18 books like When we were very young

What to read after When we were very young — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

The bad child's book of beasts Hilaire Belloc · 1875 · ★ 3.7 · 47p · ≈ 1h · Challenging Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc was an Anglo-French writer and historian. He was one of the most productive writers in England in the early twentieth century. He was a well-known writer, poet, satirist, orator, sailor, soldier, man of letters, and political activist.  In his life, he wrote many poems, essays, non-fiction literature and travel writings. But, he was best-known by… Shares: Humorous poetry, Children's poetry, Children, English poetry

Where the Sidewalk Ends Shel Silverstein · 1974 · ★ 4.3 · 168p · ≈ 5h · Moderate NOW AVAILABLE AS AN EBOOK! Shel Silverstein, the New York Times bestselling author of The Giving Tree, A Light in the Attic, Falling Up, and Every Thing On It, has created a poetry collection that is outrageously funny and deeply profound. Come in . . . for where the sidewalk ends, Shel Silverstein's world begins. You'll meet a boy who turns into a TV set, and a girl who eats a whale. The… Shares: Humorous poetry, Children's poetry, Poetry

The Pied Piper of Hamelin Robert Browning · 1888 · ★ 3.9 · 54p · ≈ 1h · Challenging The Pied Piper pipes the village free of rats, and when the villagers refuse to pay him for the service he exacts a terrible revenge. Shares: Children's poetry, English poetry, Poetry, Children's fiction

The Red Fairy Book Andrew Lang · 1890 · 348p · ≈ 11h · Challenging Fairy tales from the folklore of France, Germany, Russia and Scandinavia. Shares: Collections, Children's fiction

First meetings Orson Scott Card · 2002 · ★ 4.1 · 232p · ≈ 7h · Moderate When "Ender's Game" was first published as a novella twenty-five years ago, few would have predicted that it would become one of the most successful ventures in publishing history. Expanded into a novel in 1985, Ender's Game won both the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award for Best Novel. Never out of print and translated into dozens of languages, it is the rare work of fiction that can truly be… Shares: Collections, Children's fiction

The Pooh Perplex Frederick C. Crews · 1963 · ★ 4.0 · 150p · ≈ 5h · Moderate In this devastatingly funny classic, Frederick Crews skewers the ego-inflated pretensions of the schools and practitioners of literary criticism popular in the 1960s, including Freudians, Aristotelians, and New Critics. Modeled on the "casebooks" often used in freshman English classes at the time, The Pooh Perplex contains twelve essays written in different critical voices, complete with… Shares: Winnie-the-Pooh, Children

Why War Is Never a Good Idea Alice Walker · 2007 · ★ 4.0 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Simple, rhythmic text explores the wanton destructiveness of War, which has grown old but not wise, as it demolishes nice people and beautiful things with no consideration for the consequence Shares: Children's poetry, Poetry, Children's fiction

Instructions Neil Gaiman · 2010 · ★ 4.2 · 40p · ≈ 1h · Moderate This advice for travelling through a fairytale landscape might just save you from being eaten by wolves or being lost for ever, but it is also a charming metaphor for living courageously and taking risks. Shares: Children's poetry, English poetry, Poetry, Children's fiction

Barbie Horse Trouble Barbie Look Look Golden Books · 1921 · ★ 3.5 · 24p · ≈ 48m · Challenging Golden Books launches fun new Barbie series this year. With everything from fairy tales to horse club books -- there's something for everyone with Barbie Rebecca's the new camper at the Lucky Horseshoe Camp and she thinks she doesn't need Barbie, or Stacie's help. Will Rebecca change her tune after her horse becomes frightened and tries to throw her? Find out in Horse Trouble Shares: Children's poetry, English poetry, Poetry, Children's fiction

