13 must-read fantasy books like The Wanderer by Peter van den Ende

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The Wanderer

By: Peter van den Ende

4.29

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

Without a word, van den Ende presents one little paper boat's journey across the ocean, past reefs …

If you liked the fantasy plot in The Wanderer by Peter van den Ende , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. Eric

By: Shaun Tan

4.40

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

"Years ago we had a foreign exchange student come to live with us. We found it very difficult to pr… read more

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  • art
  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • picture books
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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2. Sidewalk Flowers

By: JonArno Lawson , Sydney Smith

2.50

Format: 62 pages, Hardcover

In this wordless picture book, a little girl collects wildflowers while her distracted father pays … read more

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  • art
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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3. Rules of Summer

By: Shaun Tan

3.93

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Combining humour and surreal fantasy, Shaun Tan pictures a summer in the lives of two boys. Each sp… read more

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  • art
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • graphic novels
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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4. Zathura

By: Chris Van Allsburg

3.86

Format: 302 pages, Hardcover

On the last page of the Caldecott-winning book Jumanji, young Danny Budwing is seen running after h… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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5. This Moose Belongs to Me

By: Oliver Jeffers

3.21

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Wilfred owned a moose. He hadn't always owned a moose. The moose came to him a while ago and he kne… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure
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6. They All Saw a Cat

By: Brendan Wenzel

3.13

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

The cat walked through the world, with its whiskers, ears, and paws . . . In this celebration of ob… read more

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  • art
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction

7. Tales from Outer Suburbia

By: Shaun Tan

3.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Breathtakingly illustrated and hauntingly written, Tales from Outer Suburbiais by turns hilarious a… read more

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8. The Widow's Broom

By: Chris Van Allsburg

4.89

Format: 78 pages, Hardcover

A widow finds herself in possession of an extraordinary broom left by a witch who fell into the wid… read more

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9. A Child of Books

By: Oliver Jeffers , Sam Winston

4.53

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

I am a child of books. I come from a world of stories. A little girl sails her raft across a sea of… read more

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10. The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale

By: Jon Klassen

4.26

Format: 105 pages, None

Jon Klassen's retelling of a traditional Tyrolean folktale.In a big abandoned house, on a barren hi… read more

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  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
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11. In.

By: Will McPhail

4.38

Format: 267 pages, Hardcover

A poignant and witty graphic novel by a leading New Yorker cartoonist, following a millennial's jou… read more

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  • art
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
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12. Cicada

By: Shaun Tan

4.24

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

From the visionary Shaun Tan, an inspirational story for older picture book readers and beyond Cica… read more

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  • art
  • childrens
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • picture books
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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13. Dementia 21 Vol. 1

By: Shintaro Kago

4.13

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Yukie Sakai is a sprightly young home health aide eager to help her elderly clients. But what seems… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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14. The Rock from the Sky

By: Jon Klassen

4.19

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

Look up! Turtle really likes standing in his favorite spot. He likes it so much that he asks his… read more

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  • fantasy
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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15. Hello Lighthouse (Caldecott Medal Winner)

By: Sophie Blackall

4.38

Format: 44 pages, Hardcover

A new picture book that will transport readers to the seaside. Watch the days and seasons pass a… read more

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  • art
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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16. What We'll Build: Plans for Our Together Future

By: Oliver Jeffers

4.16

Format: 42 pages, Hardcover

What shall we build, you and I? We'll build a watch to keep our time. I'll build your future and… read more

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  • art
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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17. I Talk Like a River

By: Jordan Scott

4.48

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Um retrato sensível do isolamento e do estigma sentido por uma criança com dificuldades de fala. … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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18. The Breadwinner: A Graphic Novel

By: Deborah Ellis

3.84

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

This beautiful graphic-novel adaptation of The Breadwinner animated film tells the story of eleven-… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
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19. The Flamingo

By: Guojing

4.39

Format: 144 pages, Library Binding

From a highly acclaimed illustrator comes a stunning graphic novel filled with adventure and wonder… read more

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  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • picture books
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
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20. Archival Quality

By: Ivy Noelle Weir

3.45

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Everything you need to know is in the archives. The Logan Museum is a mysterious old building pr… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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21. The Wanderer

By: Peter van den Ende

4.29

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

Without a word, van den Ende presents one little paper boat's journey across the ocean, past reefs … read more

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  • art
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • picture books
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
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22. Waar zijn de wolken. Een pleidooi voor minder zelfzorg

By: Suzanne Grotenhuis

4.52

Format: 157 pages, Hardcover

Suzanne Grotenhuis is theatermaker en -actrice bij De Nwe Tijd. Dit is haar eerste roman, maar het … read more

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23. Tales from the Inner City

By: Shaun Tan

4.29

Format: 221 pages, Hardcover

Tales from the Inner City is a collection of incredibly original stories, rich with feeling, strang… read more

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  • art
  • graphic novels
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"Horses know this more than most: The greatest curse of any animal is to be worth money to men."

-Shaun Tan, Tales from the Inner City

"And when you died I took you down to the river. And when I died you waited for me by the shore. So it was that time passed between us."

-Shaun Tan, Tales from the Inner City

"How much do I love our family? This much. When any kind of emergency strikes, good or bad, we snap together like parts in a machine, like a submarine crew at war in the tin-can clutter of our home, n…"

-Shaun Tan, Tales from the Inner City

"And, once again, the bears showed us. There they were, God help us, the Ledgers of the Earth, written in clouds and glaciers and sediments, tallied in the colours of the sun and the moon as light pas…"

-Shaun Tan, Tales from the Inner City

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24. The Midnight Fair

By: Gideon Sterer

4.22

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

As darkness falls on the fairgrounds, the animals venture out of the woods for one magical, memorab… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
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25. Year of the Rabbit

By: Tian Veasna

4.07

Format: 380 pages, Paperback

One family’s quest to survive the devastation of the Khmer RougeYear of the Rabbit tells the true s… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
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26. Peanut Butter and Jelly (Narwhal and Jelly, #3)

By: Ben Clanton

4.33

Format: 72 pages, Hardcover

Narwhal's obsession with his new favorite food leads him into hijinks and hilarity in the third boo… read more

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  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • picture books
  • comics
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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27. Through a Life

By: Tom Haugomat

4.41

Format: 184 pages, Hardcover

This powerfully silent graphic novel follows the saga of a boy who grows up to be an astronaut, jus… read more

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  • art
  • childrens
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
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28. Power Born of Dreams: My Story is Palestine

By: Mohammad Sabaaneh

4.55

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

What does freedom look like from inside an Israeli prison? The walls of the cell are etched with… read more

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  • comics
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29. Oever

By: Ludwig Volbeda

4.43

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

Jip heeft een opdracht van school voor de teken een zelfportret. Dat zou simpel moeten zijn voor i… read more

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30. Terra ultima: De ontdekkingsreis van een onbekend continent

By: Raoul Deleo

4.52

Format: 76 pages, Hardcover

De aardbol leek in alle windrichtingen doorkruist en minutieus in kaart gebracht. Maar er bleek iet… read more

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  • childrens
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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31. Het meisje en de rots

By: Kristien In-'t-Ven

4.34

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

Een onmisbaar cadeauboek bij verdriet Dit is het verhaal van een meisje dat onverwacht bezoek kr… read more

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