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Books like Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle: 9 series to read next

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle is fantasy, set in our world and contemporary, lighthearted in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle is 8 books, 1947–2018.

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Charlie (Roald Dahl)
Andrews Family
Catwings
Chrestomanci
Magic Shop
The Willow Family
Tales of Magic
Bod Owens
Five Children Universe

Charlie (Roald Dahl)Series

seriesRoald Dahl6 books1964

Fantasy, funny and whimsical in tone, about coming of age, set in contemporary and our world.

Start with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory →

Andrews FamilySeries

seriesMary Rodgers3 books1972

About body swap.

“The books share characters and tone rather than a continuing plot.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Freaky Friday →

CatwingsSeries

seriesUrsula K. Le Guin7 books1988

Fantasy, lighthearted in tone, about coming of age, set in contemporary and our world.

“Catwings is also the title of the first book in the series.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Catwings →

ChrestomanciSeries

seriesDiana Wynne Jones12 books1977

Set in parallel universe and british isles.

“Greenwillow Books published a US edition within the calendar year.”
from the catalogue description of Charmed Life
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Charmed Life →

Magic ShopSeries

seriesBruce Coville7 books1982

Fantasy, about coming of age, set in contemporary and our world.

“Bruce Coville's Magic Shop books each send a different kid into Mr. Elives's strange antique shop, where an ordinary-looking item turns out to carry real magic and consequences.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Monster's Ring →

The Willow FamilySeries

seriesLynne Jonell4 books2010

Fantasy, lighthearted and whimsical in tone, set in contemporary and our world.

“When the Willows move into a new house, their hamster, affected by the local magic, grants the family one wish, which the youngest child uses accidentally to become a big hamster.”
from the catalogue description of Hamster Magic

Start with Hamster Magic →

Tales of MagicSeries

seriesEdward Eager7 books1954

About friendship.

“Each book follows a different, sometimes overlapping set of children and a different magical object or rule, from Knight's Castle to the deliberately ambiguous Magic or Not? and its sequel The Well-Wishers.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Half Magic →

Bod OwensSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman & P. Craig Russell3 books2007

Dark fantasy, bittersweet in tone, about found family, set in british isles.

“Neil Gaiman's 2008 novel won both the Newbery and Carnegie Medals, and illustrator P. Craig Russell later adapted it into a two-volume graphic novel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Witch's Headstone →

Five Children UniverseSeries

seriesE. Nesbit, Helen Cresswell & Kate Saunders27 books1902

Set in early 20th century and british isles.

“Neither book is by Nesbit herself, and the two have no direct connection to each other beyond both drawing on her creation.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Return of the Psammead →

Why these

No sales rank, no star ratings, no readers also bought.

Shared terms are not a promise that a book feels the same. Two series can be far-future political intrigue and read nothing alike — what the ranking can say is what they are about, and each card says which parts it shares.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle?: Charlie (Roald Dahl) — the closest match to Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle?: Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle.
How big is Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle?: Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle is 8 books, 1947–2018.

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