13 best-selling picture books books like The Hare and the Tortoise (An Oxford Classic Fable) by Brian Wildsmith

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The Hare and the Tortoise (An Oxford Classic Fable)

By: Brian Wildsmith

4.18

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

The race is on--the race, quick as lightning, against the tortoise, who not only moves slowly but c…

If you liked the picture books plot in The Hare and the Tortoise (An Oxford Classic Fable) by Brian Wildsmith , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs (Picture Puffin Books) by Tomie dePaola

1. Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs (Picture Puffin Books)

By: Tomie dePaola

4.32

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Tommy is four years old, and he loves visiting the home of his grandmother, Nana Downstairs, and hi… read more

Similar categories in Tomie dePaola's Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs (Picture Puffin Books) book and Brian Wildsmith's The Hare and the Tortoise (An Oxford Classic Fable)

  • classics
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Saint George and the Dragon (Caldecott Medal Winner) by Trina Schart Hyman, Margaret Hodges

2. Saint George and the Dragon (Caldecott Medal Winner)

By: Trina Schart Hyman , Margaret Hodges

4.19

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

This special new paperback edition of St. George and the Dragon commemorates the 25th Anniversary o… read more

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  • classics
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
"The path they had to follow was straight and narrow, but not easy to see."

-Trina Schart Hyman, Saint George and the Dragon (Caldecott Medal Winner)

"Heart cannot think what outrage and what cries, with black smoke and flashing fire, the beast threw forth, turning the whole world to darkness."

-Trina Schart Hyman, Saint George and the Dragon (Caldecott Medal Winner)

"The Fairy Queen has sent you to do brave deeds in this world. That High City that you see is in another world. Before you climb the path to it and hang your shield on its wall, go down into the valle…"

-Trina Schart Hyman, Saint George and the Dragon (Caldecott Medal Winner)

Cover of There is a Bird on Your Head! (Elephant & Piggie, #4) by Mo Willems

3. There is a Bird on Your Head! (Elephant & Piggie, #4)

By: Mo Willems

4.03

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Gerald is careful. Piggie is not. Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can. Gerald worries so that Pi… read more

Similar categories in Mo Willems's There is a Bird on Your Head! (Elephant & Piggie, #4) book and Brian Wildsmith's The Hare and the Tortoise (An Oxford Classic Fable)

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction

4. Eli

By: Bill Peet

2.83

Format: 124 pages, Paperback

A proud but decrepit lion learns a lesson about friendship from the vultures he despises. read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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5. Katy and the Big Snow

By: Virginia Lee Burton

4.88

Format: 242 pages, Paperback

Katy, a brave and untiring tractor, who pushes a bulldozer in the summer and a snowplow in the wint… read more

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  • classics
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present by Maurice Sendak, Charlotte Zolotow

6. Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present

By: Maurice Sendak , Charlotte Zolotow

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The author of such classics as My Granson Lew, Williams's Doll, and Over and Over needs no introduc… read more

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  • classics
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Chester the Worldly Pig by Bill Peet

7. Chester the Worldly Pig

By: Bill Peet

4.21

Format: None pages, Paperback

Chester longs to be a performer in the circus, but the road to stardom is rocky until someone disco… read more

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  • classics
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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8. Five Minutes' Peace

By: Jill Murphy

4.11

Format: 15 pages, Paperback

All Mrs. Large wants is five minutes' peace from her energetic children, but chaos follows her all … read more

Similar categories in Jill Murphy's Five Minutes' Peace book and Brian Wildsmith's The Hare and the Tortoise (An Oxford Classic Fable)

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction

9. Corduroy

By: Don Freeman

4.72

Format: 64 pages,

Have you ever dreamed of being locked in a department store at night? The endearing story of Cordur… read more

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  • classics
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction

10. Chanticleer and the Fox

By: Geoffrey Chaucer , Barbara Cooney

4.22

Format: 129 pages, Paperback

King of the barnyard, Chanticleer struts about all day. When a fox bursts into his domain, dupes hi… read more

