6 must-read chapter books books like Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us by Lauren Castillo

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Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us

By: Lauren Castillo

4.13

Format: 128 pages, Library Binding

From a Caldecott Honor-winning artist comes a cozy classic-in-the-making about finding your friends…

If you liked the chapter books plot in Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us by Lauren Castillo , here is a list of 6 books like this:

1. Mercy Watson to the Rescue (Mercy Watson #1)

By: Chris Van Dusen , Kate DiCamillo

3.49

Format: 465 pages, Hardcover

To Mr. and Mrs. Watson, Mercy is not just a pig -- she's a porcine wonder. And to the portly and go… read more

Similar categories in Chris Van Dusen's Mercy Watson to the Rescue (Mercy Watson #1) book and Lauren Castillo's Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us

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2. Someone Builds the Dream

By: Lisa Wheeler

4.37

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Buildings, bridges, and books don't exist without the laborers who are often invisible in the final… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Wheeler's Someone Builds the Dream book and Lauren Castillo's Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us

  • picture books
  • childrens
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3. Orris and Timble: The Beginning

By: Kate DiCamillo

4.37

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

From beloved storyteller Kate DiCamillo comes the first book in a warm and funny early-reader trilo… read more

Similar categories in Kate DiCamillo's Orris and Timble: The Beginning book and Lauren Castillo's Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us

  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
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4. Odder

By: Katherine Applegate

4.25

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Meet Odder, the Queen of Play: Nobody has her moves. She doesn't just swim to the bottom, s… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's Odder book and Lauren Castillo's Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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5. Not Quite Snow White

By: Ashley Franklin

4.43

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Tameika is an African American girl who loves musical and dreams of starring in one as a princess o… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Franklin's Not Quite Snow White book and Lauren Castillo's Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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6. Chez Bob (Chez Bob, 1)

By: Bob Shea

4.27

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From the hilarious author of Who Wet My Pants?, Unicorn Thinks He's Pretty Great, and the Dinosaur … read more

Similar categories in Bob Shea's Chez Bob (Chez Bob, 1) book and Lauren Castillo's Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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7. Mel Fell

By: Corey R. Tabor

4.47

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A tale about self-confidence and taking a leap of faith, starring a kingfisher. Sometimes, you m… read more

Similar categories in Corey R. Tabor's Mel Fell book and Lauren Castillo's Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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8. Something, Someday

By: Amanda Gorman

4.38

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

The stunning new picture book by presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman and Caldecott Honor-winn… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Gorman's Something, Someday book and Lauren Castillo's Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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9. Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao

By: Kat Zhang

4.32

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Meet the funny, fierce, and fearless Amy Wu, who is determined to make a perfect bao bun today. Can… read more

Similar categories in Kat Zhang's Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao book and Lauren Castillo's Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Avocado Asks: What Am I? by Momoko Abe

10. Avocado Asks: What Am I?

By: Momoko Abe

4.12

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Avocado is feeling just fine in the fruit and veg aisle at the supermarket - until a young customer… read more

Similar categories in Momoko Abe's Avocado Asks: What Am I? book and Lauren Castillo's Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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11. Long Distance

By: Whitney Gardner

3.71

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A middle grade graphic novel about friendships both near and far, far away.Vega’s summer vacation i… read more

Similar categories in Whitney Gardner's Long Distance book and Lauren Castillo's Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Killer Underwear Invasion!: How to Spot Fake News, Disinformation & Conspiracy Theories by Elise Gravel

12. Killer Underwear Invasion!: How to Spot Fake News, Disinformation & Conspiracy Theories

By: Elise Gravel

4.46

Format: 88 pages, Hardcover

A hilarious and timely tool to help kids learn how to tell what news is true and what isn't Can … read more

Similar categories in Elise Gravel's Killer Underwear Invasion!: How to Spot Fake News, Disinformation & Conspiracy Theories book and Lauren Castillo's Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us

  • picture books
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile
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13. Cornbread & Poppy

By: Matthew Cordell

4.18

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

Caldecott medalist Matthew Cordell debuts his first early reader series about two best friends who … read more

Similar categories in Matthew Cordell's Cornbread & Poppy book and Lauren Castillo's Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us

  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
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14. Meesha Makes Friends (Big Bright Feelings)

By: Tom Percival

4.28

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Meesha loves making things . . . but there's one thing she finds difficult to make – friends. She d… read more

Similar categories in Tom Percival's Meesha Makes Friends (Big Bright Feelings) book and Lauren Castillo's Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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15. And Then, Boom!

By: Lisa Fipps

4.69

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A gripping new novel-in-verse by the author of the Printz Honor-winning Starfish , featuring a pove… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Fipps's And Then, Boom! book and Lauren Castillo's Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us

  • middle grade
  • chapter books
  • fiction
"Friendship is being there to notice someone's about to fall, to try to keep them from falling, to catch them when they fall or to cushion the blow when they do, to feel what they're feeling, and to u…"

-Lisa Fipps, And Then, Boom!

