Books like Witches

If you liked Witches by Colin Hawkins, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.

  1. The Cat in the Hat

    Dr. Seuss · 1957

    Because shares tags: children, picture book, rhymes.

    A tall Cat turns a rainy day upside down for Sally and her brother, with Thing One and Thing Two in tow.

  2. The Lorax

    Dr. Seuss · 1971

    Because shares tags: picture book, children.

    The Once-ler fells Truffula Trees for Thneed greed despite the Lorax, who speaks for the trees, warning him to stop.

  3. Goodnight Moon

    Margaret Wise Brown · 1947

    Because shares tags: picture book, children.

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

  4. The BFG

    Roald Dahl · 1982

    Because shares tags: children, humor.

    Orphan Sophie is taken by the Big Friendly Giant, who blows happy dreams and eats vile snozzcumbers, and helps her stop nine man eating…

  5. Oh, the Places You'll Go!

    Dr. Seuss · 1990

    Because shares tags: children, picture book.

    Seuss Sendoff follows life highs, slumps, and moving on with courage.

  6. James and the Giant Peach

    Roald Dahl · 1961

    Because shares tags: children, humor.

    Lonely James escapes two cruel aunts inside a giant peach with huge insect friends, rolling to the sea and floating on gulls to New York…

  7. How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

    Dr. Seuss · 1957

    Because shares tags: children, picture book.

    The Grinch steals Who presents and learns Christmas means more than gifts.

  8. A Light in the Attic

    Shel Silverstein · 1981

    Because shares tags: children, humor.

    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.

    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 Bad Beginning

    Lemony Snicket · 1999 · A Series of Unfortunate Events #1

    Because shares tags: children, humor.

    After a fire kills their parents, the Baudelaire orphans are sent to Count Olaf, who plots to steal their fortune.

  11. Winnie-the-Pooh

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

    Because shares tags: children, humor.

    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, humor.

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

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