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Books like The Scarecrow of Oz

12 books with a reading profile close to The Scarecrow of Oz by L. Frank Baum. Practical, outward-looking, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.

1

Oz: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

by Eric Shanower

Also practical and outward-looking · accessible, classic literature

In this graphic novel adaptation, Dorothy Gale is swept from her Kansas farm by a cyclone and deposited in the Land of Oz.
2

The Green Fairy Book

by Andrew Lang

Also practical and clear-cut · accessible, classic literature

The Green Fairy Book is the third installment in a series of global folklore anthologies edited by Andrew Lang.
3

The Wizard of Oz

by Lyman Frank Baum

Also clear-cut and escapist · accessible, classic literature

When a cyclone uproots a Kansas farmhouse, Dorothy Gale and her dog, Toto, land in the vibrant Land of Oz.
4

Alice in Wonderland

by Jane Carruth

Also practical · accessible, classic literature

This retelling of Lewis Carroll’s classic follows a young girl named Alice who falls through a rabbit hole into a subterranean realm where logic is discarded.
5

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.
6

The Complete Life and Adventures of Santa Claus

by L. Frank Baum

Also practical and clear-cut · accessible, classic literature

L.
7

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.
8

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.
9

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.
10

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

by Roald Dahl

Also practical and clear-cut · accessible, classic literature

Charlie Bucket lives in a cramped, freezing shack with his parents and four bedridden grandparents, surviving on thin cabbage soup.
11

Make Way for Ducklings

by Robert McCloskey, David Crommett

Also practical and outward-looking · accessible, classic literature

Mr.
12

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.

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