Read-alikes and related books

Books like Lunch

If you loved Lunch by Denise Fleming, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Colors, Mice, Hamsters, Guinea Pigs, etc, Cooking & Food, and Concepts.

Top related books to Lunch

Curated picks selected for thematic resonance, narrative overlap, and author diversity.

Bunny Loves Beans

Jane Whittingham

Themes: Colors • Cooking & Food • Concepts

Stanley’s Paintbox

William Bee

Themes: Colors • Mice, Hamsters, Guinea Pigs, etc • Concepts

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eats Lunch A Colors Book

Eric Carle

Themes: Colors • Cooking & Food • Concepts

Mouse Paint

Ellen Stoll Walsh

Themes: Colors • Mice, Hamsters, Guinea Pigs, etc • Concepts

Pete the Kitty and the Unicorn’s Missing Colors

James Dean

Themes: Colors • Cooking & Food • Concepts

The Colors of Christmas

Themes: Colors • Mice, Hamsters, Guinea Pigs, etc • Concepts

Seven Blind Mice

Ed Young

Themes: Colors • Mice, Hamsters, Guinea Pigs, etc • Concepts

Maisy’s First Colors A Maisy Concept Book

Lucy Cousins

Themes: Colors • Mice, Hamsters, Guinea Pigs, etc • Concepts

Lili’s Colors

Lucie Albon

Themes: Colors • Mice, Hamsters, Guinea Pigs, etc • Concepts

#10

Guinea Pigs Go Baking Learn about Shapes

Kate Sheehy

Themes: Mice, Hamsters, Guinea Pigs, etc • Cooking & Food • Concepts

#11

Thats Not My Pumpkin… :a Fall and Halloween Book for Kids

Fiona Watt

Themes: Mice, Hamsters, Guinea Pigs, etc • Cooking & Food • Concepts

#12

Indestructibles: Taste the Fruit! (High Color High Contrast) Chew Proof · Rip Proof · Nontoxic · 100% Washable (Book for Babies, Newborn Books, Safe to Chew)

Amy Pixton

Themes: Colors • Cooking & Food • Concepts

#13

I Can Eat a Rainbow

Olena Rose

Themes: Colors • Cooking & Food • Concepts

#14

¡Muy Verde! – Too Green!

Sumana Seeboruth

Themes: Colors • Cooking & Food • Concepts

#15

I Like Fruit A Touch and Feel Board Book

Lorena Siminovich

Themes: Colors • Cooking & Food • Concepts

#16

Rubylicious

Victoria Kann

Themes: Colors • Cooking & Food • Concepts

#17

10 Hungry Rabbits Counting & Color Concepts

Anita Lobel

Themes: Colors • Cooking & Food • Concepts

#18

Peanut Butter’s Delicious Colors

Terry Border

Themes: Colors • Cooking & Food • Concepts

#19

My Very First Book of Colours

Eric Carle

Themes: Colors • Cooking & Food • Concepts

#20

Strawberries Are Red

Petr Horacek

Themes: Colors • Cooking & Food • Concepts

#21

Pinkalicious: Pink Or Treat! Includes Cards, a Fold-Out Poster, and Stickers!

Victoria Kann

Themes: Colors • Cooking & Food • Concepts

#22

Too Green!

Sumana Seeboruth

Themes: Colors • Cooking & Food • Concepts

#23

Where are the Jelly Beans?

Nancy Streza

Themes: Colors • Cooking & Food • Concepts

#24

Nom Nom: Colors

Forrest Everett

Themes: Colors • Cooking & Food • Concepts

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Colors, Mice, Hamsters, Guinea Pigs, etc, Cooking & Food — the same threads that run through Lunch by Denise Fleming. Among the authors featured: Jane Whittingham, William Bee, Eric Carle, Ellen Stoll Walsh, and others.