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12 books with a reading profile close to If You Give a Moose a Muffin by Laura Numeroff. Practical, outward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.

1

If You Give a Pig a Pancake

by Laura Joffe Numeroff

Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, accessible

When a young girl offers a pancake to a small pig, she initiates a circular chain of demands.
2

Goodnight Moon 123

by Margaret Wise Brown

Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, accessible

In this board book adaptation of the classic bedtime rhyme, the familiar great green room serves as a setting for numerical instruction.
3

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly

by Simms Taback

Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, accessible

Simms Taback’s interpretation of this classic cumulative folk song follows an elderly woman who accidentally gulps down a fly.
4

The Poky Little Puppy

by Janette Sebring Lowrey

Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, accessible

Five inquisitive siblings dig holes under the garden fence to explore the wider world.
5

How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You

by Matthew Inman

Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, accessible

This collection of comics and infographics interprets feline behaviors as calculated attempts at assassination.
6

I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!

by Dr. Seuss

Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, accessible

The Cat in the Hat returns to lead Young Cat through a series of increasingly absurd reading challenges.
7

The wimpy kid movie diary

by Jeff Kinney

Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, accessible

This book provides a detailed behind-the-scenes look at the process of adapting Jeff Kinney’s cartoon illustrations into a live-action feature film.
8

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.
9

Curious George Goes to the Hospital

by Margret Rey

Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, accessible

The story begins when Curious George discovers a colorful puzzle piece on the kitchen table and, mistaking it for candy, swallows it.
10

How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night?

by Jane Yolen

Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, accessible

This picture book uses rhyming verses to illustrate the bedtime behaviors of ten different prehistoric creatures.
11

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.
12

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.

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