I’ve read the little prince and loved it and I’m looking for similar books. So far I’ve got:
– The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse
– The journey: big panda and tiny dragon
I’m looking for more books like these, kind of philosophical and meaningful in nature yet made for “children”.
If you have any other book suggestions that don’t necessarily fit with that perfectly ^ I would also love to know. I’m going through a tough time and I really would love something that gives hope or shows the beauty of life (even in the simplest of daily ‘mundane’ things), but not a massive novel or self help book and instead a cosy, meaningful story. I also love cottagecorey books like wind in the willows and frog and toad.
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Coraline, and the Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, written by Betty Smith.
The Tao of Pooh
Where the Wild Things Are
The Story of Ferdinand
The Giving Tree
The Lorax
The Velveteen Rabbit
The BFG
The Neverending Story
Charlotte’s Web
The Diamond in the Window
A Wrinkle in Time
Sophie’s World
The Giver
A Psalm for the Wild-Built
The Wee Free Men
Earthsea! Was literally just talking last night about how it’s maybe the best example of a story that touches people deeply at any age
“Phantastes: by George Macdonald, This man is basically the Grandfather of Science Fiction. If Mary Shelly gave Science Fiction its body George gave it its soul.
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2413.George_MacDonald?from_search=true&from_srp=true
“Humans are Weird: I Have the Data” Short Story Anthology, Good for a laugh, Science Fiction Comedy.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56430673-humans-are-weird?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=5pqTya5eHF&rank=2
The “Castaways of the Flying Dutchman” by Brian Jacques. Good Historical Fiction with a fantasy element.
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5329.Brian_Jacques
“Dying Embers” Science Fiction Tragedy. Non humanoid aliens.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25454439-dying-embers
“Anne of Green Gables” and all of the other wonderful worlds of L. M. Montgomery.
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5350.L_M_Montgomery
“Cranford” by Elizabeth Gaskell. Gaskell has created a world that has transformed from slice of life when she wrote it to fantasy with time.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/182381.Cranford