23 Best picture books books like Elefantastic!: A Story of Magic in 5 Acts: Light Verse on a Heavy Subject by Jane Yolen

Cover of Elefantastic!: A Story of Magic in 5 Acts: Light Verse on a Heavy Subject by Jane Yolen

Elefantastic!: A Story of Magic in 5 Acts: Light Verse on a Heavy Subject

By: Jane Yolen

3.55

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Experience a magical story of ele-friendship and one disappearing elephant's ele-fate.Discover the …

If you liked the picture books plot in Elefantastic!: A Story of Magic in 5 Acts: Light Verse on a Heavy Subject by Jane Yolen , here is a list of 23 books like this:

Cover of Be Kind (Be Kind, 1) by Pat Zietlow Miller, Jen Hill

1. Be Kind (Be Kind, 1)

By: Pat Zietlow Miller , Jen Hill

4.47

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A picture book about the power of kindness. When Tanisha spills grape juice all over her new dre… read more

Similar categories in Pat Zietlow Miller's Be Kind (Be Kind, 1) book and Jane Yolen's Elefantastic!: A Story of Magic in 5 Acts: Light Verse on a Heavy Subject

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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2. The Eagle

By: Cynthia Rylant , Preston McDaniels

3.65

Format: 36 pages, Paperback

In a lighthouse by the ocean, Seabold, a dog, and Pandora, a cat, live with their three little mice… read more

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  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction

3. The Whale

By: Cynthia Rylant , Preston McDaniels

4.20

Format: 488 pages, Paperback

Pandora, Seabold, Whistler, Lila, and Tiny have all been enjoying the love and comfort that being a… read more

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4. The Octopus

By: Cynthia Rylant , Preston McDaniels

4.07

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Low tide around the lighthouse means it's time to go exploring. With a packed breakfast and a passi… read more

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5. The Turtle

By: Cynthia Rylant , Preston McDaniels

4.22

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

A thick fog has found its way up north to the lighthouse family, surrounding the cliffs and waters … read more

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6. Berry Song

By: Michaela Goade

4.43

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Caldecott Medalist Michaela Goade's first self-authored picture book is a celebration of the land s… read more

Similar categories in Michaela Goade's Berry Song book and Jane Yolen's Elefantastic!: A Story of Magic in 5 Acts: Light Verse on a Heavy Subject

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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7. The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale

By: Jon Klassen

4.26

Format: 105 pages, None

Jon Klassen's retelling of a traditional Tyrolean folktale.In a big abandoned house, on a barren hi… read more

Similar categories in Jon Klassen's The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale book and Jane Yolen's Elefantastic!: A Story of Magic in 5 Acts: Light Verse on a Heavy Subject

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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8. A First Time for Everything

By: Dan Santat

4.39

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade graphic memoir based on bestselling author and Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat's awkwa… read more

Similar categories in Dan Santat's A First Time for Everything book and Jane Yolen's Elefantastic!: A Story of Magic in 5 Acts: Light Verse on a Heavy Subject

  • childrens
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9. A Library

By: Nikki Giovanni

4.28

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

In this lyrical picture book, world-renowned poet, New York Times bestselling author, and Coretta S… read more

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  • poetry
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • juvenile
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10. Except Antarctica: A Hilarious Animal Picture Book for Kids

By: Todd Sturgell

4.16

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Featuring a rogue group of cheeky animals who love nothing more than a challenge and a flustered, h… read more

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  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile
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11. Simon Sort of Says

By: Erin Bow

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Simon O’Keeffe’s biggest claim to fame should be the time his dad accidentally gave a squirrel a ho… read more

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  • childrens
  • fiction
"Dad picks Denver [to get his rabies shots], and he's totally fine, but he's going to be away for three days. "Just like Jesus," Mom says. I can hear the phone say, "Isobel!"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"In the tabernacle did the [squirrel]--" "Eat the Host?" says Dad. "Yes he did." "And was it--" "Consecrated?" says Dad. "Yes it was." ... "What, uh, happened to the squirrel?" "That squirrel is now 3…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"The dog- Todd?- looks up from its leaking beer, puffs a sigh, then crosses the room to head-butt the fridge door closed. "Ummm" I manage "Did you see he got a--" "It's okay," she says. "He only has o…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

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12. Farmhouse

By: Sophie Blackall

4.53

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Two-time Caldecott Medalist Sophie Blackall invites readers to peek through windows that shine like… read more

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  • poetry
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • juvenile
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13. Lizzy and the Cloud

By: Terry Fan

4.40

Format: 56 pages, Hardcover

The tale of a young girl who cares for her pet cloud as it grows. It’s a little out of fashion t… read more

Similar categories in Terry Fan's Lizzy and the Cloud book and Jane Yolen's Elefantastic!: A Story of Magic in 5 Acts: Light Verse on a Heavy Subject

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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14. The Three Billy Goats Gruff

By: Mac Barnett

4.34

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Once there was a bridge and a terrible and VERY hungry troll lived underneath it. When the three Bi… read more

Similar categories in Mac Barnett's The Three Billy Goats Gruff book and Jane Yolen's Elefantastic!: A Story of Magic in 5 Acts: Light Verse on a Heavy Subject

  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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15. Answers in the Pages

By: David Levithan

4.32

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A bold, timely novel about speaking up and coming out as parents lobby to ban a beloved book from t… read more

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  • childrens
  • fiction
"We are who we are, and we'll be who we'll be. A book can make us feel that, but it can't invent that. It's already inside us."

