7 Top picture books books like Janet's Thingamajigs by Beverly Cleary

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Janet's Thingamajigs

By: Beverly Cleary

3.51

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

When twins Jimmy and Janet squabble over Janet's collection of "thingamajigs" their mom presents th…

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1. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Charlie Bucket, #2)

By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

3.68

Format: 159 pages, Paperback

Last seen flying through the sky in a giant elevator in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie … read more

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"You'll never get anywhere if you go about what-iffing like that."

-Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Charlie Bucket, #2)

"It was an unhappy truth, he told himself, that nearly all people in the world behave badly when there is something really big at stake."

-Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Charlie Bucket, #2)

"The President said a very rude word into the microphone and ten million children across the nation began repeating it gleefully and got smacked by their parents."

-Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Charlie Bucket, #2)

"It's very difficult to phone people in China, Mr President,' said the Postmaster General. 'The country's so full of Wings and Wongs, every time you wing you get the wong number."

-Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Charlie Bucket, #2)

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2. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

By: E.L. Konigsburg

3.76

Format: None pages,

When suburban Claudia Kincaid decides to run away, she knows she doesn't just want to run from some… read more

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Cover of Mama, Do You Love Me? by Barbara M. Joosse, Barbara Lavallee

3. Mama, Do You Love Me?

By: Barbara M. Joosse , Barbara Lavallee

4.75

Format: 335 pages, Board Book

This beloved story of a child testing the limits of her independence, and a mother who reassuringly… read more

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4. 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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5. Fantastic Mr. Fox

By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

4.08

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

Fantastic Mr. Fox is on the run! The three meanest farmers around are out to get him. Fat Boggis, s… read more

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"I dare not do that, said Mr. Fox, because this place I am hoping to get is so marvelous that if I described it to you now you would go crazy with excitement"

-Roald Dahl, Fantastic Mr. Fox

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6. What Were the Salem Witch Trials?

By: Joan Holub , Dede Putra , None

3.34

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

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7. That Book Woman

By: Heather Henson , David Small

4.19

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Cal is not the readin' type. Living way high up in the Appalachian Mountains, he'd rather help Pap … read more

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8. The Demigod Files

By: Rick Riordan , Jesse Bernstein

4.22

Format: 432 pages, Audiobook

How do you handle an encounter with Medusa on the New Jersey interstate? What's the best way to tak… read more

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9. The Enormous Crocodile

By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

3.78

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

The Enormous Crocodile is incredibly hungry-and incredibly greedy. His favorite meal is a plump, ju… read more

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10. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

By: Judith Viorst , Ray Cruz

4.26

Format: None pages, Paperback

The perennially popular tale of Alexander's worst day is a storybook that belongs on every child's … read more

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11. From Head to Toe

By: Eric Carle

3.68

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

From Eric Carle, the New York Times bestselling creator of beloved books including The Very Hungry … read more

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12. Stone Soup

By: Marcia Brown

3.87

Format: 309 pages, Paperback

First published in 1947, this classic picture book has remained one of Marcia Brown's most popular … read more

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13. Two Times the Fun

By: Carol Thompson , Beverly Cleary

2.83

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

Jimmy and Janet are twins, but that doesn't mean they are just alike. When we first meet Jimmy, he … read more

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14. Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper

By: Charles Perrault , Marcia Brown

3.76

Format: 205 pages, Hardcover

Brown's illustrated translation of Perrault's tale in which Cinderella leaves behind a glass slippe… read more

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15. Harry the Dirty Dog

By: Gene Zion , Margaret Bloy Graham

3.94

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

There's never been another dog as delightful-or dirty-as Harry. This lovable white dog with black s… read more

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16. And to Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street

By: Dr. Seuss

3.84

Format: 95 pages, Paperback

A plain horse and wagon on Mulberry Street grows into a story that no one can beat! In this tale, Y… read more

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17. Blueberries for Sal

By: Robert McCloskey

4.21

Format: 56 pages, Hardcover

Caldecott Honor Book What happens when Sal and her mother meet a mother bear and her cub? A belo… read more

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18. Percy Jackson's Greek Gods

By: Rick Riordan , John Rocco

3.59

Format: 32 pages,

Who could tell the origin stories of the gods of Olympus better than a modern-day demigod? Percy Ja… read more

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19. There's a Nightmare in My Closet

By: Mercer Mayer

3.86

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Childhood fear of the dark and the resulting exercise in imaginative exaggeration are given that s… read more

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20. Grumpy Monkey

By: Suzanne Lang

4.39

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A hilarious picture book about dealing with unexplained feelings…and the danger in suppressing them… read more

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21. Janet's Thingamajigs

By: Beverly Cleary

3.51

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

When twins Jimmy and Janet squabble over Janet's collection of "thingamajigs" their mom presents th… read more

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11 must-read childrens books like Janet's Thingamajigs by Beverly Cleary

Transform Your Habits

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Charlie Bucket, #2)

Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

3.68

Transform Your Habits

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

E.L. Konigsburg

3.76

Transform Your Habits

Mama, Do You Love Me?

Barbara M. Joosse , Barbara Lavallee

4.75

Transform Your Habits

The Little House

Virginia Lee Burton

5.00

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Transform Your Habits

Strega Nona

Tomie dePaola , Castellanos Prada Ruth de

4.26

Transform Your Habits

The Story About Ping

Marjorie Flack , Kurt Wiese

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Roxaboxen

Barbara Cooney , Alice McLerran

3.97

Transform Your Habits

The Little House

Virginia Lee Burton

5.00

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