7 Best fantasy books like Bill and Pete to the Rescue by Tomie dePaola

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Bill and Pete to the Rescue

By: Tomie dePaola

3.80

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

When Little Jane Allison Crocodile is kidnapped by the Bad Guy's Big Bad Brother from Louisiana, Bi…

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Cover of Sir Cumference and the First Round Table: A Math Adventure (Sir Cumference, #1) by Cindy Neuschwander, Wayne Geehan

1. Sir Cumference and the First Round Table: A Math Adventure (Sir Cumference, #1)

By: Cindy Neuschwander , Wayne Geehan

4.12

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Key Features Description Assisted by his knight, Sir Cumference, and using ideas offered by his wif… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • adventure
Cover of Ish (Creatrilogy) by Peter H. Reynolds

2. Ish (Creatrilogy)

By: Peter H. Reynolds

4.39

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A creative spirit learns that thinking “ish-ly” is far more wonderful than “getting it right” in th… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña, Christian Robinson

3. Last Stop on Market Street

By: Matt de la Peña , Christian Robinson

4.30

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

"Sometimes when you're surrounded by dirt, CJ, you're a better witness for what's beautiful." CJ… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
"He wondered how his nana always found beautiful where he never even thought to look."

-Matt de la Peña, Last Stop on Market Street

"Sometimes when you're surrounded by dirt...you're a better witness for what's beautiful."

-Matt de la Peña, Last Stop on Market Street

"Nana, how come we don't got a car?' 'Boy, what do we need a car for? We got a bus that breathes fire, and old Mr. Daniels, who always has a trick for you."

-Matt de la Peña, Last Stop on Market Street

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4. The Velveteen Rabbit

By: Margery Williams Bianco , William Nicholson

4.30

Format: 40 pages, Paperback

Nursery magic is very strange and wonderful, and only those playthings that are old and wise and ex… read more

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  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"When you are Real you don't mind being hurt."

-Margery Williams Bianco, The Velveteen Rabbit

"...because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand."

-Margery Williams Bianco, The Velveteen Rabbit

"When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real."

-Margery Williams Bianco, The Velveteen Rabbit

"He didn't mind how he looked to other people, because the nursery magic had made him Real, and when you are Real shabbiness doesn't matter."

-Margery Williams Bianco, The Velveteen Rabbit

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

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

-Neil Gaiman, Fortunately, the Milk

"The piranhas said nothing, but they thrashes 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

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6. Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1)

By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

4.18

Format: None pages, Paperback

Laura Ingalls and her family live deep in the Big Woods of Wisconsin. Their log cabin is surrounded… read more

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  • childrens
  • fiction
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7. 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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  • fantasy
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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8. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel

By: Virginia Lee Burton

5.00

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

A modern classic that no child should miss. Since it was first published in 1939, Mike Mulligan and… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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9. 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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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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10. The Camping Trip That Changed America

By: Mordicai Gerstein , Barb Rosenstock

2.64

Format: 110 pages, Hardcover

Caldecott medalist Mordicai Gerstein captures the majestic redwoods of Yosemite in this little-know… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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11. Revenge of the Witch (The Last Apprentice / Wardstone Chronicles, #1)

By: Joseph Delaney , Patrick Arrasmith

3.32

Format: None pages, Paperback

For years, Old Gregory has been the Spook for the county, ridding the local villages of evil. Now h… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
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12. Anne of Green Gables: A Graphic Novel

By: Mariah Marsden , Brenna Thummler , Kendra Phipps , None

4.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

Schoolyard rivalries. Baking disasters. Puffed sleeves.Explore the violet vales and glorious green … read more

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  • childrens
  • fiction
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13. The Little Red Hen Big Book

By: Paul Galdone

4.00

Format: 117 pages, Big Book

Little Red Hen is a time-tested cautionary tale about how we reap what we sow. When the hen asks a … read more

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  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction

14. 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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  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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15. The Midnight Library

By: Kazuno Kohara

4.21

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

Once there was a library which opened only at night... When we are fast asleep in bed, the Midnight… read more

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  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
  • fantasy

