23 must-read picture books books like Odd Beasts: Meet Nature's Weirdest Animals by Laura Gehl

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Odd Beasts: Meet Nature's Weirdest Animals

By: Laura Gehl

4.15

Format: 22 pages, Board Book

Meet nature’s oddballs in this charming board book about some of the strangest animals in the world…

If you liked the picture books plot in Odd Beasts: Meet Nature's Weirdest Animals by Laura Gehl , here is a list of 23 books like this:

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1. The Very Busy Spider

By: Eric Carle

4.22

Format: 32 pages, Board book

From bestselling author and illustrator Eric Carle, the creator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar , co… read more

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  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature
Cover of Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney

2. Llama Llama Red Pajama

By: Anna Dewdney

4.30

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Llama, Llama red pajama waiting, waiting for his mama. Mama isn’t coming yet. Baby Llama starts … read more

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  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Dr. Seuss's ABC: An Amazing Alphabet Book! by Dr. Seuss

3. Dr. Seuss's ABC: An Amazing Alphabet Book!

By: Dr. Seuss

4.25

Format: None pages, Board Book

From Aunt Annie's Alligator to Zizzer-Zazzer-Zuzz, this sturdy board book version of Dr. Seuss's AB… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of "Slowly, Slowly, Slowly," said the Sloth by Eric Carle, Jane Goodall

4. "Slowly, Slowly, Slowly," said the Sloth

By: Eric Carle , Jane Goodall

4.11

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Slowly, slowly, slowly. That's the way the sloth moves. Slowly, it eats and then, slowly, it falls … read more

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  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature

5. Eating the Alphabet

By: Lois Ehlert

2.96

Format: 63 pages, Board Book

While teaching upper- and lowercase letters to preschoolers, Ehlert introduces fruits and vegetable… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
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6. They All Saw a Cat

By: Brendan Wenzel

3.13

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

The cat walked through the world, with its whiskers, ears, and paws . . . In this celebration of ob… read more

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  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens

7. Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?

By: Eric Carle , Bill Martin Jr.

4.14

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

What will you hear when you read this book to a preschool child? Lots of noise! Children will chant… read more

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8. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

By: Lois Ehlert , Bill Martin Jr. , John Archambault

3.79

Format: 477 pages, Paperback

The 26 characters in this rhythmic, rhyming baby book are a lowercase alphabet with attitude. "A to… read more

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9. Everything is Mama

By: Jimmy Fallon , Miguel Ordóñez

5.00

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

The follow-up to NBC's The Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon's #1 New York Times-bestseller Your Baby'… read more

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10. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

By: Eric Carle , Bill Martin Jr.

4.11

Format: None pages,

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? is a children's picture book published in 1967. Written an… read more

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11. Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb

By: Al Perkins , Eric Gurney

3.89

Format: 440 pages, Board Book

Illus. in full color. A madcap band of dancing, prancing monkeys explain hands, fingers, and thumbs… read more

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12. The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors

By: Adam Rex , Drew Daywalt

5.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

You've played the game. Now read the legend of how it all began . . . Long ago, in an ancient and d… read more

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13. Ten Apples Up On Top!

By: Theo LeSieg , Roy McKie

4.40

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Learning to count has never been more fun than in this crazy tale of a dog, a lion and a tiger all … read more

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14. Wow! Said the Owl

By: Tim Hopgood

4.01

Format: 532 pages, Hardcover

Here's the story of a curious little owl determined to see what the world looks like during the day… read more

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15. The Big Cheese (The Food Group, #7)

By: Jory John

4.17

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

The Big Cheese is the best at everything, and brags about it, too. When the annual Cheese-cathlon c… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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16. A Friend for Henry

By: Jenn Bailey

3.93

Format: 36 pages, Hardcover

In Classroom Six, second left down the hall, Henry has been on the lookout for a friend. A friend w… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of The Smart Cookie (The Food Group #5) by Jory John

17. The Smart Cookie (The Food Group #5)

By: Jory John

4.31

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

This cookie has never felt like a smart cookie no matter how hard she tries, especially in comparis… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of The Cool Bean (The Food Group #3) by Jory John

18. The Cool Bean (The Food Group #3)

By: Jory John

4.41

Format: 33 pages, Hardcover

Everyone knows the cool beans. They’re sooooo cool. And then there’s the uncool has-bean . . . … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
"Throughout all of this, I realised that it's not about how you look or any of that other silly stuff. It's about a wink or nod or a smile at just the right moment. It's about dusting somebody off, he…"

-Jory John, The Cool Bean (The Food Group #3)

