6 best-selling biography books like From the Tops of the Trees by Kao Kalia Yang

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From the Tops of the Trees

By: Kao Kalia Yang

4.25

Format: 40 pages, ebook

Father, is all of the world a refugee camp? Young Kalia has never known life beyond the fences o…

If you liked the biography plot in From the Tops of the Trees by Kao Kalia Yang , here is a list of 6 books like this:

1. Cry, Heart, But Never Break

By: Glenn Ringtved , None , None

5.00

Format: 30 pages, Hardcover

Aware their grandmother is gravely ill, four siblings make a pact to keep death from taking her awa… read more

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2. Hot Dog

By: Doug Salati

4.29

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From a critically acclaimed creator comes this summery picture book featuring an overheated--and ov… read more

Similar categories in Doug Salati's Hot Dog book and Kao Kalia Yang's From the Tops of the Trees

  • picture books
  • childrens
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3. Knight Owl (The Knight Owl Series, 1)

By: Christopher Denise

4.51

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A Caldecott Honor Winner and  New York Times  Bestseller!  A determined Owl builds strength and … read more

Similar categories in Christopher Denise's Knight Owl (The Knight Owl Series, 1) book and Kao Kalia Yang's From the Tops of the Trees

  • picture books
  • childrens
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4. Berry Song

By: Michaela Goade

4.43

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Caldecott Medalist Michaela Goade's first self-authored picture book is a celebration of the land s… read more

Similar categories in Michaela Goade's Berry Song book and Kao Kalia Yang's From the Tops of the Trees

  • cultural
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
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5. Watercress

By: Andrea Wang

4.53

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Gathering watercress by the side of the road brings a girl closer to her family's Chinese Heritage.… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Wang's Watercress book and Kao Kalia Yang's From the Tops of the Trees

  • cultural
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • asian literature
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6. Wake Up Sloth

By: Aulia Hanifa

3.98

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

Bagaimana jadinya saat millennials diibaratkan menjadi hewan kukang yang lamban dan pemalas ini? Bu… read more

Similar categories in Aulia Hanifa's Wake Up Sloth book and Kao Kalia Yang's From the Tops of the Trees

  • nonfiction
  • picture books
"Hanya satu hal yang membuat mimpi menjadi tidak mungkin untuk diraih: Ketakutan untuk Gagal."

-Aulia Hanifa, Wake Up Sloth

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7. Eyes That Speak to the Stars

By: Joanna Ho

4.37

Format: None pages, None

A young Asian boy notices that his eyes look different from his peers' after seeing his friend’s dr… read more

Similar categories in Joanna Ho's Eyes That Speak to the Stars book and Kao Kalia Yang's From the Tops of the Trees

  • cultural
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • asian literature
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8. The Year We Learned to Fly

By: Jacqueline Woodson

4.39

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Jacqueline Woodson and Rafael López’s highly anticipated companion to their #1 New York Times bests… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Woodson's The Year We Learned to Fly book and Kao Kalia Yang's From the Tops of the Trees

  • cultural
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
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9. There Was a Party for Langston

By: Jason Reynolds

4.48

Format: 56 pages, ebook

New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Jason Reynolds’s debut picture book is a snappy… read more

Similar categories in Jason Reynolds's There Was a Party for Langston book and Kao Kalia Yang's From the Tops of the Trees

  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
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10. Little Witch Hazel: A Year in the Forest

By: Phoebe Wahl

4.64

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

An earthy and beautiful collection of four stories that celebrate the seasons, nature, and life, fr… read more

Similar categories in Phoebe Wahl's Little Witch Hazel: A Year in the Forest book and Kao Kalia Yang's From the Tops of the Trees

  • picture books
  • childrens
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11. Love in the Library

By: Maggie Tokuda-Hall

4.47

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Set in an internment camp where the United States cruelly detained Japanese Americans during WWII a… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Tokuda-Hall's Love in the Library book and Kao Kalia Yang's From the Tops of the Trees

  • asian literature
  • picture books
  • childrens
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12. Standing in the Need of Prayer: A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual

By: Carole Boston Weatherford

4.46

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A picture book based on the popular spiritual. The classic lyrics have been reworked to chronicle t… read more

Similar categories in Carole Boston Weatherford's Standing in the Need of Prayer: A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual book and Kao Kalia Yang's From the Tops of the Trees

  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • history
  • childrens
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13. An American Story (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner)

By: Kwame Alexander

4.63

Format: 56 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times Bestselling and award-winning author  of  The Undefeated , Kwame Alexander, pens … read more

Similar categories in Kwame Alexander's An American Story (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner) book and Kao Kalia Yang's From the Tops of the Trees

  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • history
  • childrens
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14. From the Tops of the Trees

By: Kao Kalia Yang

4.25

Format: 40 pages, ebook

Father, is all of the world a refugee camp? Young Kalia has never known life beyond the fences o… read more

Similar categories in Kao Kalia Yang's From the Tops of the Trees book and Kao Kalia Yang's From the Tops of the Trees

  • cultural
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • family
  • asian literature
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15. In Every Life

By: Marla Frazee

4.28

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A simple and profound meditation on the many wonders of life from two-time Caldecott Honor recipien… read more

