Books like The Giving Tree
If you liked The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein, 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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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 Very Hungry Caterpillar
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…
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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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A Light in the Attic
Because also by Shel Silverstein; shares tags: children, classics.
Silverstein's attic poems and line drawings turn chores, monsters, and homework into jokes and small rebellions.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends
Because also by Shel Silverstein; shares tags: children, classics.
Sidewalk Ends retold: poems and drawings, Sarah Cynthia, unicorns, homework and giants.
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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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Island of the Blue Dolphins
Because shares tags: children, classics.
Left alone on San Nicolas Island for eighteen years, Karana builds shelter, faces wild dogs, and finds company with Rontu.
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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.
