Books like The Very Hungry Caterpillar
If you liked The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.
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The Lorax
Because shares tags: picture book, children, classics.
The Once-ler fells Truffula Trees for Thneed greed despite the Lorax, who speaks for the trees, warning him to stop.
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Island of the Blue Dolphins
Because shares tags: children, classics, nature.
Left alone on San Nicolas Island for eighteen years, Karana builds shelter, faces wild dogs, and finds company with Rontu.
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Goodnight Moon
Because shares tags: picture book, classics, children.
A small bunny says goodnight to each object in the green room in this 1947 bedtime classic.
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The Cat in the Hat
Because shares tags: children, classics, picture book.
A tall Cat turns a rainy day upside down for Sally and her brother, with Thing One and Thing Two in tow.
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Where the Wild Things Are
Because shares tags: children, picture book, classics.
Maurice Sendak follows Max in his wolf suit from mischief to a forest of Wild Things, through the wordless rumpus and back home to supper…
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The Giving Tree
Because shares tags: children, picture book, classics.
A boy and a tree grow older together as he takes her apples, branches, and trunk until only a stump remains.
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The Horse and His Boy
Because shares tags: children, classics.
Shasta and Bree flee Calormen to Narnia with Aravis and Hwin.
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Peter Pan
Because shares tags: classics, children.
Wendy, John and Michael fly to Neverland with Peter, face Hook, and learn what growing up costs.
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Witches
Because shares tags: children, picture book.
Colin Hawkins's rhyming picture book teaches small readers to spot witches, flaps and all.
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The Witches
Because shares tags: children, classics.
A boy and his grandmother face the Grand High Witch's plan to turn England's children into mice.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Because shares tags: classics, children.
Dorothy is carried to Oz by a cyclone and walks the yellow brick road with Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and Lion.
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The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Because shares tags: children, classics.
Lewis sends Lucy, Edmund and Eustace aboard Caspian's Dawn Treader to find seven lost lords, past dragon gold, dark dreams and the world's…
