator Lane Smith explores aging, m