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Books like Stone Soup

12 books with a reading profile close to Stone Soup by Ann McGovern. Practical, outward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.

1

How I Became a Pirate

by Melinda Long

Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, accessible

While building a sandcastle at North Beach, young Jeremy Jacob is recruited by Captain Braid Beard and his vocal crew to help them bury a chest of treasure.
2

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.
3

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.
4

Kitten's First Full Moon

by Kevin Henkes

Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, accessible

The story follows a small white kitten who observes her first full moon and mistakes the glowing orb for a small bowl of milk in the sky.
5

Diary of a Worm

by Doreen Cronin

Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, accessible

This picture book follows the daily life of a young, anthropomorphic worm through a series of dated journal entries.
6

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.
7

Room on the Broom

by Julia Donaldson

Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, accessible

When a gust of wind blows away her hat, bow, and wand, a kind-hearted witch and her skeptical cat must search the landscape to retrieve them.
8

Cat in the Hat Song Book

by Dr. Seuss

Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, accessible

The Cat in the Hat Songbook contains nineteen original musical compositions written by Dr.
9

Barnyard Dance

by Sandra Boynton

Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, accessible

A fiddle-playing cow leads a rhythmic square dance for an assortment of farm animals in this rhyming board book.
10

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

Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, accessible

If you take a mouse to school, he begins by asking for a lunchbox.
11

And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street

by Dr. Seuss

Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, accessible

Young Marco walks home from school on Mulberry Street, keeping his eyes open for interesting sights as his father requested.
12

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.

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