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The Little Red Cat Who Ran Away and Learned His ABC's (the Hard Way)

10 best books like The Little Red Cat Who Ran Away and Learned His ABC's (the Hard Way) (Patrick McDonnell): Imagine!, Return, Flora and the Penguin, The Farmer and the Clown, A Busy Creature's Day Eating!, Wolf in the Snow, Is There a Dog in This Book?, Fossil, Inside Outside, Round

Imagine!
AuthorRaúl Colón
ISBN1481462733
A wordless picture book about a visit to the museum and the power of art and imagination.

After passing a city museum many times, a boy finally decides to go in. He passes wall after wall of artwork until he sees a painting that makes him stop and ponder. Before long the painting comes to life and...
Return
AuthorAaron Becker
ISBN0763677302
Welcome the much-anticipated finale of Caldecott Honoree Aaron Becker’s wordless trilogy—a spectacular, emotionally satisfying story that brings its adventurer home.

Failing to get the attention of her busy father, a lonely girl turns back to a fantastic world for friendship and...
Flora and the Penguin
AuthorMolly Idle
Having mastered ballet in Flora and the Flamingo, Flora takes to the ice and forms an unexpected friendship with a penguin. Twirling, leaping, spinning, and gliding, on skates and flippers, the duo mirror each other's graceful dance above and below the ice. But when Flora gives the penguin the cold...
The Farmer and the Clown
AuthorMarla Frazee
ISBN1442497440
Whimsical and touching images tell the story of an unexpected friendship and the revelations it inspires in this moving, wordless picture book from two-time Caldecott Honor medalist Marla Frazee.

A baby clown is separated from his family when he accidentally bounces off their circus train...
A Busy Creature's Day Eating!
AuthorMo Willems

First sentence:

A Apples!
B Berries!
C Cereal!
D Doughnuts
E Eggs
? !
F Furniture

Premise/plot: The 'creature' that stars in Mo Willem's newest book EATS just about anything and everything--whether it's good for him or not. Will there be consequences...
Wolf in the Snow
AuthorMatthew Cordell
ISBN1250076366
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A little girl is leaving school for the day and has to endure a really bad snowstorm on the way home. As she begins her journey, she stumbles upon a wolf pack and a little wolf cub that appears...
Is There a Dog in This Book?
AuthorViviane Schwarz
ISBN0763669911
Equal time for canines! Three cats —Tiny, Moonpie, and André — think there might be a dog in this book, but it’s up to the reader to help them find out.

Can cats and dogs share the same turf? Revisit the age-old dilemma with a hide-and-seek romp among furry friends. Brimming with humor and...
Fossil
AuthorBill Thomson
ISBN1477847006
When a boy and his dog go for a hike, the boy trips on a fossil, and it comes to life, revealing an ancient plant. The boy is so intrigued that he breaks two more fossils that come to life—a dragonfly and a pteranodon. When these prehistoric creatures collide with present reality, the boy must figure out...
Inside Outside
AuthorLizi Boyd
ISBN1452106444
Summary: This wordless picture book, details the course of a year and focuses of the adventures between a boy and his many pets. He enjoys his life both inside and outside with them and finds fun things to do throughout different seasons. The new discoveries of various inside and outside items are shown...
Round
AuthorJoyce Sidman
ISBN0544387619
If you look closely, you will find that the world is bursting, swelling, budding, and ripening with round things awaiting discovery—like eggs about to hatch, sunflowers stretching toward the sun, or planets slowly spinning together for billions of years.Whimsical and imaginative, this poetic...
Lines
AuthorSuzy Lee
ISBN1452156654
Wave, Shadow, Mirror, Zoo, and now Lines, which for some time takes Lee's already spare approach to bare bones: Lines, made by skates, for a young figure-skater, and for an artist, perhaps the artist herself. Beginning with the simple line, creation.