Cover of The Sour Grape (The Food Group #6) by Jory John

19. The Sour Grape (The Food Group #6)

By: Jory John

4.40

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

The Sour Grape holds grudges for every reason under the sun. Lime never returned a scarf they borro… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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20. If I Was a Horse

By: Sophie Blackall

3.79

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

In her funniest book yet, two-time Caldecott Medalist Sophie Blackall captures the astonishing spec… read more

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  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of The Good Egg (The Food Group #2) by Jory John

21. The Good Egg (The Food Group #2)

By: Jory John

4.35

Format: 36 pages, Hardcover

In this follow-up to Jory John and Pete Oswald’s popular picture book The Bad Seed, meet the next b… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of A Stone Sat Still by Brendan Wenzel

22. A Stone Sat Still

By: Brendan Wenzel

4.24

Format: 50 pages, Hardcover

The follow-up to They All Saw a CatA Stone Sat Still tells the story of a seemingly ordinary rock—b… read more

Similar categories in Brendan Wenzel's A Stone Sat Still book and Laura Gehl's Odd Beasts: Meet Nature's Weirdest Animals

  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature
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23. 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

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature
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24. Very Good Hats

By: Emma Straub

4.02

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

The first picture book by bestselling novelist Emma Straub, this joyous and inventive read-aloud wi… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of I'll Love You Till the Cows Come Home by Kathryn Cristaldi

25. I'll Love You Till the Cows Come Home

By: Kathryn Cristaldi

4.35

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

I will love you till the cows come home from a trip to Mars through skies unknown, in a rocket ship… read more

Similar categories in Kathryn Cristaldi's I'll Love You Till the Cows Come Home book and Laura Gehl's Odd Beasts: Meet Nature's Weirdest Animals

  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Peekaboo Rex! (Boynton on Board) by Sandra Boynton

26. Peekaboo Rex! (Boynton on Board)

By: Sandra Boynton

3.88

Format: 24 pages, Board Book

Join a T. rex who loves playing peekaboo in this surprising board book from bestselling and beloved… read more

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  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of The Night Is Deep and Wide by Gillian Sze

27. The Night Is Deep and Wide

By: Gillian Sze

3.59

Format: 20 pages, Board book

Rich imagery, gentle rhythm and soothing repetition will lull your little one to sleep as the tulip… read more

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  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature
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28. Ahoy!

By: Sophie Blackall

4.09

Format: 48 pages, Library Binding

Join a child captain and parent first mate as they embark on a wild high seas adventure…all without… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Pop-up Peekaboo! Baby Dinosaur: A surprise under every flap! by D.K. Publishing

29. Pop-up Peekaboo! Baby Dinosaur: A surprise under every flap!

By: D.K. Publishing

4.23

Format: 12 pages, Board Book

A pop-up surprise under every flap! Turn the pages and lift the flaps of this delightful baby book… read more

Similar categories in D.K. Publishing's Pop-up Peekaboo! Baby Dinosaur: A surprise under every flap! book and Laura Gehl's Odd Beasts: Meet Nature's Weirdest Animals

  • picture books
  • animals
  • childrens
Cover of Peekaboo: Pumpkin by Camilla Reid

30. Peekaboo: Pumpkin

By: Camilla Reid

4.37

Format: 8 pages, Board book

A Halloween-themed title in this fast-growing series Ingela P. Arrhenius’s unmistakable, enchant… read more

Similar categories in Camilla Reid's Peekaboo: Pumpkin book and Laura Gehl's Odd Beasts: Meet Nature's Weirdest Animals

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Odd Beasts: Meet Nature's Weirdest Animals by Laura Gehl

31. Odd Beasts: Meet Nature's Weirdest Animals

By: Laura Gehl

4.15

Format: 22 pages, Board Book

Meet nature’s oddballs in this charming board book about some of the strangest animals in the world… read more

Similar categories in Laura Gehl's Odd Beasts: Meet Nature's Weirdest Animals book and Laura Gehl's Odd Beasts: Meet Nature's Weirdest Animals

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science

23 Top childrens books like Odd Beasts: Meet Nature's Weirdest Animals by Laura Gehl

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The Very Busy Spider

Eric Carle

4.22

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Llama Llama Red Pajama

Anna Dewdney

4.30

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Dr. Seuss's ABC: An Amazing Alphabet Book!

Dr. Seuss

4.25

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"Slowly, Slowly, Slowly," said the Sloth

Eric Carle , Jane Goodall

4.11

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Ish (Creatrilogy)

Peter H. Reynolds

4.39

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All My Stripes: A Story for Children with Autism

Jennifer Zivoin , Shaina Rudolph , Danielle Royer

4.19

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Spork

Isabelle Arsenault , Kyo Maclear

3.50

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I Want My Hat Back

Jon Klassen

4.35

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