Books like The Polar Express Gift Set
The Polar Express Gift Set by Chris Van Allsburg reads as magical, wondrous. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Tuesday
David Wiesner · 1987
Shares the wonder thread
69% genome match
The wreck of the Zephyr
Chris Van Allsburg · 1983
Shares the wonder thread
69% genome match
Mary Poppins
Pamela L. Travers · 1934
Shares the wonder thread
76% genome match
The little bookroom
Eleanor Farjeon · 1955
Shares the wonder thread
75% genome match
Fireflies!
Julie Brinckloe · 1985
Shares the wonder thread
69% genome match
Owl Moon
Jane Yolen · 1987
Shares the wonder thread
69% genome match
The Night Before Christmas
Clement Clarke Moore · 1857
Shares the wonder thread
69% genome match
The Unicorn Treasury
Bruce Coville · 1988
Shares the wonder thread
72% genome match
Favorite poems old and new
Helen Ferris · 1957
Shares the wonder thread
69% genome match
The snowman
Raymond Briggs · 1978
Both explore childhood
56% genome match
The World's Best Fairy Tales
Reader's Digest Association · 1967
Shares the wonder thread
69% genome match
Unnatural Creatures
Neil Gaiman · 2001
Shares the wonder thread
69% genome match
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