Read-alikes and related books

Books like Oona

What to read after Oona by Kelly DiPucchio: 24 titles sharing themes of Mermaids & Mermen, Polar Regions, Disabilities, and Environment, chosen for mood and literary overlap.

Mermaids & Mermen Polar Regions Disabilities Environment Diversity & Multicultural Marine Life Imagination & Play Pets Science & Nature People & Places Humorous Stories Art Friendship Social Themes Animals Juvenile Nonfiction Juvenile Fiction

Top related books to Oona

Handpicked for thematic and literary overlap — the best shelf companions to Oona.

Oona and the Shark

Kelly DiPucchio

Themes: Mermaids & Mermen • Polar Regions • Disabilities

Harold’s Treasure Hunt

Crockett Johnson

Themes: Mermaids & Mermen • Environment • Marine Life

Sounds Like Joy

Yesenia Moises

Themes: Mermaids & Mermen • Diversity & Multicultural • Marine Life

Maybe Maybe Marisol Rainey

Erin Entrada Kelly

Themes: Diversity & Multicultural • Imagination & Play • Science & Nature

One Hot Summer Day

Nina Crews

Themes: Diversity & Multicultural • Marine Life • Imagination & Play

The Animal Rescue Agency #2: Case File: Pangolin Pop Star

Eliot Schrefer

Themes: Polar Regions • Environment • Science & Nature

Vivi Loves Science

Kimberly Derting

Themes: Environment • Marine Life • Pets

Cadence and Kittenfish A Mermaid Tale

Judith L. Roth

Themes: Mermaids & Mermen • Marine Life • Pets

One White Dolphin

Gill Lewis

Themes: Environment • Marine Life • Science & Nature

#10

Like a Dandelion

Huy Voun Lee

Themes: Environment • Diversity & Multicultural • Science & Nature

#11

The Moon Keeper

Zosienka

Themes: Environment • Imagination & Play • Pets

#12

Libby Loves Science: Mix and Measure

Kimberly Derting

Themes: Diversity & Multicultural • Pets • Science & Nature

#13

Biscuit and Friends Visit the Community Garden

Alyssa Satin Capucilli

Themes: Environment • Imagination & Play • Pets

#14

How to Meet a Mermaid

Sue Fliess

Themes: Mermaids & Mermen • Marine Life • Imagination & Play

#15

Save the Arctic

Bethany Stahl

Themes: Polar Regions • Environment • Marine Life

#16

Little Bear An Inuit Folktale

Dawn Casey

Themes: Polar Regions • Environment • Diversity & Multicultural

#17

The Digger and the Duckling

Joseph Kuefler

Themes: Environment • Imagination & Play • Science & Nature

#18

Hey Otter! Hey Beaver!

Brian Pinkney

Themes: Environment • Marine Life • Science & Nature

#19

Ty’s Travels: Lab Magic

Kelly Starling Lyons

Themes: Diversity & Multicultural • Imagination & Play • Science & Nature

#20

Sylvia Rose and the Cherry Tree

Sandy Shapiro-Hurt

Themes: Environment • Imagination & Play • Science & Nature

#21

The Digger and the Butterfly

Joseph Kuefler

Themes: Environment • Imagination & Play • Science & Nature

#22

Everyone Wants an Octopus Book! We All Belong in Stories

Liz Ledden

Themes: Diversity & Multicultural • Marine Life • Imagination & Play

#23

Pagoo Pa

Holling Clancy Holling

Themes: Environment • Marine Life • Pets

#24

The Girl of Ink & Stars

Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Themes: Pets • Science & Nature • People & Places

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with Oona by Kelly DiPucchio. Connected by Mermaids & Mermen, Polar Regions, Disabilities. Authors featured include Kelly DiPucchio, Crockett Johnson, Yesenia Moises, Erin Entrada Kelly, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.