Books like The mitten

The mitten by Jan Brett reads as gentle, whimsical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Annie and the Wild Animals

Jan Brett · 1985

Shares the vornate thread

72% genome match

Tomten är vaken

Astrid Lindgren · 1960

Shares the living thread

70% genome match

The Wind in the Willows

Kenneth Grahame · 1908

Shares the vornate thread

69% genome match

The fish with the deep sea smile

Margaret Wise Brown · 1938

Shares the living thread

69% genome match

Moses the kitten

James Herriot · 1984

Shares the living thread

69% genome match

The Rainbow Fish

Marcus Pfister · 1992

Both explore sharing & generosity

72% genome match

Treasury of classic stories for children

Eric Carle · 1988

Shares the living thread

69% genome match

Among the forest people

Clara Dillingham Pierson · 1898

Shares the living thread

69% genome match

Appley Dapply's nursery rhymes

Beatrix Potter · 1900

Shares the living thread

69% genome match

Over in the meadow

Olive A. Wadsworth · 1906

Shares the living thread

69% genome match

Over in the Meadow

Ezra Jack Keats · 1960

Shares the living thread

69% genome match

A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens · 1843

Shares the vornate thread

69% genome match