Books like What was I scared of?

What was I scared of? by Dr. Seuss reads as whimsical, humorous. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

When we were very young

A. A. Milne · 1924

Both explore imagination

62% genome match

Dr. Seuss's sleep book

Dr. Seuss · 1962

Both explore imagination

67% genome match

Silly Sally

Audrey Wood · 1992

Both explore imagination & friendship

67% genome match

Mildred and Sam

Sharleen Collicott · 2002

Both explore friendship & imagination

63% genome match

Chicken Soup with Rice

Maurice Sendak · 1962

Both explore imagination

65% genome match

The Headless Horseman Rides Tonight

Jack Prelutsky · 1980

Both explore imagination

66% genome match

The Gruffalo

Julia Donaldson · 1999

Both explore imagination & fear

59% genome match

Kometen kommer (Kometjakten)

Tove Jansson · 1946

Both explore friendship & fear

61% genome match

A Child's Garden of Verses

Robert Louis Stevenson · 1885

Both explore imagination

59% genome match

'Twas the Night before Christmas

Clement Clarke Moore · 1912

Same poetry feel

61% genome match

Flower Fairies of the Summer

Cicely Mary Barker · 1925

Both explore imagination

61% genome match

Hailstones and halibut bones

Mary Le Duc O'Neill · 1961

Both explore imagination

62% genome match