Books like Cricket in Times Square
Cricket in Times Square by George Selden reads as whimsical, charming. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Catwings return
Ursula K. Le Guin · 1989
Shares the foundfamily thread
74% genome match
Freddy the detective
Walter R. Brooks · 1932
Shares the foundfamily thread
73% genome match
Mercy Watson fights crime
Kate DiCamillo · 2006
Shares the foundfamily thread
72% genome match
Stuart Little
E. B. White
Both explore adventure & belonging
83% genome match
Ralph S. Mouse
Beverly Cleary · 1982
Both explore adventure & friendship
73% genome match
The Wild Robot
Peter Brown · 2016
Shares the foundfamily thread
69% genome match
Four Dolls
Rumer Godden · 1983
Shares the foundfamily thread
69% genome match
Hilda and the Midnight Giant
Luke Pearson · 2012
Shares the foundfamily thread
79% genome match
Woof!
Allan Ahlberg · 1986
Shares the foundfamily thread
78% genome match
Anne
Ledoux, Paul · 1999
Shares the foundfamily thread
78% genome match
How to Speak Dragonese
Cressida Cowell · 2005
Shares the foundfamily thread
76% genome match
Willodeen
Katherine Applegate · 2021
Shares the foundfamily thread
69% genome match
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