29 Best childrens books like I Am Not a Penguin: A Pangolin's Lament by Liz Wong

Cover of I Am Not a Penguin: A Pangolin's Lament by Liz Wong

I Am Not a Penguin: A Pangolin's Lament

By: Liz Wong

3.92

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

This hilarious story of a pangolin with an identity crisis will be loved by fans of Penguin Problem…

If you liked the childrens plot in I Am Not a Penguin: A Pangolin's Lament by Liz Wong , here is a list of 29 books like this:

Cover of Too Many Carrots (Fiction Picture Books) by Katy Hudson

1. Too Many Carrots (Fiction Picture Books)

By: Katy Hudson

4.07

Format: 32 pages, Library Binding

Rabbit has too many carrots, which overtake his house. When he tries to move in with friends, more … read more

Similar categories in Katy Hudson's Too Many Carrots (Fiction Picture Books) book and Liz Wong's I Am Not a Penguin: A Pangolin's Lament

  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • animals
  • storytime
  • juvenile
Cover of When Dinosaurs Came with Everything (Junior Library Guild Selection) by David Small, Elise Broach

2. When Dinosaurs Came with Everything (Junior Library Guild Selection)

By: David Small , Elise Broach

4.15

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From beloved duo Elise Broach and David Small comes an adorable picture book about a little boy who… read more

Similar categories in David Small's When Dinosaurs Came with Everything (Junior Library Guild Selection) book and Liz Wong's I Am Not a Penguin: A Pangolin's Lament

  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • animals
  • storytime
  • juvenile
Cover of Hi! Fly Guy (Fly Guy, #1) by Tedd Arnold

3. Hi! Fly Guy (Fly Guy, #1)

By: Tedd Arnold

3.79

Format: None pages, Paperback

When Buzz captures a fly to enter in The Amazing Pet Show, his parents and the judges tell him that… read more

Similar categories in Tedd Arnold's Hi! Fly Guy (Fly Guy, #1) book and Liz Wong's I Am Not a Penguin: A Pangolin's Lament

  • animals
  • humor
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Polar Bear's Underwear by Tupera Tupera

4. Polar Bear's Underwear

By: Tupera Tupera

4.08

Format: 88 pages, Hardcover

Polar Bear has lost his underwear! Where could it be? There's only one thing to do: Remove the book… read more

Similar categories in Tupera Tupera's Polar Bear's Underwear book and Liz Wong's I Am Not a Penguin: A Pangolin's Lament

  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • animals
  • storytime
  • juvenile
Cover of Penguin Problems by Lane Smith, Jory John

5. Penguin Problems

By: Lane Smith , Jory John

4.00

Format: 45 pages, Hardcover

What?! Oh, you're going to read this book? Somehow I seriously doubt that. I bet you won't even fin… read more

Similar categories in Lane Smith's Penguin Problems book and Liz Wong's I Am Not a Penguin: A Pangolin's Lament

  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • animals
  • storytime

6. The Day the Crayons Quit

By: Oliver Jeffers , Drew Daywalt

3.53

Format: 39 pages, Hardcover

Poor Duncan just wants to color. But when he opens his box of crayons, he finds only letters, all s… read more

Similar categories in Oliver Jeffers's The Day the Crayons Quit book and Liz Wong's I Am Not a Penguin: A Pangolin's Lament

  • humor
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • storytime

7. We Found A Hat

By: Jon Klassen

3.43

Format: 331 pages,

Hold on to your hats for the conclusion of the celebrated hat trilogy by Caldecott Medalist Jon Kla… read more

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8. I Want My Hat Back

By: Jon Klassen

4.35

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A picture-book delight by a rising talent tells a cumulative tale with a mischievous twist. The … read more

Similar categories in Jon Klassen's I Want My Hat Back book and Liz Wong's I Am Not a Penguin: A Pangolin's Lament

  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • animals
  • storytime
  • juvenile
"What if I never see it again? What if nobody ever finds it? My poor hat. I miss it so much."

-Jon Klassen, I Want My Hat Back

9. Big Bad Bubble

By: Adam Rubin

3.50

Format: 134 pages, Hardcover

A bubble is a sneaky thing. It appears out of nowhere, then it attacks! At least, that's what Mogo … read more

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10. Slugfest

By: Gordon Korman

4.24

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Yash is the best athlete at Robinette Middle School. So good, in fact, that's he's already been pla… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's Slugfest book and Liz Wong's I Am Not a Penguin: A Pangolin's Lament

  • humor
  • childrens
  • juvenile
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11. Big

By: Vashti Harrison

4.66

Format: 60 pages, Kindle Edition

This deeply moving story shares valuable lessons about fitting in, standing out, and the beauty of … read more

