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Books like Splash!

Across Imagination & Play, Friendship, Sports & Recreation, and Social Themes — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as Splash! by Leslie Patricelli.

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Top related books to Splash!

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

Snow! — Leslie Patricelli

Leslie Patricelli

Themes: Imagination & Play • Friendship • Sports & Recreation

Ty’s Travels: Camp-Out — Kelly Starling Lyons

Ty’s Travels: Camp-Out

Kelly Starling Lyons

Themes: Imagination & Play • Friendship • Sports & Recreation

I Am Playing — Mercer Mayer

Themes: Imagination & Play • Friendship • Sports & Recreation

The Berenstain Bears Let’s Go Play Collection 6 Books In 1 — Mike Berenstain

The Berenstain Bears Let’s Go Play Collection 6 Books In 1

Mike Berenstain

Themes: Imagination & Play • Friendship • Sports & Recreation

Ivy and Bean Make the Rules (Book 9) — Annie Barrows

Ivy and Bean Make the Rules (Book 9)

Themes: Imagination & Play • Friendship • Sports & Recreation

The Digger and the Duckling — Joseph Kuefler

The Digger and the Duckling

Themes: Imagination & Play • Friendship • Sports & Recreation

Danny and the Dinosaur Ride a Bike — Bruce Hale

Danny and the Dinosaur Ride a Bike

Themes: Imagination & Play • Friendship • Sports & Recreation

Here in the Real World — Sara Pennypacker

Here in the Real World

Sara Pennypacker

Themes: Imagination & Play • Friendship • Sports & Recreation

The Digger and the Flower — Joseph Kuefler

The Digger and the Flower

Themes: Imagination & Play • Friendship • Sports & Recreation

Chillin’ with Friends — Leigh Olsen

Chillin’ with Friends

Themes: Imagination & Play • Friendship • Sports & Recreation

Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer — Megan McDonald

Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer

Themes: Imagination & Play • Friendship • Sports & Recreation

Snow Day for Mouse — Judy Cox

Snow Day for Mouse

Themes: Imagination & Play • Friendship • Sports & Recreation

Nature Calls — Jessica Young

Themes: Imagination & Play • Friendship • Sports & Recreation

The Egypt Game — Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Themes: Imagination & Play • Friendship • Sports & Recreation

Mr. Putter and Tabby Drop the Ball — Cynthia Rylant

Mr. Putter and Tabby Drop the Ball

Themes: Imagination & Play • Friendship • Sports & Recreation

What about X? an Alphabet Adventure — Anne Marie Houppert

What about X? an Alphabet Adventure

Anne Marie Houppert

Themes: Imagination & Play • Friendship • Sports & Recreation

The Grandmaster’s Daughter — Dan-Ah Kim

The Grandmaster’s Daughter

Themes: Imagination & Play • Friendship • Sports & Recreation

All You Need for a Snowman — Alice Schertle

All You Need for a Snowman

Themes: Imagination & Play • Friendship • Sports & Recreation

Jake and the Lake — Christine Patton

Jake and the Lake

Christine Patton

Themes: Imagination & Play • Friendship • Sports & Recreation

Disney Pixar Cars 3: Lightning and Friends Sound Book — PI Kids

Disney Pixar Cars 3: Lightning and Friends Sound Book

Themes: Imagination & Play • Friendship • Sports & Recreation

Ghosts Don’t Ride Bikes, Do They? — Andres Miedoso

Ghosts Don’t Ride Bikes, Do They?

Themes: Imagination & Play • Friendship • Sports & Recreation

Let’s Go Outside! — Ben Lerwill

Let’s Go Outside!

Themes: Imagination & Play • Friendship • Sports & Recreation

Pete the Cat: Show-And-Tell Includes Over 30 Stickers! — James Dean

Pete the Cat: Show-And-Tell Includes Over 30 Stickers!

Themes: Imagination & Play • Friendship • Sports & Recreation

Surely Surely Marisol Rainey — Erin Entrada Kelly

Surely Surely Marisol Rainey

Erin Entrada Kelly

Themes: Imagination & Play • Friendship • Sports & Recreation

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Imagination & Play, Friendship, Sports & Recreation — the same threads that run through Splash! by Leslie Patricelli. Among the authors featured: Leslie Patricelli, Kelly Starling Lyons, Mercer Mayer, Mike Berenstain, and others.

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