Books Like This Way, Charlie
Families who loved This Way, Charlie by Caron Levis often look for books with a similar feel. These 20 recommendations were selected for their similarity in style, theme, and reading level.
Families who loved This Way, Charlie by Caron Levis often look for books with a similar feel. These 20 recommendations were selected for their similarity in style, theme, and reading level.
Reach for this book when your child is navigating a new friendship with someone who seems very different from them, or if they are learning how to support a peer with a disability. It is a vital resource for teaching that true friendship is built on patience and understanding rather than shared abilities alone. The story follows Jack, a grumpy goat who prefers his own space, and Charlie, a horse who has lost his sight. As they live together at a rescue ranch, they develop a unique language of trust. Through gentle prose and expressive illustrations, children ages 4 to 8 will learn about the beauty of becoming someone's guide and the courage it takes to ask for help. This is a secular, realistic look at how we can care for one another through life's storms, quite literally, and it serves as a wonderful bridge for conversations about empathy, physical differences, and the slow-growing nature of trust.
