What’s in it
Tap a tag: ❤ = this matters to me · tap again ✕ = don’t care · again to reset. The list below updates each time.
24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorDiary of a Fly
Doreen Cronin · 40 pages
A young fly discovers, day by day, that there is a lot to learn about being an insect, including the dangers of flypaper and that heroes come in all shapes and sizes.
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 True Story of the 3 Little Pigs
Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith · 32 pages
The Elephant's Child: How the Elephant Got His Trunk
Rudyard Kipling, Karen Baicker · 35 pages
Because of his "'satiable curtiosity" about what the crocodile has for dinner, the elephant's child and all elephants thereafter have long trunks.
Binky the Space Cat
Ashley Spires
Binky is a space cat - at least in his own mind. He's really a house cat who has never left the family ?space station.? Unlike other house cats, Binky has a mission: to blast off into outer space (outside), explore unknown places (the backyard) and battle aliens (bugs). Binky must undergo rigorous training so he can repel the alien attacks that threaten his humans. As he builds his spaceship, he m
Christmas Wombat
Jackie French
"Christmas from a wombat's point of view, including competition for the carrots children have left out for Santa's reindeer, and guess who gets stuck in the chimney?"--
I'll Wait, Mr. Panda
Steve Antony · 32 pages
Mr. Panda is making something, and all of his animal friends are interested--but only Penguin is willing to wait to see what it is.
Time Flies
Eric Rohmann · 32 pages
A wordless tale in which a bird flying around the dinosaur exhibit in a museum has an unsettling experience when it finds itself back in the time of living dinosaurs.
Say Hello to Zorro!
Carter Goodrich
Mister Bud, the family dog, has a satisfying routine to his life, but when another dog joins the family and disrupts his schedule, Mister Bud must learn to adapt.
Danny and the Dinosaur (An I Can Read Book)
Syd Hoff · 64 pages
A little boy is surprised and pleased when one of the dinosaurs from the museum agrees to play with him.
Pagoo
Holling Clancy Holling · 88 pages
From the moment of his birth, Pagoo the hermit crab learns to rely on his "instinct" in order to survive to adulthood in his tide pool home.
Once I Ate a Pie
Patricia MacLachlan, Emily MacLachlan Charest
Won-Ton: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku
Lee Wardlaw
A cat arrives at a shelter, arranges to go home with a good family, and settles in with them, all the while letting them know who is boss and, finally, sharing his real name.
Museum Trip
Barbara Lehman · 40 pages
In this wordless picture book, a boy imagines himself inside some of the exhibits when he goes on a field trip to a museum.
Wonderful Alexander and the Catwings
Ursula K. Le Guin · 41 pages
After being rescued by a flying cat, Alexander the cat decides to make good on a promise to do wonderful things.
The Girl in the Castle Inside the Museum
Kate Bernheimer · 40 pages
Once there was a girl who lived in a castle. The castle was inside a museum. When children visited, they’d press against the glass globe in which the castle sat, to glimpse the tiny girl. But when they went home, the girl was lonely. Then one day, she had an idea! What if you hung a picture of yourself inside the castle inside the museum, inside this book? Then you’d able to keep the girl company.
The Way Back Home
Oliver Jeffers · 32 pages
Stranded on the moon after his extraordinary airplane takes him into outer space, a boy meets a marooned young Martian with a broken spacecraft, and the two new friends work together to return to their respective homes. Un niño encuentra un avión en su armario y decide llevarlo hasta el espacio, pero se le presenta un problema, hasta que conoce a un marciano con un problema muy parecido al suyo
This is Not My Hat
Jon Klassen · 32 pages
When a tiny fish shoots into view wearing a round blue topper (which happens to fit him perfectly), trouble could be following close behind. So it’s a good thing that enormous fish won’t wake up. And even if he does, it’s not like he’ll ever know what happened.... A picture-book morality play about rationalizing dishonesty.
The Little Red Wolf
Andrea Colvin
A young wolf, on a journey to bring his grandmother a rabbit, is charmed by the nice little girl who offers to help him ... but nice is not the same as good. A haunting fairy tale for children and adults alike.