Similar categories in Vashti Harrison's Big book and Liz Wong's I Am Not a Penguin: A Pangolin's Lament

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • storytime
  • juvenile
Cover of Knight Owl (The Knight Owl Series, 1) by Christopher Denise

12. Knight Owl (The Knight Owl Series, 1)

By: Christopher Denise

4.51

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A Caldecott Honor Winner and  New York Times  Bestseller!  A determined Owl builds strength and … read more

Similar categories in Christopher Denise's Knight Owl (The Knight Owl Series, 1) book and Liz Wong's I Am Not a Penguin: A Pangolin's Lament

  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • animals
  • storytime
  • juvenile
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13. The Eyes and the Impossible

By: Dave Eggers

4.25

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The illustrated story of a dog who unwittingly becomes a hero to a park full of animals. Johanne… read more

Similar categories in Dave Eggers's The Eyes and the Impossible book and Liz Wong's I Am Not a Penguin: A Pangolin's Lament

  • animals
  • childrens
  • nature
  • juvenile
"What monster would turn up his snout at the thought-through help of all the friends he had?"

-Dave Eggers, The Eyes and the Impossible

"Every reasonable creature knows that the worst thing any creature can do all day is think of themselves. If there are troubles in your mind, you should think first of the troubles of others; it is th…"

-Dave Eggers, The Eyes and the Impossible

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14. The Wall in the Middle of the Book

By: Jon Agee

4.23

Format: 42 pages, Hardcover

A foolish knight is certain that his side of the wall is the safe side in this meta picture book. … read more

Similar categories in Jon Agee's The Wall in the Middle of the Book book and Liz Wong's I Am Not a Penguin: A Pangolin's Lament

  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • animals
  • storytime
  • juvenile
Cover of The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity by Nicholas  Day

15. The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

By: Nicholas Day

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A propulsive work of narrative nonfiction about how the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre, how t… read more

Similar categories in Nicholas Day's The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity book and Liz Wong's I Am Not a Penguin: A Pangolin's Lament

  • nonfiction
  • childrens
"Leonard da Vinci had painted the Mona Lisa. But Vincenzo Perugia had turned it into The Mona Lisa."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"The Lourve, he concluded, with an insult designed to puncture French pride, "is less well protected than a Spanish museum."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"If the Mona Lisa is the most famous face in art history, Les Demoiselles is a hatchet thrown at it. It's not a pretty painting. Its brutal and uncomfortable."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"Word of his midnight activities gets out. 'The pope has found out that I have skinned three corpses,' Leonardo writes in his notebook. He gets off easy. He's simply told: please stop skinning corpses."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

Cover of The Teeny-Weeny Unicorn by Shawn Harris

16. The Teeny-Weeny Unicorn

By: Shawn Harris

3.76

Format: 48 pages, Library Binding

Meet Teeny-Weeny! A pint-sized unicorn in this funny, modern fairy tale about perception and self-c… read more

Similar categories in Shawn Harris's The Teeny-Weeny Unicorn book and Liz Wong's I Am Not a Penguin: A Pangolin's Lament

  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • animals
  • storytime
  • juvenile
Cover of Love in the Library by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

17. Love in the Library

By: Maggie Tokuda-Hall

4.47

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Set in an internment camp where the United States cruelly detained Japanese Americans during WWII a… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Tokuda-Hall's Love in the Library book and Liz Wong's I Am Not a Penguin: A Pangolin's Lament

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Chez Bob (Chez Bob, 1) by Bob Shea

18. 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 Liz Wong's I Am Not a Penguin: A Pangolin's Lament

  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • animals
  • storytime
  • juvenile
Cover of Mr. S: A First Day of School Book by Monica Arnaldo

19. Mr. S: A First Day of School Book

By: Monica Arnaldo

4.21

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

It was the first day of school. But even the kindergarteners of room 2B could tell something was se… read more

Similar categories in Monica Arnaldo's Mr. S: A First Day of School Book book and Liz Wong's I Am Not a Penguin: A Pangolin's Lament

  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • storytime
  • juvenile
Cover of Flat Cat by Tara Lazar

20. Flat Cat

By: Tara Lazar

3.80

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From Pete Oswald, New York Times bestselling illustrator of the Bad Seed series, and Tara Lazar, cr… read more

Similar categories in Tara Lazar's Flat Cat book and Liz Wong's I Am Not a Penguin: A Pangolin's Lament

  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • animals
  • storytime
  • juvenile
Cover of Dog Man: Mothering Heights (Dog Man, #10) by Dav Pilkey

