Books like When we were very young

When we were very young by A. A. Milne reads as whimsical, nostalgic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Block City

Robert Louis Stevenson · 1988

Both explore childhood & imagination

83% genome match

Poems (Now We Are Six / When We Were Very Young)

A. A. Milne · 1958

Both explore childhood & imagination

84% genome match

Hurry, Hurry, Mary Dear

N. M. Bodecker · 1998

Both explore childhood & imagination

84% genome match

Sing a Song of Popcorn

Beatrice Schenk De Regniers · 1988

Both explore childhood & imagination

84% genome match

It's snowing! it's snowing!

Jack Prelutsky · 1984

Both explore childhood & play

79% genome match

Please try to remember the first of Octember!

Dr. Seuss · 1977

Both explore imagination & childhood

76% genome match

Under the window

Kate Greenaway · 1800

Both explore childhood & nature

77% genome match

Hailstones and halibut bones

Mary Le Duc O'Neill · 1961

Both explore imagination & nature

74% genome match

Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories

Tim Burton · 1997

Both explore childhood & imagination

73% genome match

Gargling with jelly

Brian Patten · 1985

Both explore childhood & imagination

76% genome match

Walking the bridge of your nose

Michael Rosen · 1995

Both explore childhood & play

74% genome match

You Read to Me, I'll Read to You

John Ciardi · 1962

Both explore childhood & imagination

73% genome match