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11. Miss Rumphius

By: Barbara Cooney

4.45

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Alice made a promise to make the world a more beautiful place, then a seed of an idea is planted an… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Cooney's Miss Rumphius book and Brian Wildsmith's The Hare and the Tortoise (An Oxford Classic Fable)

  • classics
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction

12. Kitten's First Full Moon

By: Kevin Henkes

3.87

Format: 309 pages, Hardcover

The nationally bestselling picture book about a kitten, the moon, and a bowl of milk, written by th… read more

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13. 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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Cover of The Princess and the Goblin  (Princess Irene and Curdie, #1) by George MacDonald, Arthur Hughes

14. The Princess and the Goblin (Princess Irene and Curdie, #1)

By: George MacDonald , Arthur Hughes

4.02

Format: 241 pages, Paperback

A little princess is protected by her friend Curdie from the goblin miners who live beneath the cas… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • fiction
"That's all nonsense," said Curdie. "I don't know what you mean." "Then if you don't know what I mean, what right have you to call it nonsense?"

-George MacDonald, The Princess and the Goblin (Princess Irene and Curdie, #1)

"But in the meantime, you must be content, I say, to be misunderstood for a while. We are all very anxious to be understood, and it is very hard not to be. But there is one thing much more necessary."…"

-George MacDonald, The Princess and the Goblin (Princess Irene and Curdie, #1)

15. Hey! Get Off Our Train

By: John Burningham

4.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

Illus. in full color. An IRA Children's Choice A Parents' Choice Award winner for illustration A Ca… read more

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16. Stellaluna

By: Janell Cannon

3.62

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Stellalunais the tender story of a lost young bat who finally finds her way safely home to her moth… read more

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17. Miss Nelson Is Missing! (Miss Nelson, #1)

By: James Marshall , None

3.92

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

The kids in Room 207 were misbehaving again. Spitballs stuck to the ceiling. Paper planes whizzing … read more

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18. 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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  • classics
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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19. The Magic Fish

By: Trung Le Nguyen

4.51

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Tiến loves his family and his friends…but Tiến has a secret he's been keeping from them, and it mig… read more

Similar categories in Trung Le Nguyen's The Magic Fish book and Brian Wildsmith's The Hare and the Tortoise (An Oxford Classic Fable)

  • fiction
"To me, language is a map to help you figure out where you are. If you can't read the map, you're lost"

-Trung Le Nguyen, The Magic Fish

"The space between two shores is the ocean and being caught in between feels like drowning. And, really, what is the point of tears among so much salt water?"

-Trung Le Nguyen, The Magic Fish

Cover of Farmhouse by Sophie  Blackall

20. 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

Similar categories in Sophie Blackall's Farmhouse book and Brian Wildsmith's The Hare and the Tortoise (An Oxford Classic Fable)

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Hare and the Tortoise (An Oxford Classic Fable) by Brian Wildsmith

21. The Hare and the Tortoise (An Oxford Classic Fable)

By: Brian Wildsmith

4.18

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

The race is on--the race, quick as lightning, against the tortoise, who not only moves slowly but c… read more

Similar categories in Brian Wildsmith's The Hare and the Tortoise (An Oxford Classic Fable) book and Brian Wildsmith's The Hare and the Tortoise (An Oxford Classic Fable)

  • classics
  • childrens
  • fables
  • picture books
  • fiction

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Tomie dePaola

4.32

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Saint George and the Dragon (Caldecott Medal Winner)

Trina Schart Hyman , Margaret Hodges

4.19

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There is a Bird on Your Head! (Elephant & Piggie, #4)

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4.03

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Bill Peet

2.83

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Sky Color (Creatrilogy)

Peter H. Reynolds

4.28

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4.29

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P.D. Eastman

3.56

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Tedd Arnold

3.79

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