16. Cold Comfort Farm

By: Roz Chast , Lynne Truss , Stella Gibbons

3.69

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Winner of the 1933 Femina Vie Heureuse Prize, COLD COMFORT FARM is a wickedly funny portrait of Bri… read more

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17. Mister Seahorse

By: Eric Carle

3.65

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A stunning new picture book from Eric Carle about Mister Seahorse and other 'male mothers', with sp… 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

Similar categories in Robert McCloskey's Blueberries for Sal book and Tomie dePaola's Bill and Pete to the Rescue

  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction

19. The Witch Boy

By: Molly Knox Ostertag

3.26

Format: 32 pages,

In thirteen-year-old Aster's family, all the girls are raised to be witches, while boys grow up to … read more

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20. The Snowy Day

By: Ezra Jack Keats

3.33

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Winner of the 1963 Caldecott Medal! No book has captured the magic and sense of possibility of the … read more

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21. Firefly Hollow

By: Alison McGhee

3.82

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Firefly. Cricket. Vole. Peter. Can four creatures from four very different Nations help one another… read more

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22. The Secret to Superhuman Strength

By: Alison Bechdel

4.15

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Fun Home, a profound graphic memoir of Bechdel's lifelong love affair with exerc… read more

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"My transformation, thanks in part to Adrienne Rich, was easier than hers had been."

-Alison Bechdel, The Secret to Superhuman Strength

"Life many gay people of my generation, I would not behave like a teenager until I was in my twenties."

-Alison Bechdel, The Secret to Superhuman Strength

"Why have I spent so many hours of my life--very possibly as many as are actually recommended-- exercising ?!"

-Alison Bechdel, The Secret to Superhuman Strength

"Most people don't even try to get what they want because of the painful reckoning with their parents it entails."

-Alison Bechdel, The Secret to Superhuman Strength

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23. Say Something!

By: Peter H. Reynolds

4.47

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

The world needs your voice. If you have a brilliant idea...say something!If you see an injustice...… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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24. Wonder Walkers

By: Micha Archer

4.19

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Micha Archer's detailed collages give readers an outlook on the splendors of nature. When two cu… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure
"Is rain the day's tears? Is the moon the world's night light? I wonder. Me too."

-Micha Archer, Wonder Walkers

Cover of What You Need to Be Warm by Neil Gaiman

25. What You Need to Be Warm

By: Neil Gaiman

4.20

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

During the coldest season, when the world feels scary—what do you remember about being warm? Baked … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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26. Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln

By: Margarita Engle

4.22

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

The story of Teresa Carreño, a child prodigy who played piano for Abraham Lincoln.As a little girl,… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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27. John's Turn

By: Mac Barnett

4.13

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

E. B. White Read-Aloud winner Mac Barnett celebrates individuality in a story told with tenderness … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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28. In the Night Garden

By: Carin Berger

4.07

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A gentle, collage-illustrated bedtime read about the often mysterious and always beautiful experien… read more

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  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of We Are Starlings: Inside the Mesmerizing Magic of a Murmuration by Robert Furrow

29. We Are Starlings: Inside the Mesmerizing Magic of a Murmuration

By: Robert Furrow

4.25

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A stunning picture book for young nature lovers about starlings and the fascinating phenomenon of m… read more

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  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
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30. Bill and Pete to the Rescue

By: Tomie dePaola

3.80

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

When Little Jane Allison Crocodile is kidnapped by the Bad Guy's Big Bad Brother from Louisiana, Bi… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • egypt
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
  • fantasy

20 must-read fiction books like Bill and Pete to the Rescue by Tomie dePaola

Transform Your Habits

Ish (Creatrilogy)

Peter H. Reynolds

4.39

Transform Your Habits

Last Stop on Market Street

Matt de la Peña , Christian Robinson

4.30

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The Velveteen Rabbit

Margery Williams Bianco , William Nicholson

4.30

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Fortunately, the Milk

Neil Gaiman , Skottie Young

4.06

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Strega Nona

Tomie dePaola , Castellanos Prada Ruth de

4.26

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The Story About Ping

Marjorie Flack , Kurt Wiese

4.16

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Good Night, Gorilla

Peggy Rathmann

4.23

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Bread and Jam for Frances (I Can Read Level 2)

Russell Hoban , Lillian Hoban

4.21

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