11 Best fantasy books like Homer on the Case by Henry Cole

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Homer on the Case

By: Henry Cole

4.00

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Celebrated author and illustrator Henry Cole returns with a page-turning mystery adventure about a …

If you liked the fantasy plot in Homer on the Case by Henry Cole , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of Knee Knock Rise by Natalie Babbitt

1. Knee Knock Rise

By: Natalie Babbitt

3.58

Format: 118 pages, Paperback

From the moment young Egan arrives in Instep, he senses the spell cast over the villagers by the Me… read more

Similar categories in Natalie Babbitt's Knee Knock Rise book and Henry Cole's Homer on the Case

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
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2. Sweet Home Alaska

By: Carole Estby Dagg

4.23

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

This exciting pioneering story, based on actual events, introduces readers to a fascinating chapter… read more

Similar categories in Carole Estby Dagg's Sweet Home Alaska book and Henry Cole's Homer on the Case

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure
Cover of Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin

3. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

By: Grace Lin

4.18

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In the valley of Fruitless Mountain, a young girl named Minli spends her days working hard in the f… read more

Similar categories in Grace Lin's Where the Mountain Meets the Moon book and Henry Cole's Homer on the Case

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Daisy Dawson and the Secret Pond by Steve Voake, Jessica Meserve

4. Daisy Dawson and the Secret Pond

By: Steve Voake , Jessica Meserve

3.60

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

Daisy Dawson has an amazing gift: she can understand and talk to animals! In her second adventure, … read more

Similar categories in Steve Voake's Daisy Dawson and the Secret Pond book and Henry Cole's Homer on the Case

  • animals
  • childrens
  • fantasy
Cover of Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman, Skottie Young

5. Fortunately, the Milk

By: Neil Gaiman , Skottie Young

4.06

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

"I bought the milk," said my father. "I walked out of the corner shop, and heard a noise like this:… read more

Similar categories in Neil Gaiman's Fortunately, the Milk book and Henry Cole's Homer on the Case

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"The piranhas said nothing, but they thrashes about in their bowl, ominously."

-Neil Gaiman, Fortunately, the Milk

"The piranhas said nothing, but they thrashed about in their bowl, ominously."

-Neil Gaiman, Fortunately, the Milk

"Dinosaurs are reptiles, sir," said Professor Steg. "We do not go in for milk."

-Neil Gaiman, Fortunately, the Milk

"Being a geological formation gives you a lot of time to think. Also, I subscribed to a number of learned journals."

-Neil Gaiman, Fortunately, the Milk

Cover of The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, the Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog by Adam Gidwitz, Hatem Aly

6. The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, the Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog

By: Adam Gidwitz , Hatem Aly

4.00

Format: None pages,

An exciting and hilarious medieval adventure from the bestselling author of A Tale Dark and Grimm. … read more

Similar categories in Adam Gidwitz's The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, the Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog book and Henry Cole's Homer on the Case

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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7. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street

By: Karina Yan Glaser

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The Vanderbeekers have always lived in the brownstone on 141st Street. It's practically another mem… read more

Similar categories in Karina Yan Glaser's The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street book and Henry Cole's Homer on the Case

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness by Timothy J. Keller

8. The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness

By: Timothy J. Keller

4.51

Format: 46 pages, Paperback

‘What are the marks of a supernaturally changed heart?’ This is one of the questions the Apostle… read more

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"...the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less."

-Timothy J. Keller, The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness

"In other words, we are only proud of being more successful, more intelligent or more good-looking than the next person, and we are in the presence of someone who is more successful, intelligent and g…"

-Timothy J. Keller, The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness

"Up until the 20th century, traditional cultures (and this is still true of most cultures in the world) always believed that too high a view of yourself was the root cause of all the evil in the world…"

-Timothy J. Keller, The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness

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9. 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

Similar categories in Robert McCloskey's Homer Price book and Henry Cole's Homer on the Case

  • middle grade
  • 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

10. The Year of Billy Miller

By: Kevin Henkes

4.11

Format: 288 pages, ebook

Award-winning, nationally bestselling author Kevin Henkes introduces second-grader Billy Miller in … read more

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11. The Trumpet of the Swan

By: E.B. White , Fred Marcellino

4.10

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

Generations have grown up with E. B. White's classic novels. One of his best-loved books, The Trump… read more

Similar categories in E.B. White's The Trumpet of the Swan book and Henry Cole's Homer on the Case

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"When in love, one must take risks."

