Books like Paddle-to-the-Sea

Paddle-to-the-Sea by Holling Clancy Holling reads as whimsical, gentle. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Island of the Blue Dolphins

Scott O'Dell

Same adventure feel

57% genome match

My Side of the Mountain

Jean Craighead George

Same adventure feel

57% genome match

Seabird

Holling Clancy Holling · 1948

Same adventure feel

57% genome match

Morning Girl

Michael Dorris · 1992

Same literary feel

56% genome match

Miss Rumphius

Barbara Cooney · 1982

Same literary feel

54% genome match

The silent one

Joy Cowley · 1981

Same adventure feel

57% genome match

Dragonwings CD

Laurence Yep · 1975

Both explore perseverance

60% genome match

The River

Gary Paulsen · 1991

Same adventure feel

51% genome match

The Cay

Theodore Taylor · 1969

Same adventure feel

51% genome match

A Fine Dessert

Emily Jenkins · 2015

Same literary feel

54% genome match

Crabbe

William Bell · 1986

Same adventure feel

52% genome match

Henry and Ribsy

Beverly Cleary · 1923

Same adventure feel

51% genome match