Books like If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

If you liked If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.

  1. Goodnight Moon

    Margaret Wise Brown · 1947

    Because shares tags: picture book, children, family.

    A small bunny says goodnight to each object in the green room in this 1947 bedtime classic.

  2. Witches

    Colin Hawkins · 1981

    Because shares tags: children, picture book, humor.

    Colin Hawkins's rhyming picture book teaches small readers to spot witches, flaps and all.

  3. A Light in the Attic

    Shel Silverstein · 1981

    Because shares tags: children, humor, family.

    Silverstein's attic poems and line drawings turn chores, monsters, and homework into jokes and small rebellions.

  4. The Cat in the Hat

    Dr. Seuss · 1957

    Because shares tags: children, picture book, humor.

    A tall Cat turns a rainy day upside down for Sally and her brother, with Thing One and Thing Two in tow.

  5. Matilda

    Roald Dahl · 1988

    Because shares tags: children, family, humor.

    Brilliant Matilda Wormwood teaches herself to read, faces her crooked parents and the fearsome Miss Trunchbull, and finds Miss Honey.

  6. Tuck Everlasting

    Natalie Babbitt · 1975

    Because shares tags: children, family.

    Winnie Foster meets the immortal Tuck family in the woods and must decide whether to drink from their spring.

  7. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

    David Sedaris · 2004

    Because shares tags: humor, family.

    Sedaris on snow days, rental houses, Dutch Christmas, and the family that made him funny.

  8. The Lorax

    Dr. Seuss · 1971

    Because shares tags: picture book, children.

    The Once-ler fells Truffula Trees for Thneed greed despite the Lorax, who speaks for the trees, warning him to stop.

  9. Running with Scissors

    Augusten Burroughs · 2002

    Because shares tags: family, humor.

    A boy sent to live with his mother's psychiatrist grows up in a chaotic house with no rules.

  10. The Kiss Quotient

    Helen Hoang · 2018 · The Kiss Quotient #1

    Because shares tags: family, humor.

    Stella Lane hires escort Michael Phan to practice dating and learns logic fails where touch and family press in.

  11. The BFG

    Roald Dahl · 1982

    Because shares tags: children, humor.

    Orphan Sophie is taken by the Big Friendly Giant, who blows happy dreams and eats vile snozzcumbers, and helps her stop nine man eating…

  12. Oh, the Places You'll Go!

    Dr. Seuss · 1990

    Because shares tags: children, picture book.

    Seuss Sendoff follows life highs, slumps, and moving on with courage.

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