Books like The Tale of Peter Rabbit

If you liked The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.

  1. Are You My Mother?

    P.D. Eastman · 1960

    Because shares tags: children, picture book, animals.

    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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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…

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. Where the Wild Things Are

    Maurice Sendak · 1963

    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…

  10. The Giving Tree

    Shel Silverstein · 1964

    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.

  11. Love You Forever

    Robert Munsch · 1986

    Because shares tags: children, picture book.

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

  12. Tuck Everlasting

    Natalie Babbitt · 1975

    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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