Books like Good for Me and You

Good for Me and You by Mercer Mayer reads as gentle, cheerful. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Eric Carle · 1969

Adjacent in the genome

54% genome match

The Magic School Bus

Joanna Cole · 1994

Both explore friendship

54% genome match

The Cloud Book

Tomie dePaola · 1975

Adjacent in the genome

54% genome match

Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

Charlie Mackesy · 2019

Both explore kindness & friendship

62% genome match

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

Fred Rogers · 2019

Both explore kindness & empathy

67% genome match

Leaf Jumpers

Carole Gerber · 2004

Adjacent in the genome

47% genome match

Here we are

Oliver Jeffers · 2017

Adjacent in the genome

50% genome match

Growing Vegetable Soup

Lois Ehlert · 1987

Adjacent in the genome

49% genome match

My Five Senses

Aliki · 1962

Adjacent in the genome

48% genome match

Position of the day

Emma Taylor · 2003

Same self-help feel

62% genome match

Free to Be You and Me

Marlo Thomas · 1974

Both explore friendship

56% genome match

Because of an acorn

Lola M. Schaefer · 2016

Adjacent in the genome

47% genome match