Books like The Sweetest Fig
The Sweetest Fig by Chris Van Allsburg reads as eerie, moralistic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
The wreck of the Zephyr
Chris Van Allsburg · 1983
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73% genome match
Tuesday
David Wiesner · 1987
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69% genome match
Arrow to the sun
Gerald McDermott · 1974
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69% genome match
Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories
Tim Burton · 1997
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69% genome match
Sleep like a tiger
Mary Logue · 2012
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69% genome match
Amphigorey Too (Amphigorey #2)
Edward Gorey · 1975
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69% genome match
Shrek!
William Steig · 1990
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69% genome match
I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen · 2011
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69% genome match
A big mooncake for little star
Grace Lin · 2018
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69% genome match
The pigeon wants a puppy!
Mo Willems · 2008
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69% genome match
The lion & the mouse
Jerry Pinkney · 2009
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69% genome match
Frog and Toad Are Friends
Arnold Lobel · 1920
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69% genome match
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