5 Top humor books like Leave It to Plum! by Matt Phelan

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Leave It to Plum!

By: Matt Phelan

3.74

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

“An instant hit.” — Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books “A splendid hullabaloo at the zoo.”…

If you liked the humor plot in Leave It to Plum! by Matt Phelan , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. The Last Mapmaker

By: Christina Soontornvat

4.15

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A high-seas adventure set in a Thai-inspired fantasy world. As assistant to Mangkon’s most celeb… read more

Similar categories in Christina Soontornvat's The Last Mapmaker book and Matt Phelan's Leave It to Plum!

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
"I couldn't see it then, but I could see it now. I opened my eyes, releasing another stream of tears. I had been trying so hard to run from my past. But the past was like mottlefish ink. Even if it fa…"

-Christina Soontornvat, The Last Mapmaker

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2. The Legend of Gravity: A Tall Basketball Tale

By: Charly Palmer

4.14

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

In his author-illustrator debut, Charly Palmer spins a tall tale about a neighborhood basketball he… read more

Similar categories in Charly Palmer's The Legend of Gravity: A Tall Basketball Tale book and Matt Phelan's Leave It to Plum!

  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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3. Invisible

By: Christina Diaz Gonzalez

4.16

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

For fans of Twins and Allergic, a must-have graphic novel about five very different students who ar… read more

Similar categories in Christina Diaz Gonzalez's Invisible book and Matt Phelan's Leave It to Plum!

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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4. The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza

By: Mac Barnett

4.12

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

As seen on The TODAY Show! New York Times bestselling Mac Barnett and Caldecott Honor award-winning… read more

Similar categories in Mac Barnett's The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza book and Matt Phelan's Leave It to Plum!

  • childrens
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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5. Gladys the Magic Chicken

By: Adam Rubin

4.11

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A picture book about a chicken who unexpectedly finds herself on an epic journey during Ancient Tim… read more

Similar categories in Adam Rubin's Gladys the Magic Chicken book and Matt Phelan's Leave It to Plum!

  • childrens
  • humor
  • animals
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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6. Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky

By: Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond

4.42

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Discover a world of creativity and tradition in this fascinating picture book that explores the his… read more

Similar categories in Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond's Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky book and Matt Phelan's Leave It to Plum!

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile
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7. Thirst

By: Varsha Bajaj

4.14

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

The riveting story of a heroic girl who fights for her belief that water should be for everyone. … read more

Similar categories in Varsha Bajaj's Thirst book and Matt Phelan's Leave It to Plum!

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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8. Unbound: The Life and Art of Judith Scott

By: Joyce Scott

4.54

Format: 48 pages, Library Binding

A moving and powerful introduction to the life and art of renowned artist, Judith Scott, as told by… read more

Similar categories in Joyce Scott's Unbound: The Life and Art of Judith Scott book and Matt Phelan's Leave It to Plum!

  • childrens
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9. The Last Beekeeper

By: Pablo Cartaya

3.84

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The Last Beekeeper follows twelve-year-old Yolanda Cicerón as she fights to the save the last known… read more

Similar categories in Pablo Cartaya's The Last Beekeeper book and Matt Phelan's Leave It to Plum!

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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10. Once Upon a Tim (Once Upon a Tim, #1)

By: Stuart Gibbs

3.96

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade series about a peasant boy who wants to be a knight.Tim is just a peasant, but he dr… read more

Similar categories in Stuart Gibbs's Once Upon a Tim (Once Upon a Tim, #1) book and Matt Phelan's Leave It to Plum!

  • audiobook
  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
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11. Solimar: The Sword of the Monarchs

By: Pam Muñoz Ryan

3.90

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Middle-grade fans of Pam Muñoz Ryan’s Esperanza Rising, will find a new Mexican heroine to love in … read more

Similar categories in Pam Muñoz Ryan's Solimar: The Sword of the Monarchs book and Matt Phelan's Leave It to Plum!

