11 Best history books like Make Meatballs Sing: The Life and Art of Corita Kent by Matthew Burgess

Cover of Make Meatballs Sing: The Life and Art of Corita Kent by Matthew Burgess

Make Meatballs Sing: The Life and Art of Corita Kent

By: Matthew Burgess

4.45

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

Deeply influenced by her religious beliefs and fired up by the social justice causes of her day, ar…

If you liked the history plot in Make Meatballs Sing: The Life and Art of Corita Kent by Matthew Burgess , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of Every Soul a Star by Wendy Mass

1. Every Soul a Star

By: Wendy Mass

4.10

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

And as streams of light fan out behind the darkened sun like the wings of a butterfly, I realize th… read more

Similar categories in Wendy Mass's Every Soul a Star book and Matthew Burgess's Make Meatballs Sing: The Life and Art of Corita Kent

  • childrens
  • juvenile
"You never know, life is short but it’s wide"

-Wendy Mass, Every Soul a Star

"Its a very good book and i wish i read it first than anyone else!!!!"

-Wendy Mass, Every Soul a Star

"Whereever you end up;" Jack whispered into my ear."I wish you clear skies. Always"

-Wendy Mass, Every Soul a Star

"If this could be repeated every day for a year, I would never budge from where I stood."

-Wendy Mass, Every Soul a Star

2. Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines

By: Dow Phumiruk , Jeanne Walker Harvey

4.15

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

As a child, Maya Lin loved to study the spaces around her. She explored the forest in her backyard,… read more

Similar categories in Dow Phumiruk's Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines book and Matthew Burgess's Make Meatballs Sing: The Life and Art of Corita Kent

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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 Matthew Burgess's Make Meatballs Sing: The Life and Art of Corita Kent

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile
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4. No Cats in the Library

By: Lauren Emmons

4.46

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A stray cat follows her love of books all the way to a new library home in this charming debut pict… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Emmons's No Cats in the Library book and Matthew Burgess's Make Meatballs Sing: The Life and Art of Corita Kent

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile
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5. The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale

By: Jon Klassen

4.26

Format: 105 pages, None

Jon Klassen's retelling of a traditional Tyrolean folktale.In a big abandoned house, on a barren hi… read more

Similar categories in Jon Klassen's The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale book and Matthew Burgess's Make Meatballs Sing: The Life and Art of Corita Kent

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile
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6. 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 Matthew Burgess's Make Meatballs Sing: The Life and Art of Corita Kent

  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
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7. Lucky Duck

By: Greg Pizzoli

4.04

Format: 49 pages, Kindle Edition

From Geisel Award-winning author Greg Pizzoli comes a hilarious picture book about a duck who learn… read more

Similar categories in Greg Pizzoli's Lucky Duck book and Matthew Burgess's Make Meatballs Sing: The Life and Art of Corita Kent

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile
Cover of I Want to Be a Vase by Julio  Torres

8. I Want to Be a Vase

By: Julio Torres

3.84

Format: None pages, None

Former SNL writer and comedic rising star Julio Torres takes readers on a journey through the lives… read more

Similar categories in Julio Torres's I Want to Be a Vase book and Matthew Burgess's Make Meatballs Sing: The Life and Art of Corita Kent

  • art
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Seen and Unseen: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams's Photographs Reveal About the Japanese American Incarceration by Elizabeth Partridge

9. Seen and Unseen: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams's Photographs Reveal About the Japanese American Incarceration

By: Elizabeth Partridge

4.53

Format: 132 pages, Hardcover

This important work of nonfiction features powerful images of the Japanese American incarceration c… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Partridge's Seen and Unseen: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams's Photographs Reveal About the Japanese American Incarceration book and Matthew Burgess's Make Meatballs Sing: The Life and Art of Corita Kent

  • art
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • childrens
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10. Farmhouse

By: Sophie Blackall

4.53

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Two-time Caldecott Medalist Sophie Blackall invites readers to peek through windows that shine like… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Blackall's Farmhouse book and Matthew Burgess's Make Meatballs Sing: The Life and Art of Corita Kent

  • art
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile
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11. Mr. S: A First Day of School Book

By: Monica Arnaldo

4.21

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

It was the first day of school. But even the kindergarteners of room 2B could tell something was se… read more

Similar categories in Monica Arnaldo's Mr. S: A First Day of School Book book and Matthew Burgess's Make Meatballs Sing: The Life and Art of Corita Kent

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile
Cover of The Scottish Ladies' Detective Agency (The Scottish Ladies' Detective Agency, #1) by Lydia Travers

12. The Scottish Ladies' Detective Agency (The Scottish Ladies' Detective Agency, #1)

By: Lydia Travers

3.97

Format: 340 pages, Kindle Edition

When Maud McIntyre sets up her own private detective agency, she never imagines her first case will… read more

Similar categories in Lydia Travers's The Scottish Ladies' Detective Agency (The Scottish Ladies' Detective Agency, #1) book and Matthew Burgess's Make Meatballs Sing: The Life and Art of Corita Kent

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13. Tree. Table. Book.

