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Books like Gold!

Across Adaptations, Values & Virtues, Fairy Tales & Folklore, and Humorous Stories — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as Gold! by David Shannon.

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Titles selected for shared themes, overlapping readership, and similar literary appeal.

Twisted Fairy Tales Think You Know These Classic Tales? Guess Again! — Stewart Ross

Twisted Fairy Tales Think You Know These Classic Tales? Guess Again!

Themes: Adaptations • Values & Virtues • Fairy Tales & Folklore

Pete the Kitty and the Three Bears — James Dean

Pete the Kitty and the Three Bears

Themes: Adaptations • Values & Virtues • Fairy Tales & Folklore

The Boy Who Cried Bigfoot! — Scott Magoon

The Boy Who Cried Bigfoot!

Themes: Adaptations • Values & Virtues • Fairy Tales & Folklore

Better Together, Cinderella — Ashley Franklin

Better Together, Cinderella

Ashley Franklin

Themes: Adaptations • Values & Virtues • Fairy Tales & Folklore

Switched — Jen Calonita

Themes: Adaptations • Values & Virtues • Fairy Tales & Folklore

The Magic Circle — Donna Jo Napoli

The Magic Circle

Donna Jo Napoli

Themes: Adaptations • Values & Virtues • Fairy Tales & Folklore

Glass: a Cinderella Tale — Kathryn Lasky

Glass: a Cinderella Tale

Themes: Adaptations • Values & Virtues • Fairy Tales & Folklore

Natalie Portman’s Fables — Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman’s Fables

Natalie Portman

Themes: Adaptations • Values & Virtues • Fairy Tales & Folklore

Maybe A Mindfulness Tale — Bushel & Peck Books

Maybe A Mindfulness Tale

Bushel & Peck Books

Themes: Adaptations • Values & Virtues • Fairy Tales & Folklore

The Rough-Face Girl — Rafe Martin

The Rough-Face Girl

Themes: Adaptations • Values & Virtues • Fairy Tales & Folklore

I Can Be a Princess 12 Board Books — PI Kids

I Can Be a Princess 12 Board Books

Themes: Adaptations • Values & Virtues • Fairy Tales & Folklore

Caperucita Roja. Un cuento sobre la autoestima / Little Red Riding Hood. A story about self-esteem Libros para niños en español — Helen Anderton

Caperucita Roja. Un cuento sobre la autoestima / Little Red Riding Hood. A story about self-esteem Libros para niños en español

Themes: Adaptations • Values & Virtues • Fairy Tales & Folklore

A Taste of Honey Kamala Outsmarts the Seven Thieves; A Circle Round Book — Rebecca Sheir

A Taste of Honey Kamala Outsmarts the Seven Thieves; A Circle Round Book

Themes: Adaptations • Values & Virtues • Fairy Tales & Folklore

Hombre Que No Sabía Mentir — Joe Hayes

Hombre Que No Sabía Mentir

Themes: Adaptations • Values & Virtues • Fairy Tales & Folklore

Resurrection of the Phoenix’s Grace (Book Four) Phoenix Teen & Young Adult Epic Fantasy with Phoenixes — LRW Lee

Resurrection of the Phoenix’s Grace (Book Four) Phoenix Teen & Young Adult Epic Fantasy with Phoenixes

Themes: Adaptations • Values & Virtues • Fairy Tales & Folklore

Hansel and Gretel — Stephen King

Hansel and Gretel

Themes: Adaptations • Values & Virtues • Fairy Tales & Folklore

Alice Nizzy Nazzy — Tony Johnston

Alice Nizzy Nazzy

Themes: Adaptations • Values & Virtues • Fairy Tales & Folklore

The Wizard of Oz — Fabrizio

The Wizard of Oz

Themes: Adaptations • Values & Virtues • Fairy Tales & Folklore

Cloaked in Red — Vivian Vande Velde

Vivian Vande Velde

Themes: Adaptations • Fairy Tales & Folklore • Humorous Stories

Shad Hadid and the Alchemists of Alexandria — George Jreije

Shad Hadid and the Alchemists of Alexandria

Themes: Adaptations • Fairy Tales & Folklore • Humorous Stories

The Chronicles of Chrestomanci, Vol. III — Diana Wynne Jones

The Chronicles of Chrestomanci, Vol. III

Diana Wynne Jones

Themes: Adaptations • Fairy Tales & Folklore • Humorous Stories

The Grumpus And His Dastardly, Dreadful Christmas Plan — Alex T Smith

The Grumpus And His Dastardly, Dreadful Christmas Plan — Alex T Smith

Themes: Adaptations • Fairy Tales & Folklore • Humorous Stories

Rubia and the Three Osos A Tale That Blends English and Spanish — Susan Middleton Elya

Rubia and the Three Osos A Tale That Blends English and Spanish

Susan Middleton Elya

Themes: Adaptations • Fairy Tales & Folklore • Humorous Stories

Beauty and the Beaks A Turkey’s Cautionary Tale — Mary Jane Auch

Beauty and the Beaks A Turkey’s Cautionary Tale

Themes: Adaptations • Fairy Tales & Folklore • Humorous Stories

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Adaptations, Values & Virtues, Fairy Tales & Folklore — the same threads that run through Gold! by David Shannon. Among the authors featured: Stewart Ross, James Dean, Scott Magoon, Ashley Franklin, and others.

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