-E.B. White, The Trumpet of the Swan

"Safety is all well and good: I prefer freedom."

-E.B. White, The Trumpet of the Swan

"Besides, my life is a catastrophe. It's a catastrophe to be without a voice."

-E.B. White, The Trumpet of the Swan

"In almost everyone's life there is one event that changes the whole course of his existence."

-E.B. White, The Trumpet of the Swan

12. A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story

By: Linda Sue Park

4.01

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A Long Walk to Waterbegins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about a girl in Sudan in 2… read more

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13. The Code of the Woosters (Jeeves, #7)

By: P.G. Wodehouse

4.27

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Follow the adventures of Bertie Wooster and his gentleman's gentleman, Jeeves, in this stunning new… read more

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14. The Tale of Despereaux

By: Kate DiCamillo , Timothy Basil Ering

3.49

Format: 465 pages,

A brave mouse, a covetous rat, a wishful serving girl, and a princess named Pea come together in Ka… read more

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15. Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey, #12)

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

4.00

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

"Gaudy Nightstands out even among Miss Sayers's novels. And Miss Sayers has long stood in a class b… read more

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Cover of River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile by Candice Millard

16. River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile

By: Candice Millard

3.84

Format: 349 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of RIVER OF DOUBT and DESTINY OF THE REPUBLIC, the stirr… read more

Similar categories in Candice Millard's River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile book and Henry Cole's Homer on the Case

  • adventure
"..the charm of the scenery was perhaps enhanced by the reflection that my eyes might never look upon it again....Masses of brown-purple clouds covered the quarter of the heavens where the sun was abo…"

-Candice Millard, River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile

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17. When Stars Are Scattered

By: Victoria Jamieson

4.62

Format: None pages, Audio CD

Heartbreak and hope exist together in this remarkable graphic novel about growing up in a refugee c… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Jamieson's When Stars Are Scattered book and Henry Cole's Homer on the Case

  • middle grade
  • childrens
"Pass or fail—I’ve done my best. It’s in God’s hands now."

-Victoria Jamieson, When Stars Are Scattered

Cover of The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1) by Trenton Lee Stewart

18. The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1)

By: Trenton Lee Stewart

4.20

Format: 497 pages, Kindle Edition

"Are you a gifted child looking for special opportunities?"When this peculiar ad appears in the new… read more

Similar categories in Trenton Lee Stewart's The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1) book and Henry Cole's Homer on the Case

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
"Poor Kate,"

-Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1)

"Remember the White Knight."

-Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1)

"Children are capable of such open rudeness."

-Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1)

"Every great thinker keeps a journal, you know."

-Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1)

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19. 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 Henry Cole's Homer on the Case

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • animals
  • fiction
  • birds
Cover of The God of the Garden: Thoughts on Creation, Culture, and the Kingdom by Andrew       Peterson

20. The God of the Garden: Thoughts on Creation, Culture, and the Kingdom

By: Andrew Peterson

4.49

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

There’s a strong biblical connection between people and trees. They both come from dirt. They’re bo… read more

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21. Born Behind Bars

By: Padma Venkatraman

4.24

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Set in Chennai, India, this is the story of a boy who's unexpectedly released into the world after … read more

Similar categories in Padma Venkatraman's Born Behind Bars book and Henry Cole's Homer on the Case

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"Kabir, let me tell you something I learned the hard way. Hoping for small stuff you can control is okay. But pinning your hopes on an other person is usually a waste of time. Especially if that perso…"

-Padma Venkatraman, Born Behind Bars

Cover of Lightfall: The Girl & the Galdurian (Lightfall, #1) by Tim Probert

22. Lightfall: The Girl & the Galdurian (Lightfall, #1)

By: Tim Probert

4.41

Format: 247 pages, Paperback

Deep in the heart of the planet Irpa stands the Salty Pig’s House of Tonics & Tinctures, home of th… read more

