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10 best books like Thomasina (Paul Gallico): Mr. Revere and I: Being an Account of certain Episodes in the Career of Paul Revere, Esq. as Revealed by his Horse, Pinky Pye, The Golden Name Day, The Starlight Barking, The Cat and the Curmudgeon, Headlong Hall, Carbonel: The King of the Cats, Raggedy Ann and Andy and the Camel With the Wrinkled Knees, The Mousewife, Edward Eager's Tales of Magic

Mr. Revere and I: Being an Account of certain Episodes in the Career of Paul Revere, Esq. as Revealed by his Horse
AuthorRobert Lawson
ISBN0316517291
Paul Revere didn't make his famous midnight ride alone. Meet a patriot unlike any other: Scheherazade, the mare who doesn't mind mentioning she was once the fastest and most admired horse in the King's army. But on arrival in America, "Sherry" is quickly let down by her British rider and recruited by...
Pinky Pye
AuthorEleanor Estes
ISBN0152025650
No matter how many times I read this book, I come away renewed and re-charmed. It's an almost 60 year old book, but it's still crisp and enchanting, with its small mystery and chatty yet wry narrative; reading Pinky Pye - really, reading Estes period - arouses an overwhelming sense of nostalgia for a another...
The Golden Name Day
AuthorJennie D. Lindquist
ISBN0064400247
I loved this book! It was such a delight to read; happiness exudes from each chapter! I never read this as a child, but I know I would have enjoyed it then too. This is definitely one that appeals to girls and the feminine side with its flowers, dolls, parties, animals, and of course, the name days.

There’s...
The Starlight Barking
AuthorDodie Smith
ISBN1405204125
Dodie Smith's The Hundred and One Dalmatians, later adapted by Disney, was declared a classic when first published in 1956. The Starlight Barking, Dodie's own long-forgotten sequel, is a thrilling new adventure for Pongo and his family. As the story opens, every living creature except dogs is gripped...
The Cat and the Curmudgeon
AuthorCleveland Amory
ISBN0641588267
Many other reviews hated the author's convoluted sentence structure, but I had no trouble reading the writing. In fact, most of the hilarity in this book was due to the very tongue in cheek delivery style associated with this style of writing. However, for the first time in a number of years, I met a book...
Headlong Hall
AuthorThomas Love Peacock
ISBN1406908452
Excerpt: ...mould, and covering the whole with an elegant stratum of turf. Squire Headlong caught with avidity at this suggestion; and, as he had always a store of gunpowder in the house, for the accommodation of himself and his shooting visitors, and for the supply of a small battery of cannon, which...
Carbonel: The King of the Cats
AuthorBarbara Sleigh
ISBN1590171268
Back in print in the U.S. for the first time in over 30 years.

Rosemary's plan to clean houses during her summer break and surprise her mother with the money hits a snag when an old lady at the market talks her into buying a second-rate broom and a cat she can't even afford to keep. But appearances...
Raggedy Ann and Andy and the Camel With the Wrinkled Knees
AuthorJohnny Gruelle
ISBN0689846991
The Beautiful French doll Babette has been kidnapped by pirates and it's up to a Raggedy Ann and Andy to rescue her. After taking a magical balloon ride to Fairyland, Raggedy Ann and Andy meet a most unusual doll -- a soft flannel Camel with wrinkled knees. Stolen from his own nursery years earlier, the...
The Mousewife
AuthorRumer Godden
ISBN0333344847
Day in and day out the dutiful mousewife works alongside her mousehusband. The house of Miss Barbara Wilkinson, where the Mouses make their home, is a nice house and the mousewife is for the most part happy with her lot—and yet she yearns for something more. But what? Her husband, for one, can’t imagine....
Edward Eager's Tales of Magic
AuthorEdward Eager
ISBN0439325471
Have been reading this set to little kids all year (2013/2014). They have loved them. Quite long chapters, we read approx. one chp. per day, and even the smallest one makes sure he stays within earshot.