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
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12. Haven: A Small Cat's Big Adventure

By: Megan Wagner Lloyd

4.00

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

When her cherished Ma Millie falls ill, a timid housecat ventures into the wild to seek help in thi… read more

Similar categories in Megan Wagner Lloyd's Haven: A Small Cat's Big Adventure book and Matt Phelan's Leave It to Plum!

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
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13. Leave It to Plum!

By: Matt Phelan

3.74

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

“An instant hit.” — Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books “A splendid hullabaloo at the zoo.”… read more

Similar categories in Matt Phelan's Leave It to Plum! book and Matt Phelan's Leave It to Plum!

  • audiobook
  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
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14. The Guardian Test (Legends of Lotus Island #1)

By: Christina Soontornvat

4.18

Format: 151 pages, Hardcover

From two-time Newbery honor recipient Christina Soontornvat comes a compelling new young middle gra… read more

Similar categories in Christina Soontornvat's The Guardian Test (Legends of Lotus Island #1) book and Matt Phelan's Leave It to Plum!

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
"There is no shortcut to becoming what you already are. Don't try to be powerful, be strong, be magical. You cannot be a Guardian-you cannot be anything -if you can't just be ."

-Christina Soontornvat, The Guardian Test (Legends of Lotus Island #1)

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15. Black Boy Joy

By: Kwame Mbalia

4.25

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Celebrate the joys of Black boyhood with stories from seventeen bestselling, critically acclaimed B… read more

Similar categories in Kwame Mbalia's Black Boy Joy book and Matt Phelan's Leave It to Plum!

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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16. Tales to Keep You Up at Night

By: Dan Poblocki

3.79

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the co-author of the #1 New York Times bestselling series The Magic Misfits, comes a spectacul… read more

Similar categories in Dan Poblocki's Tales to Keep You Up at Night book and Matt Phelan's Leave It to Plum!

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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17. The Dirt Book: Poems About Animals That Live Beneath Our Feet

By: David L. Harrison

3.93

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

15 fun and fact-filled poems about soil--what makes it and who lives in it! Dirt! It's made of c… read more

Similar categories in David L. Harrison's The Dirt Book: Poems About Animals That Live Beneath Our Feet book and Matt Phelan's Leave It to Plum!

  • animals
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile
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18. Indelible Ann: The Larger-Than-Life Story of Governor Ann Richards

By: Meghan P. Browne

4.12

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A folksy, larger-than-life picture book biography about Ann Richards, the late governor of Texas wh… read more

Similar categories in Meghan P. Browne's Indelible Ann: The Larger-Than-Life Story of Governor Ann Richards book and Matt Phelan's Leave It to Plum!

  • childrens
  • juvenile
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19. Shermy and Shake, the Not-So-Nice Neighbor

By: Kirby Larson

3.42

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

Will summer break be a drag or a blast for meticulous Shermy when rambunctious Shake moves in next … read more

Similar categories in Kirby Larson's Shermy and Shake, the Not-So-Nice Neighbor book and Matt Phelan's Leave It to Plum!

  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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20. Daybreak on Raven Island

By: Fleur T. Bradley

3.75

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the critically acclaimed author of Midnight at the Barclay Hotel comes a thrilling new middle … read more

Similar categories in Fleur T. Bradley's Daybreak on Raven Island book and Matt Phelan's Leave It to Plum!

  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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21. The Polter-Ghost Problem

By: Betsy Uhrig

3.91

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Three best friends discover a haunted orphanage and get swept up in ghoulish shenanigans in this “l… read more

Similar categories in Betsy Uhrig's The Polter-Ghost Problem book and Matt Phelan's Leave It to Plum!

  • humor
  • middle grade
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook

16 must-read fiction books like Leave It to Plum! by Matt Phelan

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Charly Palmer

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Mac Barnett

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Transform Your Habits

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Christina Soontornvat

4.15

Transform Your Habits

The Legend of Gravity: A Tall Basketball Tale

Charly Palmer

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Invisible

Christina Diaz Gonzalez

4.16

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The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza

Mac Barnett

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