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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish
Neil Gaiman · 64 pages
This children's book is about a boy who chooses to trade his father for his friend's two goldfish. When his mother returns, she sends the boy and his younger sister on an adventure to return the goldfish and recover their father. However, when the boy arrives at the goldfish owner's home, he finds that his father has been swapped again. This continues, and as the boy and his sister venture thro
The Wonderful Pigs of Jillian Jiggs
Phoebe Gilman · 40 pages
What Pet Should I Get?
Dr. Seuss · 48 pages
A never-before-seen picture book by Dr. Seuss! This never-ever-before-seen picture book by Dr. Seuss about making up one's mind is the literary equivalent of buried treasure! What happens when a brother and sister visit a pet store to pick a pet? Naturally, they can't choose just one! The tale captures a classic childhood moment -- choosing a pet -- and uses it to illuminate a life lesson: that it
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
I Like Myself!
Karen Beaumont
In rhyming text, a little girl expresses confidence and joy in her uniqueness, no matter her outward appearance.
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.
Are We There Yet?
Dan Santat · 40 pages
Let's face it: everyone knows that car rides can be boring. And when things get boring, time slows down. In this book, a boy feels time slowing down so much that it starts going backward--into the time of pirates! Of princesses! Of dinosaurs! The boy was just trying to get to his grandmother's birthday party, but instead he's traveling through Ancient Egypt and rubbing shoulders with Ben Franklin.
Mommy?
Maurice Sendak, Arthur Yorinks
In search of his mother a young boy encounters a variety of monsters, each in its own pop-up scene.
By Mouse and Frog
Deborah Freedman
"Mouse has one idea about what a book should be and how to tell a story. Frog has another. What happens when these two very different friends try to create a book together?"--
The Summer Nick Taught His Cats to Read
Curtis Manley, Kate Berube · 32 pages
Nick loves to read books and he loves to play with his cats, Verne and Stevenson. So naturally Nick decides it s a great idea to teach his cats to read. But Verne and Stevenson don t appreciate when Nick wakes them up with a flashcard that says NAP. Nick finally piques Verne s interest with words like MOUSE and FISH. But not Stevenson s. While Nick and Verne go to the library, Stevenson hides unde
Mr. Tiger Goes Wild
Peter Brown · 48 pages
Are you bored with being so proper? Do you want to have more fun? Mr. Tiger knows exactly how you feel. So he decides to go wild. But does he go too far? Bored with city life and the proper behavior it requires, Mr. Tiger has a wild idea that leads him to discover his true nature. From Caldecott Honor artist Peter Brown comes a story that shows there's a time and place for everything...even going
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
The Little Red Cat Who Ran Away and Learned His ABC's
Patrick McDonnell
Bestselling and award-winning artist Patrick McDonnell uses the ABC's to tell a hilarious, high-energy alphabetical adventure. It starts with an ALLIGATOR and a BEAR chasing a CAT. When a DRAGON (and a chicken and an egg!) join in pursuit, things start to get REALLY interesting. A wild and wacky chase through snow and ice, and to jungles and over mountaintops, leads the whole crew to a wonderful r
The Real Mother Goose
Blanche Fisher Wright · 128 pages
An illustrated collection of popular nursery rhymes, reprinted from the 1916 original.
Santa Claus the World's Number One Toy Expert
Marla Frazee
A Pet for Petunia
Paul Schmid
Petunia so desperately wants a pet skunk that she refuses to believe her parents when they say skunks stink.
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 Enormous Crocodile
Roald Dahl · 36 pages
The enormous crocodile devises secret plans and a few clever tricks to secure his lunch only to have them foiled by his neighbors.
Fraidyzoo
Thyra Heder · 40 pages
Little T remembers that she was frightened last time her family visited the zoo but not why, so her creative family helps by imitating animals from A to Z until she recalls exactly what caused her fear.
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
The Lady with the Alligator Purse
Nadine Bernard Westcott
A familiar melody with uproariously funny new lyrics are presented in this picture book that includes music, stories, and games. Full color.
How This Book Was Made
Mac Barnett · 42 pages
Presents the journey of a book's creation, from its initial writing and illustrating to its misadventures with pirates and an angry tiger.