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12 books with a reading profile close to Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey, David Crommett. Practical, outward-looking, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.

1

The Mitten

by Jan Brett

Also practical and outward-looking · accessible, classic literature

In this retelling of a Ukrainian folktale, a young boy named Nicki asks his grandmother, Baba, to knit him a pair of mittens as white as the fallen snow.
2

Cozy Classics

by Jack Wang, Holman Wang

Also practical and outward-looking · accessible, classic literature

Jack and Holman Wang condense monumental literary works like Pride and Prejudice, Moby Dick, and Les Miserables into twelve-word narratives designed for infants.
3

Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business

by Esphyr Slobodkina

Also practical and outward-looking · accessible, classic literature

The story follows a peddler who travels from town to town carrying his entire inventory of colorful caps stacked precariously atop his head.
4

The Night Before Christmas

by Clement Clarke Moore

Also practical and outward-looking · accessible, classic literature

On a quiet Christmas Eve, a father is startled by a clatter on his lawn and watches from his window as Saint Nicholas arrives in a miniature sleigh pulled by eight named reindeer.
5

The tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck

by Beatrix Potter, Colin Twinn

Also practical and outward-looking · accessible, classic literature

Jemima Puddle-Duck is an earnest farmyard bird determined to hatch her own eggs despite the farmer’s wife constantly confiscating them.
6

Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher

by Beatrix Potter

Also practical and outward-looking · accessible, classic literature

The story follows a frog named Mr.
7

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears

by Verna Aardema

Also practical and outward-looking · accessible, classic literature

This West African folk tale begins with a mosquito telling a lie to an iguana about a stalk of yams.
8

The Real Mother Goose

by Blanche Fisher Wright

Also practical and outward-looking · accessible, classic literature

Blanche Fisher Wright's 1916 collection serves as a definitive visual and textual archive of over three hundred traditional English nursery rhymes.
9

Blueberries for Sal

by Robert McCloskey

Also practical and clear-cut · accessible, classic literature

Little Sal and her mother climb Blueberry Hill to gather fruit for winter canning.
10

Little Lord Fauntleroy

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Also practical and clear-cut · accessible, classic literature

Seven-year-old Cedric Errol lives a modest life in New York City with his widowed mother, bonding with neighborhood tradesmen like Mr.
11

A Child's Garden of Verses

by Robert Louis Stevenson

Also practical and clear-cut · accessible, classic literature

Robert Louis Stevenson’s collection of sixty-four poems captures the solitary play and vivid internal life of a Victorian child.
12

Danny the Champion of the World

by Roald Dahl

Also practical and outward-looking · accessible, classic literature

Danny lives with his father, William, in a converted gypsy caravan behind their small filling station.

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