Books like Samantha Learns a Lesson

Samantha Learns a Lesson by Susan S. Adler reads as gentle, didactic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Meet Molly

Valerie Tripp · 1943

Both explore friendship

67% genome match

Frog and Toad Are Friends

Arnold Lobel · 1920

Both explore friendship & empathy

68% genome match

My Friend is Sad

Mo Willems · 2007

Both explore friendship & empathy

68% genome match

A Cow Called Boy

C. Everard Palmer · 1973

Both explore friendship & responsibility

68% genome match

Fireflies!

Julie Brinckloe · 1985

Both explore empathy

68% genome match

Lost and found

Oliver Jeffers · 2005

Both explore friendship & empathy

68% genome match

James the red engine

Reverend W. Awdry · 1948

Both explore friendship & responsibility

71% genome match

A Sick Day for Amos McGee

Philip C. Stead · 2010

Both explore friendship & empathy

68% genome match

Grumpy monkey

Suzanne Lang · 2018

Both explore friendship & empathy

68% genome match

The Magic of the Lost Temple

Sudha Murti · 2015

Both explore friendship

66% genome match

The Hundred Dresses

Eleanor Estes · 1944

Both explore empathy & social class

66% genome match

Henry and Beezus

Beverly Cleary · 1923

Both explore friendship & responsibility

68% genome match