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12 books with a reading profile close to The PreHistory of The Far Side: A 10th Anniversary Exhibit by Gary Larson. Practical; an easy read.

  1. 1 Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures

    Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures

    by Kate DiCamillo

    Also practical · entertainment, accessible

    Flora Belle Buckman is a cynical ten-year-old girl who finds herself responsible for a squirrel named Ulysses after he is sucked into a high-powered vacuum cleaner.

  2. 2 Esio Trot

    Esio Trot

    by Roald Dahl

    Also practical · entertainment, accessible

    Mr.

  3. 3 Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

    Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

    by Judith Viorst

    Also practical · entertainment, accessible

    Alexander wakes up with gum in his hair, a precursor to a sequence of mounting frustrations that define his day.

  4. 4 The Day the Crayons Quit

    The Day the Crayons Quit

    by Drew Daywalt

    Also practical · 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.

  5. 5 This Is Not My Hat

    This Is Not My Hat

    by Jon Klassen

    Also practical · entertainment, accessible

    A small fish steals a round blue hat from a much larger, sleeping fish and swims toward a thicket of tall seaweed to hide.

  6. 6 A Bad Case of Stripes

    A Bad Case of Stripes

    by David Shannon

    Also practical · entertainment, accessible

    Camilla Cream loves lima beans but refuses to eat them because she wants to fit in with her classmates.

  7. 7 Fangs

    Fangs

    by Sarah Andersen

    Also practical · entertainment, accessible

    Elsie is a three-hundred-year-old vampire who has spent centuries searching for a partner who can withstand her nocturnal lifestyle and bloodlust.

  8. 8 The Far Side Gallery 3

    The Far Side Gallery 3

    by Gary Larson

    Also practical · entertainment, accessible

    This anthology collects over six hundred individual panels from Gary Larson’s syndicated comic strip, incorporating work from three previous smaller volumes.

  9. 9 The Far Side Gallery

    The Far Side Gallery

    by Gary Larson

    Also practical · entertainment, accessible

    The Far Side Gallery is a comprehensive collection of single-panel cartoons that juxtapose mundane human scenarios with the natural world.

  10. 10 The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs

    The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs

    by Jon Scieszka

    Also practical · entertainment, accessible

    Narrated by Alexander T.

  11. 11 Tuesday

    Tuesday

    by David Wiesner

    Also practical · entertainment, accessible

    At 8:00 PM on a swampy Tuesday, a cluster of lily pads rises into the air, carrying a legion of frogs over the sleeping town.

  12. 12 A Pocket for Corduroy

    A Pocket for Corduroy

    by Don Freeman

    Also practical · entertainment, accessible

    In this sequel to the 1968 classic, Corduroy the teddy bear accompanies his owner, Lisa, to a snowy laundromat.

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