Books like The Invention of Hugo Cabret

Looking for books like The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (Picture Book · grades 3–7)? The 10 titlesbelow are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, genre, and reading level, and each linked to the curricula, states, and grades where it’s assigned, with primary sources.

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10 books similar to The Invention of Hugo Cabret

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Why each is a match

A Sick Day for Amos McGeegrades K–3
Same genre (Picture Book), overlapping grades (K–3), and the same era (2010s).
Finding Winnie: The Story of the Real Bear Who Inspired Winnie-the-Poohgrades 1–4
Same genre (Picture Book), overlapping grades (1–4), and the same era (2010s).
Flotsamgrades K–4
Same genre (Picture Book), overlapping grades (K–4), and the same era (2010s).
Hello Lighthousegrades K–3
Same genre (Picture Book), overlapping grades (K–3), and the same era (2010s).
Last Stop on Market Street610L
Same genre (Picture Book), overlapping grades (K–3), and the same era (2010s).
Locomotivegrades 2–6
Same genre (Picture Book), overlapping grades (2–6), and the same era (2010s).
Radiant Childgrades 2–5
Same genre (Picture Book), overlapping grades (2–5), and the same era (2010s).
The Adventures of Beeklegrades K–3
Same genre (Picture Book), overlapping grades (K–3), and the same era (2010s).
Wolf in the Snowgrades K–3
Same genre (Picture Book), overlapping grades (K–3), and the same era (2010s).
A Mischief of Micegrades K–3
Same genre (Picture Book) and overlapping grades (K–3).

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