-David Levithan, Answers in the Pages

Cover of The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill

16. The Ogress and the Orphans

By: Kelly Barnhill

4.28

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

A fantasy about the power of generosity and love, and how a community suffers when they disappear. … read more

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  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"The antidote to anger is tenderness, and the antidote to discord is reconciliation."

-Kelly Barnhill, The Ogress and the Orphans

"Life is long, after all. And over time, the paths we take tend to intertwine and overlap."

-Kelly Barnhill, The Ogress and the Orphans

"Books are funny things. The ideas and knowledge contained inside their pages have mass and velocity and gravity. They bend both space and time. They have minds of their own. There is a power in a boo…"

-Kelly Barnhill, The Ogress and the Orphans

"So maybe the Reading Room is magic because books really are magic. I read once that books bend both space and time, and the more books you have in one place, the more space and time will bend and twi…"

-Kelly Barnhill, The Ogress and the Orphans

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17. Sunshine: A Graphic Novel

By: Jarrett J. Krosoczka

4.55

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary--and extraordinarily powerful--follow-up to HEY, KIDDO. When Jarrett J. Krosoc… read more

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18. The Little Books of the Little Brontës

By: Sara O'Leary

4.37

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

The inspiring true tale of young siblings who loved to make stories -- and grew up to be among Engl… read more

Similar categories in Sara O'Leary's The Little Books of the Little Brontës book and Jane Yolen's Elefantastic!: A Story of Magic in 5 Acts: Light Verse on a Heavy Subject

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of I Won’t Give Up My Rubber Band by Shinsuke Yoshitake

19. I Won’t Give Up My Rubber Band

By: Shinsuke Yoshitake

4.08

Format: 52 pages, Hardcover

An everyday object (the endlessly versatile rubber band) becomes an invitation to imagine new possi… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of A Little Ferry Tale by Chad Otis

20. A Little Ferry Tale

By: Chad Otis

4.14

Format: 40 pages, ebook

In the spirit of The Little Engine That Could , this sweet picture book introduces Little Ferry, wh… read more

Similar categories in Chad Otis's A Little Ferry Tale book and Jane Yolen's Elefantastic!: A Story of Magic in 5 Acts: Light Verse on a Heavy Subject

  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Blur by Minh Lê

21. The Blur

By: Minh Lê

4.31

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Meet a child with superhero-like abilities . . . and the parents who are racing to keep up with her… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Butt or Face? by Kari Lavelle

22. Butt or Face?

By: Kari Lavelle

4.46

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Using a cheeky guessing game format, Butt or Face? is a hilarious nonfiction picture book that teac… read more

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  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile
Cover of Dear Mr. Dickens by Nancy Churnin

23. Dear Mr. Dickens

By: Nancy Churnin

4.44

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

In Eliza Davis's day, Charles Dickens was the most celebrated living writer in England. But some of… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile
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24. A Walk in the Woods

By: Nikki Grimes

4.43

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

In this moving account of loss, a boy takes a walk in the woods and makes a discovery that changes … read more

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  • poetry
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
Cover of My Powerful Hair: A Picture Book by Carole Lindstrom

25. My Powerful Hair: A Picture Book

By: Carole Lindstrom

4.57

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning and bestselling author of We Are Water Protectors comes an empowering pictur… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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26. Moonlight

By: Stephen A. Savage

3.61

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A lyrical bedtime read about the captivating effects of moonlight and its nightly journey. "Some… read more

Similar categories in Stephen A. Savage's Moonlight book and Jane Yolen's Elefantastic!: A Story of Magic in 5 Acts: Light Verse on a Heavy Subject

  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile
Cover of Hundred Years of Happiness by Thanhhà Lại

27. Hundred Years of Happiness

By: Thanhhà Lại

4.17

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A stunning picture book debut showcasing the love between grandparents and grandchildren, the chall… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Elefantastic!: A Story of Magic in 5 Acts: Light Verse on a Heavy Subject by Jane Yolen

28. Elefantastic!: A Story of Magic in 5 Acts: Light Verse on a Heavy Subject

By: Jane Yolen

3.55

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Experience a magical story of ele-friendship and one disappearing elephant's ele-fate.Discover the … read more

Similar categories in Jane Yolen's Elefantastic!: A Story of Magic in 5 Acts: Light Verse on a Heavy Subject book and Jane Yolen's Elefantastic!: A Story of Magic in 5 Acts: Light Verse on a Heavy Subject

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of Cozy in Love by Jan Brett

29. Cozy in Love

By: Jan Brett

3.85

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

This lovable companion to Jan Brett's instant New York Times bestselling winter classic, Cozy , sho… read more

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  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Mr. Coats by Sieb Posthuma

30. Mr. Coats

By: Sieb Posthuma

3.63

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Mr. Coats is freezing cold. No matter how many heaters he turns on, how many blankets he sleeps un… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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31. Bailey & Blanket

By: Emily House

3.72

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A heartwarming read-aloud about the special relationship between a child and their best friend in a… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile

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