What should I read after Το θαύμα?

If you liked Το θαύμα, try Life of Pi (Yann Martel), The Lorax (Dr. Seuss) and Wonder (R.J. Palacio).

Το θαύμα by Τομ Περσιβαλ: what it’s like, who it’s for

Name: Το θαύμα
Author: Τομ Περσιβαλ
ISBN: 9789605727666

A picture book about finding small moments of joy when a day feels set against you.

Some days, even the weather seems to have it in for you.

Δυνατή βροχή έπεφτε από τον γκρίζο, σκοτεινό ουρανό.Ένα λεωφορείο πέρασε από μια λακκούβαγεμάτη νερά και κατέβρεξε τον Ντάνιελ.

Excerpt from Το θαύμα, Τομ Περσιβαλ, Ίκαρος 2020. Quoted for discovery. Source Rights & removals

Τομ Περσιβαλ.Tom Percival is a British author and illustrator known for the Big Bright Feelings picture-book series.

Yann Martel, 2001

Also wonder and hope.

Dr. Seuss, 1971

Also hope and nature.

R.J. Palacio, 2012

Also identity and hope.

Natalie Babbitt, 1975

Also wonder and nature.

Daniel Keyes, 1966

Also identity and melancholy.

Kristin Hannah, 2021

Also melancholy and identity.

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What is Το θαύμα like?: Feels like hope, melancholy and wonder. About identity, nature and society.
What should I read after Το θαύμα?: If you liked Το θαύμα, try Life of Pi (Yann Martel), The Lorax (Dr. Seuss) and Wonder (R.J. Palacio).

What if death is not life's enemy but its jealous lover?
The reason death sticks so closely to life isn’t biological necessity — it’s envy. Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is but the passing shadow of a cloud.
Life of Pi · Yann Martel
The last seed in the world, handed to someone who didn't ask.
Catch! calls the Once-ler. He lets something fall. It’s a Truffula Seed. It’s the last one of all! You’re in charge of the last of the Truffula Seeds. And Truffula Trees are what everyone needs. Plant a new Truffula. Treat it with care. Give it clean water. And feed it fresh air. Grow a forest. Protect it from axes that hack. Then the Lorax and all of his friends may come back.
The Lorax · Dr. Seuss
The wish is not to be beautiful, only to be unnoticed.
If I found a magic lamp and I could have one wish, I would wish that I had a normal face that no one ever noticed at all. I would wish that I could walk down the street without people seeing me and then doing that look-away thing. Here’s what I think: the only reason I’m not ordinary is that no one else sees me that way.
Wonder · R.J. Palacio
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