Read-alikes and related books

Books like Dear Mr. G

What to read after Dear Mr. G by Christine Evans: 24 titles sharing themes of Death, Grief, Bereavement, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Social Topics, and Emotions & Feelings, chosen for mood and literary overlap.

Death, Grief, Bereavement Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance Social Topics Emotions & Feelings Friendship Social Themes Juvenile Nonfiction Juvenile Fiction

Top related books to Dear Mr. G

A handpicked shelf of strong matches chosen for shared themes, literary overlap, and a broader spread of voices.

Don Mclean’s American Pie A Fable

Meteor 17 Books

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Social Topics

Love

Corrinne Averiss

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Social Topics

Music Is a Rainbow

Bryan Collier

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Social Topics

The Memory Box A Book about Grief

Joanna Rowland

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Social Topics

My Father’s Arms are a Boat

Stein Erik Lunde

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Social Topics

Lily’s Promise

Kathryn Erskine

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Social Topics

One Wave at a Time A Story about Grief and Healing

Holly Thompson

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Social Topics

Klyde the Kraken Wants a Friend

Brooke Hartman

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Social Topics • Emotions & Feelings

Studio Mucci: a Rainbow in Your Cloud

Amina Mucciolo

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Social Topics • Emotions & Feelings

#10

The Sad Ghost Club Find Your Kindred Spirits

Lize Meddings

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Social Topics • Emotions & Feelings

#11

When Randolph Turned Rotten

Charise Mericle Harper

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Social Topics • Emotions & Feelings

#12

Small Bunny’s Blue Blanket

Tatyana Feeney

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Social Topics • Emotions & Feelings

#13

Lessons from a Dead Girl

Jo Knowles

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Social Topics • Emotions & Feelings

#14

The Old House

Pamela Duncan Edwards

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Social Topics • Emotions & Feelings

#15

Timid: a Graphic Novel

Jonathan Todd

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Social Topics • Emotions & Feelings

#16

When Shadows Fall

Sita Brahmachari

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Social Topics • Emotions & Feelings

#17

The Invisible Web An Invisible String Story Celebrating Love and Universal Connection

Patrice Karst

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Social Topics • Emotions & Feelings

#18

Tilda Tries Again A Big Bright Feelings Book

Tom Percival

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Social Topics • Emotions & Feelings

#19

Yes We Can!

Sam McBratney

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Social Topics • Emotions & Feelings

#20

My Father’s Words

Patricia MacLachlan

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Social Topics • Emotions & Feelings

#21

The Last Forever

Deb Caletti

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Social Topics • Emotions & Feelings

#22

Dream Big, Little Mole

Tom Percival

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Social Topics • Emotions & Feelings

#23

Carla’s Sandwich

Debbie Herman

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Social Topics • Emotions & Feelings

#24

Walter Finds His Voice The Story of a Shy Crocodile

Ann Kim Ha

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Social Topics • Emotions & Feelings

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Death, Grief, Bereavement, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Social Topics — the same threads that run through Dear Mr. G by Christine Evans. Among the authors featured: Meteor 17 Books, Corrinne Averiss, Bryan Collier, Joanna Rowland, and others.