21. Dog Man: Mothering Heights (Dog Man, #10)

By: Dav Pilkey

4.52

Format: 224 pages, Library Binding

Dog Man and Petey face their biggest challenges yet in the tenth Dog Man book from worldwide bestse… read more

Similar categories in Dav Pilkey's Dog Man: Mothering Heights (Dog Man, #10) book and Liz Wong's I Am Not a Penguin: A Pangolin's Lament

  • animals
  • humor
  • childrens
  • juvenile
Cover of Fluffy McWhiskers Cuteness Explosion by Stephen W. Martin

22. Fluffy McWhiskers Cuteness Explosion

By: Stephen W. Martin

4.09

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Friendship is hard for Fluffy, a kitten so precious that anyone who looks at her explodes! Meet … read more

Similar categories in Stephen W. Martin's Fluffy McWhiskers Cuteness Explosion book and Liz Wong's I Am Not a Penguin: A Pangolin's Lament

  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • animals
  • storytime
  • juvenile
Cover of Beneath by Cori Doerrfeld

23. Beneath

By: Cori Doerrfeld

4.42

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

In this stunning story from New York Times bestselling creator Cori Doerrfeld, a child and their gr… read more

Similar categories in Cori Doerrfeld's Beneath book and Liz Wong's I Am Not a Penguin: A Pangolin's Lament

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • storytime
  • nature
Cover of Oh Look, a Cake! by J.C. McKee

24. Oh Look, a Cake!

By: J.C. McKee

3.93

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A subversively hilarious picture book about a sloth, a lemur, a giant cake, and what happens when y… read more

Similar categories in J.C. McKee's Oh Look, a Cake! book and Liz Wong's I Am Not a Penguin: A Pangolin's Lament

  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • animals
  • storytime
  • juvenile
Cover of The Panda Problem by Deborah Underwood

25. The Panda Problem

By: Deborah Underwood

4.05

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Every story needs a problem.But Panda doesn't have a problem.Unless . . . Panda is the problem. … read more

Similar categories in Deborah Underwood's The Panda Problem book and Liz Wong's I Am Not a Penguin: A Pangolin's Lament

  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • animals
  • storytime
  • juvenile
Cover of Make Way for Butterfly (A Very Impatient Caterpillar, #4) by Ross Burach

26. Make Way for Butterfly (A Very Impatient Caterpillar, #4)

By: Ross Burach

4.17

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Make way for another riotous adventure in the Very Impatient Caterpillar series that slyly combines… read more

Similar categories in Ross Burach's Make Way for Butterfly (A Very Impatient Caterpillar, #4) book and Liz Wong's I Am Not a Penguin: A Pangolin's Lament

  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • storytime
  • nature
  • science
Cover of Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly

27. Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

By: Margot Lee Shetterly

4.44

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden were good at math...really g… read more

Similar categories in Margot Lee Shetterly's Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race book and Liz Wong's I Am Not a Penguin: A Pangolin's Lament

  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • science
Cover of Every Night Is Pizza Night by J. Kenji López-Alt

28. Every Night Is Pizza Night

By: J. Kenji López-Alt

4.27

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Pipo thinks that pizza is the best. No, Pipo knows that pizza is the best. It is scientific fact. B… read more

Similar categories in J. Kenji López-Alt's Every Night Is Pizza Night book and Liz Wong's I Am Not a Penguin: A Pangolin's Lament

  • humor
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • storytime
Cover of Toasty by Sarah Hwang

29. Toasty

By: Sarah Hwang

3.71

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Toasty loves dogs--so much so that he'd like to be one. He knows there are some differences--most d… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Hwang's Toasty book and Liz Wong's I Am Not a Penguin: A Pangolin's Lament

  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • animals
  • storytime
  • juvenile
Cover of Dudley's Day at Home by Karen Kaufman Orloff

30. Dudley's Day at Home

By: Karen Kaufman Orloff

4.11

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

“What does Dudley do all day while we’re away?” Sam wonders. Mom explains that Dudley does ordinary… read more

Similar categories in Karen Kaufman Orloff's Dudley's Day at Home book and Liz Wong's I Am Not a Penguin: A Pangolin's Lament

  • picture books
  • animals
  • childrens
Cover of I Am Not a Penguin: A Pangolin's Lament by Liz Wong

31. I Am Not a Penguin: A Pangolin's Lament

By: Liz Wong

3.92

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

This hilarious story of a pangolin with an identity crisis will be loved by fans of Penguin Problem… read more

Similar categories in Liz Wong's I Am Not a Penguin: A Pangolin's Lament book and Liz Wong's I Am Not a Penguin: A Pangolin's Lament

  • science
  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • storytime
  • nature
  • juvenile

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Katy Hudson

4.07

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4.15

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3.79

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4.22

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4.14

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