Stars reflect how much my kids love love love them, not necessarily how wonderful I think they...
The Fur Person
AuthorMay Sarton
This enchanting story and classic of cat literature is drawn
from the true adventures of Tom Jones, May Sarton’s own
cat. Prior to making the author’s acquaintance, he is a fiercely
independent, nameless Cat About Town. Growing tired of
his vagabond lifestyle, however, he concludes...
The Hotel Cat
AuthorEsther Averill
ISBN1590171594
One wintry day a lonely stray cat wandered into the Royal Hotel. He chased mice so well that he was given the job of Hotel Cat. Tired of always spending time in the cellar Tom ventured upstairs and met the gentle Mrs. Wilkins, a longtime hotel resident who had the ability to communicate with cats. She encouraged...
Betsy and Billy
AuthorCarolyn Haywood
ISBN0152051007
Carolyn Haywood's stories about her irrepressible character Betsy have never been out of print, and now, thanks to dynamic new covers, the Betsy books will find their way onto the bookshelves of modern young readers--and into the hearts of a whole new generation.

Second grade holds lots...
Granny's Wonderful Chair
AuthorFrances Browne
ISBN1599150697
Seven fairy tales, set in an interesting framework which relates the adventures of the little girl Snowflower and her magical chair at the court of King Winwealth. When Snow-flower, from her nook in the kitchen, said, "Chair of my grandmother, take me to the highest banquet hall," "instantly the chair...
Roman de Brut
AuthorWace
ISBN1419107763
Wace (1115 – 1183) was an Anglo-Norman poet. The introduction to this work by Eugene Mason gives an excellent account of Wace and the background behind this historical work. Wace begins his history of the Britons as follows. “Constantine came to Totnes, and many a stout knight with him—there...
Elephi: The Cat with the High IQ
AuthorJean Stafford
ISBN0486814262
"A lighthearted concoction of extraordinary events, told with affection and humor." ― The New York Times.
"Oh, what an admirable cat is Elephi! (And what an admirable writer is Jean Stafford!) … Don't you miss knowing Elephi. (Or Erik Blegvad's apt illustrations.)" ― Publishers Weekly.
Elephi...
The Wishing Tree
AuthorRuth Chew
ISBN0590308882
“The Wishing Tree”, 1980, is among Ruth Chew’s stories that I enjoyed best. It doesn’t contain intrusive parent figures. For instance, they care for a cat until they know if he belongs with anyone else and may keep him, if he doesn’t. These children, Peggy & Brian are able to freely go to...
The Autobiography of Foudini M. Cat
AuthorSusan Fromberg Schaeffer
ISBN0449911454
Grace the Cat is not at all like me, as she is forever bent on mischief. But because I am an older and wiser cat, she looks to me for counsel, and so I have allowed Grace to prevail upon me to set down the story of my life as a housecat in the human world. . . .

As the irrepressible Foudini M. Cat regales us...
Mr. Bass's Planetoid
AuthorEleanor Cameron
ISBN0316125253
Although the first two books in the series have been republished, we had to get this one on interlibrary loan. These books are utterly charming in one way -- you want to know more about Mr. Bass, and Basidium, and Mebe and Oru. And yet I had forgotten how little "screen/page" time those characters actually...
Honestly, Katie John!
AuthorMary Calhoun
ISBN0064400301
I think this is my favorite of the Katie John books just because she is struggling with such an identifiable struggle: growing into a young lady but not wanting to act like everyone else who had turned unrecognizable and boy crazy. I think just hearing me read it might have made my daughters feel better...
Edith and Mr. Bear
AuthorDare Wright
ISBN0618042539
Mr. Bear's expensive clock fascinates Edith. She just has to touch it. But when she does, it falls down with a crash. Unable to admit that she has broken it, Edith's guilty conscience makes her so unhappy that she can't even enjoy her birthday party. In fact, Edith feels so badly about lying to Mr. Bear that...
My Mommy Is In America And She Met Buffalo Bill
AuthorJean Régnaud
ISBN8496427854
This book falls in to the difficult category of, "Well-executed but I have no idea how to give it a star rating or if I ever want to read it again or recommend it to anyone."

That said, it *was* very well executed. And I suppose that's the heart of the matter.

So... yeah. Five stars if you want...
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