8 Top classics books like Babe: The Gallant Pig by Dick King-Smith, Maggie Kneen

Cover of Babe: The Gallant Pig by Dick King-Smith, Maggie Kneen

Babe: The Gallant Pig

By: Dick King-Smith , Maggie Kneen

4.09

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

Knopf is proud to present a handsome 20th-anniversary edition of Dick King-Smith's bestselling nove…

If you liked the classics plot in Babe: The Gallant Pig by Dick King-Smith, Maggie Kneen , here is a list of 8 books like this:

Cover of Mountain Born (Mountain Born, #1) by Elizabeth Yates, Nora S. Unwin, Nora Spicer Unwin

1. Mountain Born (Mountain Born, #1)

By: Elizabeth Yates , Nora S. Unwin , Nora Spicer Unwin

4.00

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

In Mountain Born by Elizabeth Yates, she used her experiences from her early years of living on her… read more

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  • classics
  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
"There are many things in the world. If we care for them all a little, we won't feel the hurt too much when we part with one."

-Elizabeth Yates, Mountain Born (Mountain Born, #1)

"Benj had once said, "A man must have a care to what he puts in his mind, for when he's alone on a hillside and draws it out he'll want treasures to be his company, not regrets."

-Elizabeth Yates, Mountain Born (Mountain Born, #1)

Cover of Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective (Encyclopedia Brown, #1) by Donald J. Sobol

2. Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective (Encyclopedia Brown, #1)

By: Donald J. Sobol

4.05

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

A Civil War sword...A watermelon stabbing... Missing roller skates... A trapeze artist's inhe… read more

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  • classics
  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
"The case called for plain, old-fashioned police leg work!"

-Donald J. Sobol, Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective (Encyclopedia Brown, #1)

Cover of The Year of the Baby (Anna Wang, #2) by Patrice Barton, Andrea Cheng

3. The Year of the Baby (Anna Wang, #2)

By: Patrice Barton , Andrea Cheng

4.07

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Last year, Anna learned how to be a good friend. Now that her family has adopted a baby girl from C… read more

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  • middle grade
  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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4. Gooney Bird Greene

By: Lois Lowry , Middy Thomas

3.99

Format: 88 pages, Paperback

Two-time Newbery Medalist Lois Lowry introduces a new girl in class who loves being the center of a… read more

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  • middle grade
  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, #1) by Alexandra Boiger, Betty MacDonald

5. Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, #1)

By: Alexandra Boiger , Betty MacDonald

4.16

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Everyone loves Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle lives in an upside-down house and smells li… read more

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  • classics
  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"THIS IS DICK -- DON'T TOUCH!!!"

-Alexandra Boiger, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, #1)

"I'll do it because I want to but not because you tell me to!"

-Alexandra Boiger, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, #1)

"Penelope (the parrot) squawked, ‘I’ll do it because I want to but not because you tell me to!’ Mary was certainly surprised at that because she thought that she had made up that brilliant remark. She…"

-Alexandra Boiger, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, #1)

Cover of The Bears on Hemlock Mountain by Helen Sewell, Alice Dalgliesh

6. The Bears on Hemlock Mountain

By: Helen Sewell , Alice Dalgliesh

3.81

Format: 58 pages, Paperback

Are there bears on Hemlock Mountain? One boy is about to find out in this classic tale. People hav… read more

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  • classics
  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
Cover of Catching Their Talk in a Box: The Life Story of Joy Ridderhof by Betty M. Hockett

7. Catching Their Talk in a Box: The Life Story of Joy Ridderhof

By: Betty M. Hockett

3.70

Format: 168 pages,

Catching Their Talk in a Box follows Joy Ridderhof into Honduras, Mexico, Alaska, the Philippines, … read more

Similar categories in Betty M. Hockett's Catching Their Talk in a Box: The Life Story of Joy Ridderhof book and Dick King-Smith's Babe: The Gallant Pig

  • childrens
Cover of My Father's Dragon (My Father's Dragon, #1) by Ruth Stiles Gannett

8. My Father's Dragon (My Father's Dragon, #1)

By: Ruth Stiles Gannett

3.70

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

Elmer Elevator (narrator's father as a boy) runs away with an old alley cat to rescue a flying baby… read more

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  • classics
  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Babe: The Gallant Pig by Dick King-Smith, Maggie Kneen

9. Babe: The Gallant Pig

By: Dick King-Smith , Maggie Kneen

4.09

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

Knopf is proud to present a handsome 20th-anniversary edition of Dick King-Smith's bestselling nove… read more

Similar categories in Dick King-Smith's Babe: The Gallant Pig book and Dick King-Smith's Babe: The Gallant Pig

  • classics
  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends, #1) by Garth Williams, George Selden

10. The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends, #1)

By: Garth Williams , George Selden

4.04

Format: 134 pages, Paperback

One night, the sounds of New York City--the rumbling of subway trains, thrumming of automobile tire… read more

