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Books like If You Take a Mouse to School: A Silly Circular Story About a Mouse’s First Day of School and New Classroom Adventures

12 books with a reading profile close to If You Take a Mouse to School: A Silly Circular Story About a Mouse’s First Day of School and New Classroom Adventures by Laura Numeroff. Practical, outward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.

1

Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel

by Virginia Lee Burton

Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, accessible

Mike Mulligan refuses to abandon Mary Anne, his faithful steam shovel, despite the rise of modern gasoline and electric machinery.
2

George's Marvellous Medicine

by Roald Dahl

Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, accessible

Eight-year-old George Kranky is left alone to supervise his grandmother, a miserable woman who treats him with constant cruelty.
3

The Enormous Crocodile

by Roald Dahl

Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, accessible

The story follows a greedy, boastful crocodile living in the African river who develops a craving for succulent children.
4

Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile

by Bernard Waber

Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, accessible

Lyle is a friendly crocodile who lives with the Primm family in a brownstone on East 88th Street.
5

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type

by Doreen Cronin

Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, accessible

Farmer Brown faces an unexpected labor crisis when his cows discover an old typewriter in the barn.
6

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.
7

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.
8

The Complete Cat in the Hat (Dr Seuss)

by Dr. Seuss

Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, accessible

This 2004 collection compiles the original narrative of a chaotic, hat-wearing feline who visits two children, Dick and Sally, on a rainy afternoon while their mother is away.
9

Your favorite Seuss

by Dr. Seuss

Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, accessible

This volume compiles thirteen complete works by Theodor Geisel, including Horton Hatches the Egg, The Cat in the Hat, and The Lorax.
10

Madeline's Rescue

by Ludwig Bemelmans

Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, accessible

In this sequel set in a Catholic boarding school in Paris, Madeline falls into the River Seine and is saved from drowning by a courageous stray dog.
11

Curious George

by H.A. Rey

Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, accessible

The story begins in Africa, where a man in a large yellow hat captures a small, nameless monkey and brings him across the ocean on a ship.
12

Stone Soup

by Ann McGovern

Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, accessible

In this retelling of the classic folk tale, a weary young traveler arrives at the home of a suspicious old woman who insists she has no food to share.

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