Similar categories in Marla Frazee's In Every Life book and Kao Kalia Yang's From the Tops of the Trees

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
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16. Remember

By: Joy Harjo

4.42

Format: 40 pages, None

Michaela Goade, invites young readers to pause and reflect on the wonder of the world around them, … read more

Similar categories in Joy Harjo's Remember book and Kao Kalia Yang's From the Tops of the Trees

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
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17. Out of a Jar

By: Deborah Marcero

4.41

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

This highly anticipated follow-up to the critically acclaimed and bestselling picture book In a Jar… read more

Similar categories in Deborah Marcero's Out of a Jar book and Kao Kalia Yang's From the Tops of the Trees

  • picture books
  • childrens
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18. Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion

By: Shannon Stocker

4.50

Format: 40 pages, Paperback

This picture book tells the true story of world-famous deaf percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie. T… read more

Similar categories in Shannon Stocker's Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion book and Kao Kalia Yang's From the Tops of the Trees

  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
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19. Shy Willow

By: Cat Min

4.08

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Willow is shy. VERY shy. Her home is in an abandoned mailbox, and she'd rather stay put. Outside… read more

Similar categories in Cat Min's Shy Willow book and Kao Kalia Yang's From the Tops of the Trees

  • picture books
  • childrens
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20. Every Little Kindness

By: Marta Bartolj

4.42

Format: 72 pages, Hardcover

Follow the trail of good deeds in this beautiful wordless picture book to learn how small acts of k… read more

Similar categories in Marta Bartolj's Every Little Kindness book and Kao Kalia Yang's From the Tops of the Trees

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond

21. Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky

By: Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond

4.42

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Discover a world of creativity and tradition in this fascinating picture book that explores the his… read more

Similar categories in Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond's Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky book and Kao Kalia Yang's From the Tops of the Trees

  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • history
  • childrens
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22. My Beijing: Four Stories of Everyday Wonder

By: Nie Jun

4.07

Format: 128 pages, Library Binding

A 2019 Batchelder Honor Book Yu'er and her grandpa live in a small neighborhood in Beijing--and it… read more

Similar categories in Nie Jun's My Beijing: Four Stories of Everyday Wonder book and Kao Kalia Yang's From the Tops of the Trees

  • childrens
  • family
Cover of The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs by Chana Stiefel

23. The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs

By: Chana Stiefel

4.63

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A picture book biography of the woman who created The Tower of Faces, an exhibit at the US Holocaus… read more

Similar categories in Chana Stiefel's The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs book and Kao Kalia Yang's From the Tops of the Trees

  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • family
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24. Sugar in Milk

By: Thrity Umrigar

4.39

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

When I first came to this country, I felt so alone. A young immigrant girl joins her aunt and uncle… read more

Similar categories in Thrity Umrigar's Sugar in Milk book and Kao Kalia Yang's From the Tops of the Trees

  • cultural
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
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25. The Talk

By: Alicia D. Williams

4.58

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

As a little boy grows into a bigger boy, ready to take on the world, he first must have that very d… read more

Similar categories in Alicia D. Williams's The Talk book and Kao Kalia Yang's From the Tops of the Trees

  • cultural
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
Cover of Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement (Caldecott Honor Book) by Angela Joy

26. Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement (Caldecott Honor Book)

By: Angela Joy

4.66

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

A picture book biography of the mother of Emmett Till, and how she channeled grief over her son's d… read more

Similar categories in Angela Joy's Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement (Caldecott Honor Book) book and Kao Kalia Yang's From the Tops of the Trees

  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
Cover of Homeland: My Father Dreams of Palestine by Hannah Moushabeck

27. Homeland: My Father Dreams of Palestine

By: Hannah Moushabeck

4.56

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

As bedtime approaches, three young girls eagerly await the return of their father who tells them st… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Moushabeck's Homeland: My Father Dreams of Palestine book and Kao Kalia Yang's From the Tops of the Trees

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • family
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28. Nana, Nenek & Nina

By: Liza Ferneyhough

4.28

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Nina loves visiting her two faraway grandmas—one in Malaysia and one in England. Spot the differenc… read more

Similar categories in Liza Ferneyhough's Nana, Nenek & Nina book and Kao Kalia Yang's From the Tops of the Trees

  • cultural
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • asian literature
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29. Why Do We Cry?

By: Fran Pintadera

4.40

Format: 34 pages, Hardcover

By exploring the causes of our tears, Fran Pintadera's thoughtful, poetic picture book story defend… read more

Similar categories in Fran Pintadera's Why Do We Cry? book and Kao Kalia Yang's From the Tops of the Trees

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
Cover of Where Wonder Grows by Xelena González

30. Where Wonder Grows

By: Xelena González

4.00

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A children’s picture book about a grandmother bonding with her granddaughters as she teaches them h… read more

Similar categories in Xelena González's Where Wonder Grows book and Kao Kalia Yang's From the Tops of the Trees

  • cultural
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
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31. Kapaemahu

By: Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu

4.42

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

An Indigenous legend about how four extraordinary individuals of dual male and female spirit, or Ma… read more

Similar categories in Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu's Kapaemahu book and Kao Kalia Yang's From the Tops of the Trees

  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • history
  • childrens

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