Books like The Polar Express
If you liked The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.
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The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Because shares tags: children, picture book, classics.
Peter Rabbit disobeys his mother, squeezes under the gate into Mr. McGregor garden, and ends in a chase back home to chamomile tea.
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Are You My Mother?
Because shares tags: children, picture book, classics.
A newborn bird falls from the nest and asks a kitten, a hen, a dog, a cow, a plane and a giant Snort if any will be his mother.
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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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How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Because shares tags: children, christmas, picture book.
The Grinch steals Who presents and learns Christmas means more than gifts.
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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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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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Love You Forever
Because shares tags: children, picture book.
A mother sings the same song through a lifetime until her son sings it back.
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Tuck Everlasting
Because shares tags: children, classics.
Winnie Foster meets the immortal Tuck family in the woods and must decide whether to drink from their spring.
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The Silver Chair
Because shares tags: children, classics.
Eustace and Jill retold: four signs, a lost prince, Puddleglum the Marsh-wiggle, giants at Harfang, and the Lady below.
