Books like A squash and a squeeze

A squash and a squeeze by Julia Donaldson reads as playful, whimsical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Il Fate del Nevi

Elisabetta Dami · 2013

Both explore problem-solving

67% genome match

Go, Dog. Go!

P. D. Eastman · 1961

Same ya feel

63% genome match

Stick Man

Julia Donaldson · 2001

Both explore home

63% genome match

There is a bird on your head!

Mo Willems · 2007

Both explore problem-solving

61% genome match

Amelia Bedelia

Peggy Parish · 1963

Both explore problem-solving

61% genome match

Flat Stanley

Jeff Brown · 1964

Both explore problem-solving

61% genome match

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

Laura Joffe Numeroff · 1985

Same ya feel

59% genome match

Toot & Puddle

Holly Hobbie · 1997

Both explore home

63% genome match

A bad case of stripes

David Shannon · 1998

Same ya feel

59% genome match

Mr Men & Little Miss Treasury

Roger Hargreaves · 2000

Both explore problem-solving

64% genome match

Stuck

Oliver Jeffers · 2011

Both explore problem-solving

61% genome match

The BFG

Robert Wood · 1993

Same ya feel

61% genome match