Books like Are You My Mother?

If you liked Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.

  1. The Tale of Peter Rabbit

    Beatrix Potter · 1902

    Because shares tags: children, picture book, animals.

    Peter Rabbit disobeys his mother, squeezes under the gate into Mr. McGregor garden, and ends in a chase back home to chamomile tea.

  2. Goodnight Moon

    Margaret Wise Brown · 1947

    Because shares tags: picture book, classics, children.

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

  3. The Polar Express

    Chris Van Allsburg · 1985

    Because shares tags: children, picture book, classics.

    A doubting boy rides a night train to the North Pole and keeps a bell only believers hear.

  4. Love You Forever

    Robert Munsch · 1986

    Because shares tags: children, picture book, family.

    A mother sings the same song through a lifetime until her son sings it back.

  5. Tuck Everlasting

    Natalie Babbitt · 1975

    Because shares tags: children, classics, family.

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

  6. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

    Laura Joffe Numeroff · 1985 · If You Give... #1

    Because shares tags: children, picture book, family.

    A mouse gets a cookie and turns one small favor into a whole busy day.

  7. The Lorax

    Dr. Seuss · 1971

    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.

  8. A Light in the Attic

    Shel Silverstein · 1981

    Because shares tags: children, classics, family.

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

  9. The Very Hungry Caterpillar

    Eric Carle · 1969

    Because shares tags: picture book, children, classics.

    Eric Carle's hungry caterpillar eats through the week and turns into a butterfly: what the holes, counts, and days teach, and why kids…

  10. The Cat in the Hat

    Dr. Seuss · 1957

    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.

  11. Winnie-the-Pooh

    A.A. Milne · 1926 · Winnie-the-Pooh #1

    Because shares tags: children, classics, animals.

    Edward Bear comes downstairs bump-bump-bump and into the Hundred Acre Wood for honey, hunneys, and heffalumps.

  12. The House at Pooh Corner

    A.A. Milne · 1928 · Winnie-the-Pooh #2

    Because shares tags: children, classics, animals.

    Tigger bounces into the Hundred Acre Wood while Pooh builds Eeyore a house and Piglet does a grand thing.

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