Read-alikes and related books

Books like Something Big Has Been Here

Across Humorous, Humor, Poetry, and Juvenile Nonfiction — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as Something Big Has Been Here by Jack Prelutsky.

Humorous Humor Poetry Juvenile Nonfiction

Top related books to Something Big Has Been Here

Strong read-alikes chosen for how closely they echo the themes and feel of Something Big Has Been Here.

I Threw My Brother Out A Laughable Lineup of Sports Poems

Ted Scheu

Themes: Humorous • Humor • Poetry

Stardines Swim High Across the Sky and Other Poems

Jack Prelutsky

Themes: Humorous • Poetry • Juvenile Nonfiction

There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Clover!

Lucille Colandro

Themes: Humorous • Poetry • Juvenile Nonfiction

Stick Dog Comes to Town A Christmas Holiday Book for Kids — Tom Watson

Tom. Watson

Themes: Humorous • Humor • Juvenile Nonfiction

Waffles and Pancake Flight Or Fright

Drew Brockington

Themes: Humorous • Humor • Juvenile Nonfiction

Laugh-Eteria

Douglas Florian

Themes: Humorous • Poetry • Juvenile Nonfiction

Friendbots #2 Blink and Block Bug Each Other

Vicky Fang

Themes: Humorous • Humor • Juvenile Nonfiction

The 156-Storey Treehouse

Andy Griffiths

Themes: Humorous • Humor • Juvenile Nonfiction

Robot Santa The Further Adventures of Santa’s Twin

Dean Ray Koontz

Themes: Humorous • Poetry • Juvenile Nonfiction

#10

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Catherine Baker

Themes: Humorous • Humor • Juvenile Nonfiction

#11

I Saw You in the Bathtub And Other Folk Rhymes

Alvin Schwartz

Themes: Humorous • Poetry • Juvenile Nonfiction

#12

The Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants The Horrifyingly Haunted Hack-a-ween

Meredith Rusu

Themes: Humorous • Humor • Juvenile Nonfiction

#13

You Read to Me, I’ll Read to You: Very Short Stories to Read Together

Mary Ann Hoberman

Themes: Humorous • Poetry • Juvenile Nonfiction

#14

The 91-Storey Treehouse

Andy Griffiths

Themes: Humorous • Humor • Juvenile Nonfiction

#15

I’m Sticking with You A funny feel-good classic to fall in love with!

Smriti Halls

Themes: Humor • Poetry • Juvenile Nonfiction

#16

Honeybee Poems and Short Prose

Naomi Shihab Nye

Themes: Humorous • Poetry • Juvenile Nonfiction

#17

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Birthday Cake

Lucille Colandro

Themes: Humorous • Poetry • Juvenile Nonfiction

#18

Cautionary Tales for Grown-ups

Chris Addison

Themes: Humorous • Humor • Poetry

#19

Tyrannosaurus Rex (StoryBots)

Storybots

Themes: Humorous • Poetry • Juvenile Nonfiction

#20

Dino Poet A Graphic Novel

Tom Angleberger

Themes: Humorous • Humor • Poetry

#21

Now We Are Six Hundred A Collection of Time Lord Verse

James Goss

Themes: Humorous • Humor • Poetry

#22

Arlo and Pips #3 New Kids in the Flock

Elise Gravel

Themes: Humorous • Humor • Juvenile Nonfiction

#23

In a People House

Dr. Seuss

Themes: Humorous • Poetry • Juvenile Nonfiction

#24

There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly

Pam Adams

Themes: Humorous • Poetry • Juvenile Nonfiction

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Humorous, Humor, Poetry — the same threads that run through Something Big Has Been Here by Jack Prelutsky. Among the authors featured: Ted Scheu, Jack Prelutsky, Lucille Colandro, Tom. Watson, and others.