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12 books with a reading profile close to All My Friends Are Dead by Avery Monsen. Practical, growth-minded and clear-cut; an easy read.

  1. 1 The Day the Crayons Quit

    The Day the Crayons Quit

    by Drew Daywalt

    Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible

    Duncan just wants to color, but when he opens his box of crayons, he finds a stack of letters instead of his drawing tools.

  2. 2 If You Give a Pig a Pancake

    If You Give a Pig a Pancake

    by Laura Joffe Numeroff

    Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible

    When a young girl offers a pancake to a small pig, she initiates a circular chain of demands.

  3. 3 If You Give a Moose a Muffin

    If You Give a Moose a Muffin

    by Laura Numeroff

    Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible

    When a young boy offers a moose a muffin, he unknowingly triggers a sequence of escalating domestic demands.

  4. 4 Cat in the Hat Comes Back

    Cat in the Hat Comes Back

    by Dr Seuss

    Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible

    The story begins with Sally and her brother shoveling a deep snowfall while their mother is away.

  5. 5 The Monster at the End of this Book

    The Monster at the End of this Book

    by Jon Stone

    Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible

    Grover, a blue puppet from Sesame Street, becomes panicked when he reads the book’s title and discovers a monster waits on the final page.

  6. 6 Seriously... I'm Kidding

    Seriously... I'm Kidding

    by Ellen DeGeneres

    Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible

    Ellen DeGeneres uses a series of conversational essays to examine the trivialities of modern living, ranging from the logistics of meditation to the absurdity of beauty standards and the mechanics of award ceremonies.

  7. 7 Dad Is Fat

    Dad Is Fat

    by Jim Gaffigan

    Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible

    Jim Gaffigan chronicles the chaotic reality of raising five children in a cramped two-bedroom Manhattan apartment.

  8. 8 My little pony

    My little pony

    by Jeremy Whitley, Heather Breckel

    Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible

    In this 2015 collection, the ponies of Equestria encounter a looming threat from the ravenous Changelings and the mischievous antics of Discord.

  9. 9 Green Eggs and Ham

    Green Eggs and Ham

    by Dr. Seuss

    Also practical and growth-minded · entertainment, accessible

    The story follows an unnamed protagonist who is persistently badgered by a small, energetic creature named Sam-I-Am.

  10. 10 Goodnight Moon Base

    Goodnight Moon Base

    by Brett Hoffstadt, Steve Tanaka

    Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible

    This picture book adapts a classic bedtime structure to a near-future lunar setting.

  11. 11 How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You

    How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You

    by Matthew Inman

    Also practical and growth-minded · entertainment, accessible

    This collection of comics and infographics interprets feline behaviors as calculated attempts at assassination.

  12. 12 There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly

    There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly

    by Simms Taback

    Also practical and growth-minded · entertainment, accessible

    Simms Taback’s interpretation of this classic cumulative folk song follows an elderly woman who accidentally gulps down a fly.

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