Books like Comet's Nine Lives
By Jan Brett
Comet's Nine Lives turns a cat's search for a home into a countdown your kid can't help tracking, one close call at a time. By the time he's down to his last life, they're already asking how he'll spend it. If that kind of hopeful near-miss is what hooked them, here's where to look next.
Same small determined cat chasing something out of reach, but Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes keeps it to one long night instead of nine lives of moving.
Julia's House Moves On by Ben Hatke keeps that same restless urge to find a new place, but a whole houseful of odd friends comes along for the ride.
Same restless urge to try somewhere new, but Town Mouse, Country Mouse by Jan Brett sends two couples swapping homes instead of one cat cycling through nine tries.
Comet keeps trying new places to land; Russell and the Lost Treasure by Rob Scotton sends its hero on a search too, and the treasure isn't what he expected.
Comet's persistence becomes a bird's long search for home in Red and Lulu by Matt Tavares, with the same faith that things work out in the end.
Comet won't give up on finding his place, and Mirandy and Brother Wind by Patricia C. McKissack has that same stubborn energy chasing something nobody can catch.
Comet's nine tries at a new home become one girl's long wait for her dream in Fanny's Dream by Caralyn Buehner, patience instead of near misses.
Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti by Gerald McDermott has that same rhythm of trouble and near-disaster, but a clever spider outsmarts his way home instead of a cat.
Comet roams Nantucket looking for the right home; Ooh-la-la: Max in Love by Maira Kalman sends its dog-poet wandering Paris looking for the right heart.
Comet's search turns into a real chase through town, and The Bee Tree by Patricia Polacco does the same trick with half the neighborhood chasing bees.
Reach for The Snail and the Whale by Julia Donaldson when the island-hopping mood hits, but your kid wants rhymes carrying the adventure this time.
Comet's nerve carries him through eight near-disasters, and Madeline's Christmas by Ludwig Bemelmans gives you a heroine just as fearless when everyone else is stuck in bed.