Similar categories in Tim Probert's Lightfall: The Girl & the Galdurian (Lightfall, #1) book and Henry Cole's Homer on the Case

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of A Walk in the Words by Hudson Talbott

23. A Walk in the Words

By: Hudson Talbott

4.33

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

When Hudson Talbott was a little boy, he loved drawing, and it came naturally to him. But reading? … read more

Similar categories in Hudson Talbott's A Walk in the Words book and Henry Cole's Homer on the Case

  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Vanderbeekers to the Rescue (The Vanderbeekers, #3) by Karina Yan Glaser

24. The Vanderbeekers to the Rescue (The Vanderbeekers, #3)

By: Karina Yan Glaser

4.45

Format: 351 pages, Hardcover

Harlem’s favorite family returns in the third installment in the Vanderbeerkers series! In To the R… read more

Similar categories in Karina Yan Glaser's The Vanderbeekers to the Rescue (The Vanderbeekers, #3) book and Henry Cole's Homer on the Case

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"The universe is so big, much bigger than you and me and bigger than any of our mistakes. There are always opportunities to forgive and be forgiven."

-Karina Yan Glaser, The Vanderbeekers to the Rescue (The Vanderbeekers, #3)

Cover of Celia Planted a Garden: The Story of Celia Thaxter and Her Island Garden by Phyllis Root

25. Celia Planted a Garden: The Story of Celia Thaxter and Her Island Garden

By: Phyllis Root

4.07

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From an all-star team comes a lyrical picture-book biography about a writer and master gardener who… read more

Similar categories in Phyllis Root's Celia Planted a Garden: The Story of Celia Thaxter and Her Island Garden book and Henry Cole's Homer on the Case

  • childrens
Cover of Ground Zero by Alan Gratz

26. Ground Zero

By: Alan Gratz

4.33

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

It's September 11, 2001. Brandon, a 9-year-old boy, goes to work for the day with his dad . . . at … read more

Similar categories in Alan Gratz's Ground Zero book and Henry Cole's Homer on the Case

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"And without a dream, without ambition, what point was there to living?"

-Alan Gratz, Ground Zero

Cover of Glitch by Laura  Martin

27. Glitch

By: Laura Martin

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A whirlwind adventure about a pair of kids who must break all the rules of time travel. Regan Fi… read more

Similar categories in Laura Martin's Glitch book and Henry Cole's Homer on the Case

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"Albert Einstein one said that everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it would spend its whole life believing it's stupid."

-Laura Martin, Glitch

Cover of Home Again (Heartwood Hotel, #4) by Kallie George

28. Home Again (Heartwood Hotel, #4)

By: Kallie George

4.45

Format: 172 pages, Hardcover

In the final installment of this sweet illustrated chapter book series, summer has come to Fernwood… read more

Similar categories in Kallie George's Home Again (Heartwood Hotel, #4) book and Henry Cole's Homer on the Case

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by Jeff Gottesfeld

29. Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

By: Jeff Gottesfeld

4.57

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

With every step, the Tomb Guards pay homage to America’s fallen. Discover their story, and that of … read more

Similar categories in Jeff Gottesfeld's Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier book and Henry Cole's Homer on the Case

  • childrens
Cover of Homer on the Case by Henry Cole

30. Homer on the Case

By: Henry Cole

4.00

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Celebrated author and illustrator Henry Cole returns with a page-turning mystery adventure about a … read more

Similar categories in Henry Cole's Homer on the Case book and Henry Cole's Homer on the Case

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • birds
  • crime
  • fantasy

18 must-read fiction books like Homer on the Case by Henry Cole

Transform Your Habits

Knee Knock Rise

Natalie Babbitt

3.58

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Sweet Home Alaska

Carole Estby Dagg

4.23

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Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

Grace Lin

4.18

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Fortunately, the Milk

Neil Gaiman , Skottie Young

4.06

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Swim Team

Johnnie Christmas

4.28

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City Spies (City Spies #1)

James Ponti

4.31

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Penny Draws a Best Friend (Penny Draws #1)

Sara Shepard

4.27

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Darcy Miller

3.75

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