Cover of Pizza!: A Slice of History by Greg Pizzoli

16. Pizza!: A Slice of History

By: Greg Pizzoli

4.24

Format: 56 pages, Hardcover

From Geisel Award-winning author Greg Pizzoli comes a hilarious and mouth-watering history of pizza… read more

Similar categories in Greg Pizzoli's Pizza!: A Slice of History book and Lauren Castillo's Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile
Cover of Stormy: A Story about Finding a Forever Home by Guojing

17. Stormy: A Story about Finding a Forever Home

By: Guojing

4.64

Format: 34 pages, Hardcover

In this wordless picture book a woman visits a park and discovers a pup hiding under a bench--scruf… read more

Similar categories in Guojing's Stormy: A Story about Finding a Forever Home book and Lauren Castillo's Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us

  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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18. How to Find a Fox

By: Kate Gardner

4.47

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

**Winner of the Mockingbird Award** Look for tracks. Listen for yips. Be as still as a pebble. ​T… read more

Similar categories in Kate Gardner's How to Find a Fox book and Lauren Castillo's Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us

  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
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19. Swashby and the Sea

By: Beth Ferry

4.50

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A sweet-and-salty friendship story perfect for pirate-lovers learning new ways to communicate while… read more

Similar categories in Beth Ferry's Swashby and the Sea book and Lauren Castillo's Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us

  • fantasy
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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20. Ship in a Bottle

By: Andrew Prahin

4.09

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A valiant mouse sets sail in her ship in a bottle to seek a better life in this gentle allegory abo… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Prahin's Ship in a Bottle book and Lauren Castillo's Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of This Very Tree: A Story of 9/11, Resilience, and Regrowth by Sean Rubin

21. This Very Tree: A Story of 9/11, Resilience, and Regrowth

By: Sean Rubin

4.55

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A deeply moving portrait of the Callery pear tree that survived the attacks on September 11, from E… read more

Similar categories in Sean Rubin's This Very Tree: A Story of 9/11, Resilience, and Regrowth book and Lauren Castillo's Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile
Cover of The Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London's Poop Pollution Problem by Colleen Paeff

22. The Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London's Poop Pollution Problem

By: Colleen Paeff

4.35

Format: None pages, None

Discover the true story about the determined engineer who fixed London’s pollution problem in this … read more

Similar categories in Colleen Paeff's The Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London's Poop Pollution Problem book and Lauren Castillo's Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile
Cover of Capybara Is Friends with Everyone by Maddie Frost

23. Capybara Is Friends with Everyone

By: Maddie Frost

3.95

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Learn what lengths you do and DON'T need to go to in order to be a good friend! This hilarious pict… read more

Similar categories in Maddie Frost's Capybara Is Friends with Everyone book and Lauren Castillo's Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of Ways to Make Sunshine (Ryan Hart, #1) by Renée  Watson

24. Ways to Make Sunshine (Ryan Hart, #1)

By: Renée Watson

3.97

Format: 177 pages, Hardcover

Ryan Hart loves to spend time with her friends, loves to invent recipes, and has a lot on her mind—… read more

Similar categories in Renée Watson's Ways to Make Sunshine (Ryan Hart, #1) book and Lauren Castillo's Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us

  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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25. Chunky

By: Yehudi Mercado

3.85

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Yehudi Mercado draws inspiration from his childhood struggle with his weight while finding friendsh… read more

Similar categories in Yehudi Mercado's Chunky book and Lauren Castillo's Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us

  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Sydney and Taylor Explore the Whole Wide World by Jacqueline Davies

26. Sydney and Taylor Explore the Whole Wide World

By: Jacqueline Davies

4.14

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

Best-selling author Jacqueline Davies tells the story of two unlikely Sydney and Taylor, a skunk a… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Davies's Sydney and Taylor Explore the Whole Wide World book and Lauren Castillo's Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us

  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us by Lauren Castillo

27. Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us

By: Lauren Castillo

4.13

Format: 128 pages, Library Binding

From a Caldecott Honor-winning artist comes a cozy classic-in-the-making about finding your friends… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Castillo's Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us book and Lauren Castillo's Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us

  • chapter books
  • 2nd grade
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
Cover of Ducks Run Amok! by Jennifer E. Morris

28. Ducks Run Amok!

By: Jennifer E. Morris

3.86

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Ducks take over one turtle's pond in this hilarious rhyming tale! When a flock of ducks arrives … read more

Similar categories in Jennifer E. Morris's Ducks Run Amok! book and Lauren Castillo's Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of Set Your Alarm, Sloth!: More Advice for Troubled Animals from Dr. Glider by Jess Keating

29. Set Your Alarm, Sloth!: More Advice for Troubled Animals from Dr. Glider

By: Jess Keating

4.17

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Have fun learning about some odd but true animal facts with Dr. Sugar Glider and her patients! Zoë … read more

Similar categories in Jess Keating's Set Your Alarm, Sloth!: More Advice for Troubled Animals from Dr. Glider book and Lauren Castillo's Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us

  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile
Cover of Argh! There's a Skeleton Inside You! by Idan Ben-Barak

30. Argh! There's a Skeleton Inside You!

By: Idan Ben-Barak

4.21

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Quog and Oort are on their way to Kevin's birthday party. Unfortunately, their spaceship has crashe… read more

Similar categories in Idan Ben-Barak's Argh! There's a Skeleton Inside You! book and Lauren Castillo's Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile
Cover of Ogilvy by Deborah Underwood

31. Ogilvy

By: Deborah Underwood

4.14

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

The clothes don't make the bunny in this new picture book from New York Times-bestselling author De… read more

Similar categories in Deborah Underwood's Ogilvy book and Lauren Castillo's Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us

  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction

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