7 Top animals books like Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater, Florence Atwater, Robert Lawson

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Mr. Popper's Penguins

By: Richard Atwater , Florence Atwater , Robert Lawson

3.97

Format: 139 pages, Paperback

The Poppers unexpectedly come into possession of a penguin, then get a penguin from the zoo who mat…

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1. The Family Under the Bridge

By: Garth Williams , Natalie Savage Carlson

3.96

Format: 97 pages, Paperback

This is the delightfully warm and enjoyable story of an old Parisian named Armand, who relished his… read more

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  • classics
  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"You're afraid the sly little things will steal your heart if they find out you have one."

-Garth Williams, The Family Under the Bridge

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2. 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
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
"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)

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3. 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
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4. The Courage of Sarah Noble

By: Leonard Weisgard , Alice Dalgliesh

3.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

In 1707, young Sarah Noble and her father traveled through the wilderness to build a new home for t… read more

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  • classics
  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
Cover of Elmer and the Dragon (My Father's Dragon, #2) by Ruth Stiles Gannett

5. Elmer and the Dragon (My Father's Dragon, #2)

By: Ruth Stiles Gannett

2.57

Format: 210 pages, Paperback

In this sequel to My Father's Dragon. Elmer and Boris's island hopping adventures continue. read more

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  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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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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  • classics
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
Cover of Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo, Chris Sheban

7. Because of Winn-Dixie

By: Kate DiCamillo , Chris Sheban

3.00

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Kate DiCamillo's beloved, best-selling debut novel is now available in a paperback digest edition. … read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • young adult
  • fiction
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8. A Bear Called Paddington (Paddington, #1)

By: Michael Bond , Peggy Fortnum

4.23

Format: 159 pages, Paperback

An alternate cover edition of this ISBN can be found here. Mr. and Mrs. Brown first met Paddingt… read more

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  • classics
  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"I'm not a criminal,"

-Michael Bond, A Bear Called Paddington (Paddington, #1)

"[Paddington] looked up to see that Mrs Brown had been joined by a little girl, with laughing blue eyes and long, fair hair."

-Michael Bond, A Bear Called Paddington (Paddington, #1)

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9. 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
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
"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)

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10. The Chocolate Touch

By: Margot Apple , Patrick Skene Catling

3.91

Format: 163 pages, Paperback

In this zany twist on the legend of King Midas and his golden touch, a boy acquires a magical gift … read more

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

11. 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
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
"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

Cover of Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater, Florence Atwater, Robert Lawson

12. Mr. Popper's Penguins

By: Richard Atwater , Florence Atwater , Robert Lawson

3.97

Format: 139 pages, Paperback

The Poppers unexpectedly come into possession of a penguin, then get a penguin from the zoo who mat… read more

Similar categories in Richard Atwater's Mr. Popper's Penguins book and Richard Atwater's Mr. Popper's Penguins

  • classics
  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
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13. The Trumpet of the Swan

By: E.B. White , Fred Marcellino

4.10

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

Generations have grown up with E. B. White's classic novels. One of his best-loved books, The Trump… read more

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  • classics
  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
"When in love, one must take risks."

-E.B. White, The Trumpet of the Swan

"Safety is all well and good: I prefer freedom."

-E.B. White, The Trumpet of the Swan

"Besides, my life is a catastrophe. It's a catastrophe to be without a voice."

-E.B. White, The Trumpet of the Swan

"In almost everyone's life there is one event that changes the whole course of his existence."

-E.B. White, The Trumpet of the Swan

Cover of The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes, Louis Slobodkin

14. The Hundred Dresses

By: Eleanor Estes , Louis Slobodkin

4.11

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

This Newbery Honor classic, illustrated by a Caldecott Medalist, is a beautifully written tribute t… read more

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  • classics
  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile

15. The Year of Miss Agnes

By: Kirkpatrick Hill

3.97

Format: None pages,

For use in schools and libraries only. Ten-year-old Fred (short for Frederika) narrates the story o… read more

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Cover of Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1) by Patricia MacLachlan

16. Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)

By: Patricia MacLachlan

3.83

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

This beloved Newbery Medal–winning book is the first of five books in Patricia MacLachlan's chapter… read more

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  • classics
  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"I will come by train. I will wear a yellow bonnet. I am plain and tall."

-Patricia MacLachlan, Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)

"There are always things to miss," said Maggie. "No matter where you are."

-Patricia MacLachlan, Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)

"My brother William is a fisherman, and he tells me that when he is in the middle of a fogbound sea the water is a color for which there is no name."

-Patricia MacLachlan, Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)

17. Beezus and Ramona (Ramona, #1)

By: Beverly Cleary

3.15

Format: 252 pages,

Nine-year-old Beezus Quimby has her hands full with her little sister, Ramona. Sure, other people h… read more

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18. Henry Huggins (Henry Huggins, #1)

By: Tracy Dockray , Beverly Cleary

4.95

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In the first novel from Newbery Award-winning author Beverly Cleary, boys and girls alike will inst… read more

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19. The Mouse and the Motorcycle (Ralph S. Mouse, #1)

By: Tracy Dockray , Beverly Cleary , Louis Darling

3.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Pb-pb-b-b-b. Pb-pb-b-b-b." With these magic vocables, Ralph the mouse revs up a dream come true--h… read more

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Cover of The Boxcar Children (The Boxcar Children, #1) by Gertrude Chandler Warner, L. Kate Deal

20. The Boxcar Children (The Boxcar Children, #1)

By: Gertrude Chandler Warner , L. Kate Deal

4.13

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

The Aldens begin their adventure by making a home in a boxcar. Their goal is to stay together, and … read more

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  • classics
  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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21. The Popper Penguin Rescue

By: Eliot Schrefer

3.67

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

From two-time National Book Award finalist Eliot Schrefer comes an original penguin-tastic adventur… read more

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  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile

17 must-read fiction books like Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater, Florence Atwater, Robert Lawson

Transform Your Habits

The Family Under the Bridge

Garth Williams , Natalie Savage Carlson

3.96

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

Transform Your Habits

The Courage of Sarah Noble

Leonard Weisgard , Alice Dalgliesh

3.33

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14 Top fiction books like Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1) by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Garth Williams

Transform Your Habits

Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)

L.M. Montgomery

4.31

Transform Your Habits

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

Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Because of Winn-Dixie

Kate DiCamillo , Chris Sheban

3.00

Transform Your Habits

Little House on Rocky Ridge (Little House: The Rocky Ridge Years, #1)

Roger Lea MacBride , David Gilleece

4.00

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