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  • classics
  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"Harry had been down to Washington Square to hear an open-air concert of chamber music. How you could play chamber music outdoors Chester didn't understand—but it was New York and anything could happe…"

-Garth Williams, The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends, #1)

"I guess I'm just feeling Septemberish," sighed Chester. "It's getting towards autumn now. And it's so pretty up in Connecticut. All the trees change color. The days get very clear―with a little smoke…"

-Garth Williams, The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends, #1)

"Just this once, in the very heart of the busiest of cities, everyone was perfectly content not to move and hardly to breathe. And for those few minutes, while the song lasted, Times Square was still …"

-Garth Williams, The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends, #1)

"Chester's playing filled the station. Like ripples around a stone dropped into still water, the circles of silence spread out from the newsstand. And as people listened, a change came over their face…"

-Garth Williams, The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends, #1)

Cover of Kildee House by Barbara Cooney, Rutherford G. Montgomery

11. Kildee House

By: Barbara Cooney , Rutherford G. Montgomery

3.77

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Newbery Honor Book, 1950 An early naturalist and philosopher escapes civilization by building his h… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Cooney's Kildee House book and Dick King-Smith's Babe: The Gallant Pig

  • animals
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Sticks Across the Chimney: A Story of Denmark by Nora Burglon

12. Sticks Across the Chimney: A Story of Denmark

By: Nora Burglon

3.67

Format: 346 pages, Paperback

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  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Stuart Little by E.B. White, Garth Williams

13. Stuart Little

By: E.B. White , Garth Williams

3.90

Format: 131 pages, Paperback

E.B. White's classic novel about one small mouse on a very big adventure! Stuart Little is no o… read more

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  • classics
  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"Well,"

-E.B. White, Stuart Little

"Very fine law,"

-E.B. White, Stuart Little

"(Not every doctor can look into a mouse's ear without laughing)"

-E.B. White, Stuart Little

"A shaft of sunlight at the end of a dark afternoon, a note of music, and the way the back of a baby’s neck smells if it’s mother keeps it tidy,"

-E.B. White, Stuart Little

14. Detectives in Togas

By: Richard Winston , Clara Winston , Henry Winterfeld , Charlotte Kleinert

3.33

Format: 140 pages, Paperback

In these two delightful history-mysteries, seven boys in Ancient Rome solve strange crimes . . . th… read more

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15. Happy Times in Noisy Village

By: Astrid Lindgren , Ilon Wikland , Florence Lamborn

4.54

Format: 380 pages, Paperback

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16. Eloise

By: Hilary Knight , Kay Thompson

4.01

Format: 204 pages,

"I am Eloise, I am six." So begins the well-loved story of Eloise, the garrulous little girl who li… read more

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17. George Muller: The Guardian of Bristol's Orphans (Christian Heroes: Then & Now)

By: Janet Benge , Geoff Benge

4.23

Format: 121 pages, Paperback

This series chronicles the exciting, challenging, and deeply touching true stories of ordinary men … read more

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18. Captain Nobody

By: Dean Pitchford

4.58

Format: 226 pages,

When Newt Newman's football-star brother, Chris, is knocked into a coma during the biggest game of … read more

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19. The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

By: Mark Twain

4.75

Format: 140 pages, Hardcover

The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is a wild yarn involving a case of mistaken identi… read more

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20. Word of Mouse

By: James Patterson , Chris Grabenstein , None

3.94

Format: 229 pages, Hardcover

James Patterson's newest illustrated middle grade story follows the illuminating journey of a very … read more

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21. Little Pear

By: Eleanor Frances Lattimore

3.66

Format: 180 pages, Paperback

Little Pear is a young boy who lives in a small village in China. Although his story takes place lo… read more

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12 Top fiction books like Babe: The Gallant Pig by Dick King-Smith, Maggie Kneen

Transform Your Habits

Mountain Born (Mountain Born, #1)

Elizabeth Yates , Nora S. Unwin , Nora Spicer Unwin

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective (Encyclopedia Brown, #1)

Donald J. Sobol

4.05

Transform Your Habits

The Year of the Baby (Anna Wang, #2)

Patrice Barton , Andrea Cheng

4.07

Transform Your Habits

Gooney Bird Greene

Lois Lowry , Middy Thomas

3.99

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14 must-read fiction books like Stuart Little by E.B. White, Garth Williams

Transform Your Habits

The Indian in the Cupboard (The Indian in the Cupboard, #1)

Lynne Reid Banks

3.93

Transform Your Habits

James and the Giant Peach

Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

4.03

Transform Your Habits

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, #1)

Alexandra Boiger , Betty MacDonald

4.16

Transform Your Habits

My Father's Dragon (My Father's Dragon, #1)

Ruth Stiles Gannett

3.70

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