Books like The Three Pigs
12 books with a reading profile close to The Three Pigs by David Wiesner. Outward-looking; an easy read.
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The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
by Jon Scieszka
Also outward-looking · accessible, experimental
In this postmodern picture book, the Jack of beanstalk fame acts as a frantic narrator attempting to organize a series of fractured fairy tales while dodging a falling giant.
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Wall and Piece
by Banksy
Also outward-looking · accessible, experimental
Wall and Piece serves as a comprehensive visual chronicle of Banksy’s stencil graffiti, sculptural installations, and subversions of public space.
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3
Faeries
by Brian Froud
accessible, experimental
Brian Froud and Alan Lee present a biological and historical survey of the inhabitants of the British Isles’ invisible realms.
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Higglety pigglety pop! ; and, Where the wild things are
by Maurice Sendak, Oliver Knussen
accessible, experimental
This volume contains the librettos and production designs for two operas based on Maurice Sendak’s picture books.
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The Strange Library
accessible, experimental
A boy stops at the municipal library on his way home from school to return some books and ends up in a windowless basement reading room.
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Flotsam
Also outward-looking · accessible
A science-minded boy beachcombing for washed-up treasures finds an encrusted, antique underwater camera.
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Good Faeries/Bad Faeries
by Brian Froud
accessible, experimental
Brian Froud presents a physical guide to the invisible world of the Sidhe through a reversible, two-sided format.
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Tuesday
Also outward-looking · 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.
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10
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
accessible, experimental
Arthur Dent escapes the demolition of Earth by a Vogon constructor fleet by hitching a ride on a spacecraft with Ford Prefect, a researcher for an interstellar travel manual.
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11
I Want My Hat Back
by Jon Klassen
Also outward-looking · accessible
A bear has lost his red, pointed hat and patiently asks the forest animals if they have seen it.
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The Colour of Magic
accessible, experimental
On a flat world supported by four elephants standing on the back of a giant space turtle, an inept wizard named Rincewind becomes the reluctant guide for Twoflower, the Discworld’s first tourist.
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