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Across Literary Criticism & Collections, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Humorous, and European — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as Juggling with Gerbils by Brian Patten.

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Read-alikes chosen for how well they continue the mood, themes, and voice of Juggling with Gerbils.

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Cars Stars Electric Guitars

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Quick, Let’s Get Out of Here — Michael Rosen

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Themes: Literary Criticism & Collections • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European

Hard Life of a Conker and Other Poems about Seasons — Andrew Fusek Peters

Hard Life of a Conker and Other Poems about Seasons

Andrew Fusek Peters

Themes: Literary Criticism & Collections • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European

A Dragon in the Classroom and Other Poems about School — Brian Moses

A Dragon in the Classroom and Other Poems about School

Themes: Literary Criticism & Collections • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European

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Please Mrs Butler

Themes: Literary Criticism & Collections • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European

100 Best Poems for Children — Roger McGough

100 Best Poems for Children

Themes: Literary Criticism & Collections • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European

English Literature in the Sixteenth Century (Excluding Drama) — C. S. Lewis

English Literature in the Sixteenth Century (Excluding Drama)

Themes: Literary Criticism & Collections • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European

A Shame to Miss Perfect Poems for Young Readers — Anne Fine

A Shame to Miss Perfect Poems for Young Readers

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New Explorations Complete Leaving Certificate Poetry for Examination in 2019 and Onwards

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How to Avoid Kissing Your Parents in Public — Lindsay MacRae

How to Avoid Kissing Your Parents in Public

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A Child’s Garden of Verses — Robert Louis Stevenson

A Child’s Garden of Verses

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Hilary Knight’s The Owl and the Pussy-Cat — Hilary Knight

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Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • Humorous • European

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The Hunting of the Snark An Agony in Eight Fits

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This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with Juggling with Gerbils by Brian Patten. Connected by Literary Criticism & Collections, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Humorous. Authors featured include Brian Patten, Michael Rosen, Gervase Phinn, Roger McGough, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.

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