By: Lois Lowry

4.39

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Everyone knows the two Sophies are best friends. One is in elementary school, and one is . . . well… read more

Similar categories in Lois Lowry's Tree. Table. Book. book and Matthew Burgess's Make Meatballs Sing: The Life and Art of Corita Kent

  • childrens
Cover of How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? by Mac Barnett

14. How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?

By: Mac Barnett

4.26

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

The beloved, multi-award-winning duo of Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen tackle a perennial question. … read more

Similar categories in Mac Barnett's How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? book and Matthew Burgess's Make Meatballs Sing: The Life and Art of Corita Kent

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile
Cover of Make Meatballs Sing: The Life and Art of Corita Kent by Matthew Burgess

15. Make Meatballs Sing: The Life and Art of Corita Kent

By: Matthew Burgess

4.45

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

Deeply influenced by her religious beliefs and fired up by the social justice causes of her day, ar… read more

Similar categories in Matthew Burgess's Make Meatballs Sing: The Life and Art of Corita Kent book and Matthew Burgess's Make Meatballs Sing: The Life and Art of Corita Kent

  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • biography memoir
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • activism
  • juvenile
Cover of Pizza!: A Slice of History by Greg Pizzoli

16. Pizza!: A Slice of History

By: Greg Pizzoli

4.24

Format: 56 pages, Hardcover

From Geisel Award-winning author Greg Pizzoli comes a hilarious and mouth-watering history of pizza… read more

Similar categories in Greg Pizzoli's Pizza!: A Slice of History book and Matthew Burgess's Make Meatballs Sing: The Life and Art of Corita Kent

  • history
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • juvenile
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17. Begin Again

By: Oliver Jeffers

4.24

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

A powerful, thoughtful and bold comment on humanity and its future from one of today’s most thought… read more

Similar categories in Oliver Jeffers's Begin Again book and Matthew Burgess's Make Meatballs Sing: The Life and Art of Corita Kent

  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Unbound: The Life and Art of Judith Scott by Joyce Scott

18. Unbound: The Life and Art of Judith Scott

By: Joyce Scott

4.54

Format: 48 pages, Library Binding

A moving and powerful introduction to the life and art of renowned artist, Judith Scott, as told by… read more

Similar categories in Joyce Scott's Unbound: The Life and Art of Judith Scott book and Matthew Burgess's Make Meatballs Sing: The Life and Art of Corita Kent

  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of Go Forth and Tell: The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller by Breanna J. McDaniel

19. Go Forth and Tell: The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller

By: Breanna J. McDaniel

4.41

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

From an award-winning author and illustrator comes this picture book biography about beloved librar… read more

Similar categories in Breanna J. McDaniel's Go Forth and Tell: The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller book and Matthew Burgess's Make Meatballs Sing: The Life and Art of Corita Kent

  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • juvenile
Cover of A Tulip in Winter: A Story about Folk Artist Maud Lewis by Kathy Stinson

20. A Tulip in Winter: A Story about Folk Artist Maud Lewis

By: Kathy Stinson

4.03

Format: 44 pages, Hardcover

A celebration of a beloved folk artist, and her artistic expression of joy and beauty. Known fo… read more

Similar categories in Kathy Stinson's A Tulip in Winter: A Story about Folk Artist Maud Lewis book and Matthew Burgess's Make Meatballs Sing: The Life and Art of Corita Kent

  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Longest Letsgoboy by Derick Wilder

21. The Longest Letsgoboy

By: Derick Wilder

4.50

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey meets Dog Heaven in this profoundly beautiful book about the… read more

Similar categories in Derick Wilder's The Longest Letsgoboy book and Matthew Burgess's Make Meatballs Sing: The Life and Art of Corita Kent

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile
Cover of Sister Corita's Words and Shapes by Jeanette Winter

