19 best-selling picture books books like Tomatoes for Neela by Padma Lakshmi

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Tomatoes for Neela

By: Padma Lakshmi

4.30

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Neela loves cooking with her amma and writing down the recipes in her notebook. It makes her feel c…

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1. Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music

By: Margarita Engle , Rafael López

3.40

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Girls cannot be drummers.Long ago on an island filled with music, no one questioned that rule--unti… read more

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2. Boy + Bot

By: Dan Yaccarino , Ame Dyckman

3.61

Format: 231 pages, Hardcover

One day, a boy and a robot meet in the woods. They play. They have fun. But when Bot gets switched … read more

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3. 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

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  • cultural
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • food
  • fiction
  • family
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4. Sulwe

By: Lupita Nyong'o

4.66

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times bestseller! From Academy Award–winning actress Lupita Nyong’o comes a powerful,… read more

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  • cultural
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
"Mama asked, "What is your name?" "Sulwe," she muttered. "And what doe sit mean?" "Star," Sulwe whispered. "Brightness is not in your skin, my love. Brightness is just who you are. As for beauty," Mam…"

-Lupita Nyong'o, Sulwe

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5. Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story

By: Kevin Noble Maillard

4.42

Format: 42 pages, Hardcover

Fry bread is food. It is warm and delicious, piled high on a plate. Fry bread is time. It brin… read more

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  • cultural
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • cooking
  • food
  • family
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6. 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

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré by Anika Aldamuy Denise

7. Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré

By: Anika Aldamuy Denise

4.43

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Follow la vida y legado of Pura Belpré, the first Puerto Rican librarian in New York City. When … read more

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  • cultural
  • picture books
  • childrens
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8. Mel Fell

By: Corey R. Tabor

4.47

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A tale about self-confidence and taking a leap of faith, starring a kingfisher. Sometimes, you m… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Change Sings: a Children's Anthem by Amanda Gorman

9. Change Sings: a Children's Anthem

By: Amanda Gorman

4.56

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A lyrical picture book debut from Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman and illustrator Loren Long … read more

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  • cultural
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
"I can hear change humming In its loudest, proudest song. I don’t fear change coming, And so I sing along."

-Amanda Gorman, Change Sings: a Children's Anthem

"I hum with a hundred hearts, Each of us lifting a hand. I use my strengths and my smarts, Take a knee to make a stand."

-Amanda Gorman, Change Sings: a Children's Anthem

Cover of We Are Water Protectors: (Caldecott Medal Winner) by Carole Lindstrom

10. We Are Water Protectors: (Caldecott Medal Winner)

By: Carole Lindstrom

4.51

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by the many Indigenous-led movements across North America, We Are Water Protectors issues … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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11. Bodies Are Cool

By: Tyler Feder

4.61

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

This cheerful love-your-body picture book for preschoolers is an exuberant read-aloud with bright a… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Thank You, Omu! (Caldecott Honor Book) by Oge Mora

12. Thank You, Omu! (Caldecott Honor Book)

By: Oge Mora

4.44

Format: 36 pages, Hardcover

A generous woman is rewarded by her community in this remarkable author-illustrator debut that's pe… read more

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  • cultural
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • cooking
  • food
  • fiction
  • family
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13. Powwow Day

By: Traci Sorell

4.28

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Eight-year-old River is recovering from illness and can't dance at the powwow this year. Will she e… read more

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  • cultural
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
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14. The Proudest Blue

By: Ibtihaj Muhammad

4.56

Format: 36 pages, Hardcover

A powerful, vibrantly illustrated story about the first day of school–and two sisters on one’s firs… read more

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  • cultural
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
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15. Tomatoes for Neela

By: Padma Lakshmi

4.30

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Neela loves cooking with her amma and writing down the recipes in her notebook. It makes her feel c… read more

Similar categories in Padma Lakshmi's Tomatoes for Neela book and Padma Lakshmi's Tomatoes for Neela

  • cultural
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • india
  • fiction
  • family
  • kids
Cover of Laxmi's Mooch by Shelly Anand

16. Laxmi's Mooch

By: Shelly Anand

4.31

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A joyful, body-positive picture book about a young Indian American girl's journey to accept her bod… read more

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  • cultural
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • india
  • fiction
  • family
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17. My Two Border Towns

By: David Bowles

4.28

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A picture book debut by an award-winning author about a boy's life on the U.S.-Mexico border, visit… read more

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  • cultural
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
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18. When Lola Visits

By: Michelle Sterling

4.26

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

What does summer mean to you? For one young girl, summer is the season of no school, of days spe… read more

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  • cultural
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • food
  • fiction
  • family
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19. Room On Our Rock

By: Kate Temple

4.30

Format: 34 pages, Hardcover

Two seals are perched on a rock. When others need shelter, do they share it? Room on Our Rock celeb… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of First Laugh--Welcome, Baby! by Rose Ann Tahe

20. First Laugh--Welcome, Baby!

By: Rose Ann Tahe

4.17

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

In Navajo families, the first person to make a new baby laugh hosts the child's First Laugh Ceremon… read more

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  • cultural
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
Cover of V Is for Voting by Kate    Farrell

21. V Is for Voting

By: Kate Farrell

4.18

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

V Is for Voting is an ABC book that introduces progressive families to concepts like social justice… read more

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  • cultural
  • picture books
  • childrens

12 Top fiction books like Tomatoes for Neela by Padma Lakshmi

Transform Your Habits

Watercress

Andrea Wang

4.53

Transform Your Habits

Sulwe

Lupita Nyong'o

4.66

Transform Your Habits

Love in the Library

Maggie Tokuda-Hall

4.47

Transform Your Habits

Mel Fell

Corey R. Tabor

4.47

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19 Best fiction books like Mel Fell by Corey R. Tabor

Transform Your Habits

Big

Vashti Harrison

4.66

Transform Your Habits

Hot Dog

Doug Salati

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Knight Owl (The Knight Owl Series, 1)

Christopher Denise

4.51

Transform Your Habits

Berry Song

Michaela Goade

4.43

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