The House at Pooh Corner A. A. Milne · 1925 · ★ 4.3 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Challenging Ten adventures of Pooh, Eeyore, Tigger, Piglet, Owl, and other friends of Christopher Robin. ---------- Contains: In Which [a House Is Built at Pooh Corner for Eeyore][1] In Which [Tigger Comes to the Forest and Has Breakfast][2] In Which [a Search Is Organdized, and Piglet Nearly Meets the Heffalump Again][3] In Which It Is Shown That [Tiggers Don't Climb Trees][4] In Which [Rabbit Has a Busy… Shares: Winnie-the-Pooh, Children's fiction

Winnie's new computer Valerie Thomas · 2003 · 28p · ≈ 56m · Moderate Winnie la sorcière, nouvellement équipée d'un ordinateur, est obnubilée par sa machine et en oublie son chat sous la pluie. Croyant ne plus avoir besoin de son grimoire de papier, elle le numérise et le jette aux ordures. Mais un ennui technologique lui fait regretter son geste naïf dès le lendemain ... [SDM]. Une amusante satire des affres de l'informatique, illustrée d'aquarelles humoristiques… Shares: Winnie-the-Pooh, Children's fiction

The Sunny Side A. A. Milne · 1900 · ★ 4.0 · 246p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Drawing from a collection of stories originally published in 1921 and chosen exclusively by the author himself, The Sunny Side gathers the best short works by the inimitable A. A. Milne, best known as the creator of Winnie-the-Pooh. Written for the satire magazine Punch, these brief stories and essays perfectly capture Milne's sly humor, beguiling social insight, and scathing wit. From "Odd… Shares: Collected works, Children's fiction

Paul the Peddler Horatio Alger, Jr. · 1871 · 161p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Young Paul is determined to win a better life for his mother, and he sets out on a whirlwind of entrepreneurial jobs to try to make a good living. From selling candy packages outside the post office to neckties from a cart, he will try his hand at anything to turn a profit. A rousing tale of moral triumph and free trade, "Paul the Peddler" is Horatio Alger at his best. Shares: Children, Children's fiction

The Darkangel Meredith Ann Pierce · 1982 · ★ 3.8 · 252p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Aeriel is kidnapped by the Darkangel, swept up into his dozens of black wings and carried to his distant keep. There she is to serve his brides - thirteen pitiful creatures who were once beautiful, before the Darkangel drained away their souls. Aeriel would free them, but now that she, too, is one of the Darkangel's captives, she can do no other than obey - even while she knows she must destroy… Shares: Children, Children's fiction

You read to me, I'll read to you Mary Ann Hoberman · 2001 · ★ 4.3 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Here's a book With something new - You read to me! I'll read to you! We'll read each page To one another - You'll read one side, I the other. But who will read - Now guess this riddle - When the words are In the middle? The answer's easy! Plain as pie! We'll read together, You and I. Shares: Children's poetry, Poetry, Children's fiction

Backpack Literature -- Fifth Edition X. J. Kennedy · 2016 · 1189p · ≈ 39h · Moderate Fiction. Talking with Amy Tan -- Reading a story -- The art of fiction -- Types of short fiction -- Death has an appointment in Samarra / Sufi Legend -- The north wind and the sun / Aesop -- The tortoise and the geese / Bidpai -- Independence / Chuang Tzu -- Godfather death / Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm -- Plot -- The short story -- A & P / John Updike -- Writing effectively -- Point of view… Shares: Collections, Children's fiction

Little Fuzzy H. Beam Piper · 1961 · ★ 4.0 · 154p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Little Fuzzy is the name of a 1962 science fiction novel by H. Beam Piper, and is now in public domain. Synopsis: One day Jack Holloway, prospector on the planet Zarathustra, finds what seems to be a small monkey with golden fur; these new introductions (for the first brings a family) are tiny hunters, and prove to be curious and capable tool users. Why is this so important to the new human… Shares: Collected works, Children's fiction

Through the Looking-Glass Lewis Carroll · 1865 · ★ 4.0 · 94p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871) is a work of children's literature by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), generally categorized in the fairy tale genre. It is the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865). Although it makes no reference to the events in the earlier book, the themes and settings of Through the Looking-Glass make it a kind of mirror image… Shares: Children's poetry, English poetry, Children's fiction

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