18 best-selling picture books books like Gus and the Baby Ghost by Jane Thayer

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Gus and the Baby Ghost

By: Jane Thayer

4.17

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Back in print soon from Purple House Press! Gus and Mouse have moved into the Historical Museum, li…

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Cover of Toy Boat by Randall de Sève, Loren Long

1. Toy Boat

By: Randall de Sève , Loren Long

3.85

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A little boy has a toy boat. He made it out of a can, a cork, a yellow pencil, and some white cloth… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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2. Georgie's Halloween

By: Robert Bright

4.14

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

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  • childrens
  • ghosts
  • holiday
  • picture books
  • halloween
  • fiction
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3. The Little House

By: Virginia Lee Burton

5.00

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

Virginia Lee Burton won the Caldecott Medal in 1943 for her memorable picture book The Little House… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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4. Be Nice to Spiders

By: Margaret Bloy Graham

3.75

Format: None pages, Hardcover

When Billy left his pet spider, Helen, at the Zoo, the animals suddenly became happy and contented.… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Soonie and the Dragon by Shirley Rousseau Murphy, Susan Vaeth

5. Soonie and the Dragon

By: Shirley Rousseau Murphy , Susan Vaeth

3.97

Format: 0 pages,

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  • fiction
Cover of Apricot ABC by Peter Parnall, Miska Miles

6. Apricot ABC

By: Peter Parnall , Miska Miles

4.20

Format: None pages,

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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7. Rosalie the Bird Market Turtle

By: Winifred Lubell , Cecil Lubell

3.71

Format: None pages,

The story of a pet turtle residing at a bird shop in Paris. read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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8. Spooky Bunny Tales

By: Unknown

3.10

Format: 151 pages, Paperback

Three not-too-scary stories in one! This three-in-one 8 x 8 with foil on the cover includes stories… read more

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  • holiday
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • halloween

9. Lola Knows a Lot

By: Jenna McCarthy , Sara Palacios

4.60

Format: None pages, Hardcover

For fans of Fancy Nancy, Ladybug Girl, and Chu's First Day of School, this is an irresistible and h… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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10. Disney's Lady and the Tramp: Classic Storybook

By: Jamie Simons

4.00

Format: 256 pages,

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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11. The Story of Ferdinand

By: Robert Lawson , Munro Leaf

3.33

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

A true classic with a timeless message, The Story of Ferdinandhas enchanted readers since it was fi… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction

12. Corduroy

By: Don Freeman

4.72

Format: 64 pages,

Have you ever dreamed of being locked in a department store at night? The endearing story of Cordur… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Letters from Father Christmas by J.R.R. Tolkien, Baillie Tolkien

13. Letters from Father Christmas

By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Baillie Tolkien

3.94

Format: 456 pages, Paperback

Every December an envelope bearing a stamp from the North Pole would arrive for J.R.R. Tolkien's ch… read more

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  • holiday
  • childrens
  • fiction

14. The Ghost's Dinner

By: Jacques Duquennoy

4.09

Format: 156 pages, Paperback

A hilarious tale of Henry the Ghost's dinner party at the great ghostly castle. read more

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15. A Christmas Story

By: Jean Shepherd

3.76

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A beloved, bestselling classic of humorous and nostalgic Americana--the book that inspired the equa… read more

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16. Georgie (Georgie The Ghost, #1)

By: Robert Bright

4.04

Format: 323 pages, Hardcover

In Georgie, readers are introduced to the gentle little ghost, who happily haunts Mr. and Mrs. Whit… read more

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17. Homer Price

By: Robert McCloskey

4.09

Format: 149 pages, Paperback

Welcome to Centerburg! Where you can win a hundred dollars by eating all the doughnuts you want; wh… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
"By the time Uncle Ulysses and the sheriff arrived and pushed through the crowd, the lunchroom was a calamity of doughnuts! Doughnuts in the window, doughnuts piled high on the shelves, doughnuts stac…"

-Robert McCloskey, Homer Price

"Homer got down from the chair and pushed a button on the machine marked, "start". Rings of batter started dropping into the hot fat. After a ring of batter was cooked on one side, an automatic gadget…"