22. Sister Corita's Words and Shapes

By: Jeanette Winter

3.63

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

From acclaimed picture book creator Jeanette Winter comes the little-known story of Sister Corita, … read more

Similar categories in Jeanette Winter's Sister Corita's Words and Shapes book and Matthew Burgess's Make Meatballs Sing: The Life and Art of Corita Kent

  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • religion
  • nonfiction
Cover of Ablaze with Color: A Story of Painter Alma Thomas by Jeanne Walker Harvey

23. Ablaze with Color: A Story of Painter Alma Thomas

By: Jeanne Walker Harvey

4.30

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Celebrate the life-changing power of art in this inspiring and stunningly illustrated picture book … read more

Similar categories in Jeanne Walker Harvey's Ablaze with Color: A Story of Painter Alma Thomas book and Matthew Burgess's Make Meatballs Sing: The Life and Art of Corita Kent

  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • juvenile
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24. The Squish

By: Breanna Carzoo

3.94

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Meet Sandcastle. Sandcastle’s world was new and exciting until their very first... SQUISH! … read more

Similar categories in Breanna Carzoo's The Squish book and Matthew Burgess's Make Meatballs Sing: The Life and Art of Corita Kent

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Being Home by Traci Sorell

25. Being Home

By: Traci Sorell

4.18

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

From Sibert honor–winning author Traci Sorell and Caldecott Medal–winning artist Michaela Goade com… read more

Similar categories in Traci Sorell's Being Home book and Matthew Burgess's Make Meatballs Sing: The Life and Art of Corita Kent

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of A Life Made by Hand: The Story of Ruth Asawa by Andrea D'Aquino

26. A Life Made by Hand: The Story of Ruth Asawa

By: Andrea D'Aquino

4.05

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Ruth Asawa (1926-2013) was an influential and award-winning sculptor, a beloved figure in the Bay A… read more

Similar categories in Andrea D'Aquino's A Life Made by Hand: The Story of Ruth Asawa book and Matthew Burgess's Make Meatballs Sing: The Life and Art of Corita Kent

  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • juvenile
Cover of Banana by Zoey Abbott

27. Banana

By: Zoey Abbott

3.59

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A quirky and hilarious picture book parable about parental distraction and a daughter's clever solu… read more

Similar categories in Zoey Abbott's Banana book and Matthew Burgess's Make Meatballs Sing: The Life and Art of Corita Kent

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Signs of Hope: The Revolutionary Art of Sister Corita Kent by Mara Rockliff

28. Signs of Hope: The Revolutionary Art of Sister Corita Kent

By: Mara Rockliff

4.15

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A picture book biography of groundbreaking artist, teacher, and Catholic nun Corita Kent from criti… read more

Similar categories in Mara Rockliff's Signs of Hope: The Revolutionary Art of Sister Corita Kent book and Matthew Burgess's Make Meatballs Sing: The Life and Art of Corita Kent

  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of Corita Kent: Ordinary Things Will Be Signs for Us by Julie Ault

29. Corita Kent: Ordinary Things Will Be Signs for Us

By: Julie Ault

4.90

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Corita Kent’s photographs of vernacular inspiration―from street signs and folk art to kites, parade… read more

Similar categories in Julie Ault's Corita Kent: Ordinary Things Will Be Signs for Us book and Matthew Burgess's Make Meatballs Sing: The Life and Art of Corita Kent

  • art
  • nonfiction
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30. Because I'm Your Mom

By: Ahmet Zappa

3.25

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Celebrate the special bond between fun-loving moms and their lucky kids in this tribute from the be… read more

Similar categories in Ahmet Zappa's Because I'm Your Mom book and Matthew Burgess's Make Meatballs Sing: The Life and Art of Corita Kent

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Between Two Worlds: The Art & Life of Amrita Sher-Gil (3) (Amazing Women) by Meera Sriram

31. Between Two Worlds: The Art & Life of Amrita Sher-Gil (3) (Amazing Women)

By: Meera Sriram

4.27

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Amrita Sher-Gil was always making art—as a little girl in Budapest, as a young woman in Northern In… read more

Similar categories in Meera Sriram's Between Two Worlds: The Art & Life of Amrita Sher-Gil (3) (Amazing Women) book and Matthew Burgess's Make Meatballs Sing: The Life and Art of Corita Kent

  • art
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction

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4.10

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4.51

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Lauren Emmons

4.46

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4.66

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4.29

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