Books like The Little Island

Looking for books like The Little Island by Margaret Wise Brown (Juvenile Fiction · grades K–3)? The 10 titlesbelow are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, genre, and reading level, and each linked to the curricula, states, and grades where it’s assigned, with primary sources.

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10 books similar to The Little Island

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Why each is a match

Big Snow and Other Storiesgrades K–3
Same genre (Juvenile Fiction), overlapping grades (K–3), and the same era (1940s).
Johnny Tremaingrades 3–7
Same genre (Juvenile Fiction), overlapping grades (3–7), and the same era (1940s).
King of the Windgrades 3–7
Same genre (Juvenile Fiction), overlapping grades (3–7), and the same era (1940s).
Miss Hickorygrades 3–7
Same genre (Juvenile Fiction), overlapping grades (3–7), and the same era (1940s).
Song of the Swallowsgrades K–3
Same genre (Juvenile Fiction), overlapping grades (K–3), and the same era (1940s).
Strawberry Girlgrades 3–7
Same genre (Juvenile Fiction), overlapping grades (3–7), and the same era (1940s).
The Little Housegrades K–3
Same genre (Juvenile Fiction), overlapping grades (K–3), and the same era (1940s).
The Rooster Crowsgrades K–3
Same genre (Juvenile Fiction), overlapping grades (K–3), and the same era (1940s).
The Twenty-One Balloons (Puffin Modern Classics)grades 3–7
Same genre (Juvenile Fiction), overlapping grades (3–7), and the same era (1940s).
White Snow, Bright Snowgrades K–3
Same genre (Juvenile Fiction), overlapping grades (K–3), and the same era (1940s).

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