Books like Today I Will Fly! (Elephant and Piggie)

Today I Will Fly! (Elephant and Piggie) by Mo Willems reads as playful, heartwarming. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

There is a bird on your head!

Mo Willems · 2007

Both explore friendship

69% genome match

Go, Dog. Go!

P. D. Eastman · 1961

Both explore friendship

63% genome match

Arthur's New Puppy (Arthur Adventure Series)

Marc Brown · 1995

Both explore friendship

63% genome match

Mouse Soup

Arnold Lobel · 1977

Both explore friendship

54% genome match

Hairy Maclary's bone

Lynley Dodd · 1984

Both explore friendship

66% genome match

But Not the Hippopotamus

Sandra Boynton · 1982

Same ya feel

66% genome match

The Monster at the End of This Book

Jon Stone · 1971

Same ya feel

60% genome match

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

Laura Joffe Numeroff · 1985

Both explore friendship

57% genome match

Mercy Watson

Kate DiCamillo · 2007

Both explore friendship

61% genome match

Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

Eileen Christelow · 1989

Same ya feel

60% genome match

Il Fate del Nevi

Elisabetta Dami · 2013

Both explore friendship

57% genome match

The spiffiest giant in town

Julia Donaldson · 2001

Both explore friendship

58% genome match