If you grinned at Pip’s deadpan chats with Regent Maximus and the slapstick disaster of those combustible fuzzles, you’ll love the tone of Adam Gidwitz’s opener. In The Creature of the Pines, Elliot and Uchenna stumble into the Unicorn Rescue Society, befriend a very-much-not-terrifying Jersey Devil, and quip their way through mishaps that feel like Pip trying to help at Aunt Emma’s clinic—equal parts mayhem and heart.

Loved how Pip’s well-meant fixes—like diagnosing why fuzzles keep setting things ablaze—spiral into comic trouble before landing on a sweet solution? In Upside-Down Magic, Nory’s magic comes out wonky (think: a kitten-dragon), and she and her friends learn to work with their quirks. It’s the same bright, good-natured scramble that Pip and Tomas face—minus Regent Maximus’s diva-level unicorn drama.

If the annotated brochures and creature entries in Pip Bartlett’s Guide to Magical Creatures were your catnip, The Field Guide doubles down on that feeling. Jared, Simon, and Mallory discover Arthur Spiderwick’s notebook—full of sketches and marginalia that, like Pip’s scribbles and checklists, literally shape the plot and teach you how (not) to handle the tricksy beings lurking just out of sight.

If you enjoyed Pip tracking clues—calming a panicky unicorn and figuring out why fuzzles keep igniting—The Menagerie hits that same mystery groove. When griffin cubs disappear from a hidden zoo of mythic animals, Logan and Zoe follow breadcrumb clues, interrogate ornery creatures, and piece together a solution with the same creature-savvy logic Pip uses at Aunt Emma’s clinic.

If you loved how Pip learns concrete do’s-and-don’ts—what soothes Regent Maximus, how to keep fuzzles from turning a room into a campfire—Fablehaven offers that same detailed, rule-based wonder. Kendra and Seth discover a preserve where treaties, salt lines, and careful care keep satyrs, naiads, and worse in check, echoing Pip’s creature-handbook approach—just with bigger stakes when rules are broken.