-Robert McCloskey, Homer Price

18. Captain Cat

By: Syd Hoff

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

A patriotic feline, Captain Cat springs out of bed whenever the bugle sounds and he has more stripe… read more

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19. The House on Maple Street

By: Bonnie Pryor , Beth Peck

4.22

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

What would you see from your front porch if your neighborhood suddenly looked as it did three hundr… read more

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20. Maude and Claude Go Abroad

By: Susan Meddaugh

4.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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21. The Snowman

By: Raymond Briggs

4.32

Format: 210 pages, Hardcover

Illustrated in full color, this is a wordless story. The pictures have "the hazy softness of air in… read more

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22. Pirates Don't Change Diapers

By: David Shannon , Melinda Long

3.62

Format: 57 pages, Hardcover

When the pirate crew turns up at Jeremy Jacob's house and accidentally wakes his baby sister, that … read more

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23. Brian Wildsmith's Birds

By: Brian Wildsmith

3.20

Format: 192 pages, hardcover

A stare of owls. A fall of woodcock. A congregation of plover. A company of parrots. This unique ch… read more

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24. The Treasure

By: Uri Shulevitz

3.94

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Three times a voice comes to Isaac in his dreams and tells him to go to the capital city and look f… read more

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25. Grief Is for People

By: Sloane Crosley

3.91

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Following the death of her closest friend, Sloane Crosley explores multiple kinds of loss in this d… read more

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"Grief is for people, not things."

-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People

"Suicide is a tax on human consciousness."

-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People

"How will he know you loved him," she asks, "unless you try to destroy yourself?"

-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People

"Pictures should be of what you see, not of what the world sees when it sees you."

-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People

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26. Color

By: Christina Rossetti

3.64

Format: 16 pages, Hardcover

"A study in nature-based colors"-- read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Gus and the Baby Ghost by Jane Thayer

27. Gus and the Baby Ghost

By: Jane Thayer

4.17

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Back in print soon from Purple House Press! Gus and Mouse have moved into the Historical Museum, li… read more

Similar categories in Jane Thayer's Gus and the Baby Ghost book and Jane Thayer's Gus and the Baby Ghost

  • childrens
  • ghosts
  • holiday
  • picture books
  • halloween
  • fiction
Cover of Georgie and the Robbers by Robert Bright

28. Georgie and the Robbers

By: Robert Bright

4.22

Format: 28 pages, Hardcover

Georgie the ghost overcomes his timidity just enough to scare away the robbers who are stealing Mr.… read more

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  • childrens
  • holiday
  • picture books
  • halloween
  • fiction
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29. The Sunflower Garden

By: Janice May Udry

3.84

Format: 37 pages, Hardcover

An Algonkian Indian girl lives in the shadow of her four brothers' achievements until her cultivati… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Mrs Goat and Her Seven Little Kids by Tony Ross

30. Mrs Goat and Her Seven Little Kids

By: Tony Ross

3.45

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

When Mrs Goat leaves her kids to go shopping, she specifically warns them not to let in the hungry … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens

31. Plum Pudding For Christmas

By: Virginia Kahl

4.31

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A delightful children's book for reading aloud to children with nice catchy descriptions. The story… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens

14 must-read fiction books like Gus and the Baby Ghost by Jane Thayer

Transform Your Habits

Toy Boat

Randall de Sève , Loren Long

3.85

Transform Your Habits

Georgie's Halloween

Robert Bright

4.14

Transform Your Habits

The Little House

Virginia Lee Burton

5.00

Transform Your Habits

Be Nice to Spiders

Margaret Bloy Graham

3.75

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14 Best childrens books like Color by Christina Rossetti

Transform Your Habits

Toy Boat

Randall de Sève , Loren Long

3.85

Transform Your Habits

Little Peep

Jack Kent

4.20

Transform Your Habits

Spooky Bunny Tales

Unknown

3.10

Lola Knows a Lot

Jenna McCarthy , Sara Palacios

4.60

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