And then, one falls, and the artist crumples...
Oops, Pounce, Quick, Run!: An Alphabet Caper
AuthorMike Twohy
ISBN0062377000
A cute story told by beginning each declarative word with the subsequent letter of the alphabet. A small mouse begins a game of ball with a dog, only to stir up some ire. This leads to a chase around the house and, eventually, the mouse is caught, but sneaks away before things get too hectic. But the end, currying...
Professional Crocodile
AuthorGiovanna Zoboli
ISBN1452167001
Mr. Crocodile loves his job. Every morning he gets up with an alarm. He brushes his teeth. He chooses the right tie to match his outfit, eats a quick slice of toast, and heads off to work on a crowded train. But what exactly is his job? The answer may surprise you! Readers will want to pore over this witty, wordless...
ABC Dream
AuthorKim Krans
ISBN0553539310
Remember ANIMALIA by Graeme Base? I adored that book as a child--akin to a surrealist I Spy, it would keep me transfixed as I searched the packed pages for all of the animals and objects (and the tiny boy!).

Kim Krans’s ABC DREAM is a gorgeous, sparer counterpart to Base’s classic. There is...
Who Done It?
AuthorOlivier Tallec
ISBN1452141983
In this charming book, each page asks the reader a question about the lineup of characters featured on the spread. Sharp eyes and keen observation are necessary. There's only one right answer, and it's not always easy! Kids will love learning early concepts like expressions and positions as a natural...
My Pillow Keeps Moving
AuthorLaura Gehl
ISBN0425288242
A lonely man tries to buy a pillow . . . and ends up with a new best friend in this silly and sweet doggy tale, perfect for fans of Officer Buckle and Gloria .

Dogs make good pillows, don't they?

A clever pup ends up in a cozy home, and she'll do anything to stay there. She impersonates...
Before After
AuthorAnne-Margot Ramstein
ISBN0763676217
Everyone knows that a tiny acorn into a mighty oak grows, and a caterpillar emerges into a butterfly. But in this book, it's also true that a cow can result in both a bottle of milk and a painting of a cow, and an ape in a jungle may become an urban King Kong. Just as day turns into night and back again, a many-tiered...
Sloth Slept On
AuthorFrann Preston-Gannon
ISBN1843652935
Totally unrealistic, but a fun adventure as three children discover a creature asleep in a tree, and, unable to awaken it, take it on an adventure to see if they can find out where it belongs. As they guess places, like far, far away, the illustrations cleverly show them as they imagine that ‘far, far...
Big Cat, Little Cat
AuthorElisha Cooper
It’s the circle of Life. This story is simple and very profound for the very young. I don’t understand the artwork though. It is simple like the story with a white cat and black cat, but surely as an award of children’s art in storytelling, this should not have been considered. I really don’t understand....
I Walk with Vanessa: A Story about a Simple Act of Kindness
AuthorKerascoët
ISBN1524769568
This simple yet powerful picture book tells the story of an elementary school girl named Vanessa who is bullied and a fellow student who witnesses the act and is at first unsure of how to help. I Walk with Vanessa explores the feelings of helplessness and anger that arise in the wake of seeing a classmate...
The Umbrella
AuthorIngrid Schubert
ISBN1935954008
1. The Umbrella has received the 2012 Outstanding International Best Book of the Year Award and The United States Board on Books for Young People Award. 2. For children ages 3-7. 3. This illustrated literature begins with a small black dog reaching for a red umbrella, barren trees and loose leaves around...
Spot, the Cat
AuthorHenry Cole
ISBN1481442252
Henry Cole shows us a day in the life of a cat named Spot. Spot sneaks away from home by way of an open window to go on a wordless journey through the city. Follow Spot as he weaves through busy city streets, visits a farmers market, wanders into a park full of kite-flyers, and beyond. But while Spot is out on...
Where's Walrus? And Penguin?
AuthorStephen Savage
ISBN0545402956
When Walrus escapes the zoo with his new friend Penguin, their adventures are twice the fun!

In this sequel to the acclaimed Where's Walrus?, author Stephen Savage doubles the fun when Walrus escapes the zoo with his mischievous pal, Penguin. Will the zookeeper find them? Or will these clever...
Red Again
AuthorBarbara Lehman
ISBN0544818598
When a young boy discovers an abandoned book on the side of the road, it opens a window to another world just as real as his own. But what happens when the two worlds collide? This imaginative companion to the Caldecott Honor–winning The Red Book works in a continuous loop, showing us that stories never...
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