20 must-read juvenile books like Big Dreams, Small Fish by Paula Cohen

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Big Dreams, Small Fish

By: Paula Cohen

4.08

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

In the new country, Shirley and her family all have big dreams. Take the family store: Shirley has …

If you liked the juvenile plot in Big Dreams, Small Fish by Paula Cohen , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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1. Big

By: Vashti Harrison

4.66

Format: 60 pages, Kindle Edition

This deeply moving story shares valuable lessons about fitting in, standing out, and the beauty of … read more

Similar categories in Vashti Harrison's Big book and Paula Cohen's Big Dreams, Small Fish

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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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 Paula Cohen's Big Dreams, Small Fish

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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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

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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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 Paula Cohen's Big Dreams, Small Fish

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • food
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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5. 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

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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6. The Truth About Dragons

By: Julie Leung

4.38

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

An unforgettable lyrical picture book that celebrates biracial identity from the award-winning auth… read more

Similar categories in Julie Leung's The Truth About Dragons book and Paula Cohen's Big Dreams, Small Fish

  • family
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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7. Fox Has a Problem

By: Corey R. Tabor

4.27

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

In his next I Can Read adventure, Fox--the hilarious trickster character featured in Geisel Award w… read more

Similar categories in Corey R. Tabor's Fox Has a Problem book and Paula Cohen's Big Dreams, Small Fish

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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8. 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

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  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • juvenile
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9. Something, Someday

By: Amanda Gorman

4.38

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

The stunning new picture book by presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman and Caldecott Honor-winn… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Gorman's Something, Someday book and Paula Cohen's Big Dreams, Small Fish

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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10. 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 Paula Cohen's Big Dreams, Small Fish

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
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11. 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 Paula Cohen's Big Dreams, Small Fish

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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12. 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 Paula Cohen's Big Dreams, Small Fish

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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13. Big Dreams, Small Fish

By: Paula Cohen

4.08

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

In the new country, Shirley and her family all have big dreams. Take the family store: Shirley has … read more

Similar categories in Paula Cohen's Big Dreams, Small Fish book and Paula Cohen's Big Dreams, Small Fish

  • childrens
  • jewish
  • picture books
  • money
  • religion
  • food
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
Cover of Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion by Shannon Stocker

14. 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 Paula Cohen's Big Dreams, Small Fish

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile
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15. In the Blue

By: Erin Hourigan

4.38

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

An emotional and tender picture book that accessibly explores depression within a family, through t… read more

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  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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16. John's Turn

By: Mac Barnett

4.13

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

E. B. White Read-Aloud winner Mac Barnett celebrates individuality in a story told with tenderness … read more

Similar categories in Mac Barnett's John's Turn book and Paula Cohen's Big Dreams, Small Fish

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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17. Nigel and the Moon

By: Antwan Eady

4.31

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

From debut author Antwan Eady and artist Gracey Zhang comes a glowing tale about the young dreaming… read more

Similar categories in Antwan Eady's Nigel and the Moon book and Paula Cohen's Big Dreams, Small Fish

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of The Fire of Stars: The Life and Brilliance of the Woman Who Discovered What Stars Are Made Of by Kirsten W. Larson

18. The Fire of Stars: The Life and Brilliance of the Woman Who Discovered What Stars Are Made Of

By: Kirsten W. Larson

4.35

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A poetic picture book celebrating the life and scientific discoveries of the groundbreaking astrono… read more

Similar categories in Kirsten W. Larson's The Fire of Stars: The Life and Brilliance of the Woman Who Discovered What Stars Are Made Of book and Paula Cohen's Big Dreams, Small Fish

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile
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

19. 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 Paula Cohen's Big Dreams, Small Fish

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
  • jewish
Cover of A Seed Grows by Antoinette Portis

20. A Seed Grows

By: Antoinette Portis

4.12

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From tiny seed to a huge, fold-out bloom, the transformative life cycle of a sunflower plays out. … read more

Similar categories in Antoinette Portis's A Seed Grows book and Paula Cohen's Big Dreams, Small Fish

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile
Cover of Still This Love Goes On by Buffy Sainte-Marie

21. Still This Love Goes On

By: Buffy Sainte-Marie

4.31

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A love letter to Indigenous communities everywhere, this picture book gorgeously illustrated by Jul… read more

Similar categories in Buffy Sainte-Marie's Still This Love Goes On book and Paula Cohen's Big Dreams, Small Fish

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
Cover of The Talk by Alicia D. Williams

22. 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 Paula Cohen's Big Dreams, Small Fish

  • family
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Big and Small and In-Between by Carter Higgins

23. Big and Small and In-Between

By: Carter Higgins

4.16

Format: 102 pages, Hardcover

You Are (Not) Small meets The Quiet Book in this beautiful compilation of all the little things tha… read more

Similar categories in Carter Higgins's Big and Small and In-Between book and Paula Cohen's Big Dreams, Small Fish

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

24. 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 Paula Cohen's Big Dreams, Small Fish

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Nana, Nenek & Nina by Liza Ferneyhough

25. 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 Paula Cohen's Big Dreams, Small Fish

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of Magic: Once Upon a Faraway Land by Mirelle Ortega

26. Magic: Once Upon a Faraway Land

By: Mirelle Ortega

3.97

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

In her debut as author and illustrator, Mirelle Ortega shares her own story of growing up near her … read more

Similar categories in Mirelle Ortega's Magic: Once Upon a Faraway Land book and Paula Cohen's Big Dreams, Small Fish

  • family
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Me and the Boss: A Story About Mending and Love by Michelle Edwards

27. Me and the Boss: A Story About Mending and Love

By: Michelle Edwards

3.96

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

All the highs and lows of having a bossy, protective, and loving older sibling are depicted in this… read more

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  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of The Coquíes Still Sing: A Story of Home, Hope, and Rebuilding by Karina Nicole Gonzalez

28. The Coquíes Still Sing: A Story of Home, Hope, and Rebuilding

By: Karina Nicole Gonzalez

4.31

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A story about home, community, and hope, inspired by the rebuilding of Puerto Rico following Hurric… read more

Similar categories in Karina Nicole Gonzalez's The Coquíes Still Sing: A Story of Home, Hope, and Rebuilding book and Paula Cohen's Big Dreams, Small Fish

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of Sitting Shiva by Erin Silver

29. Sitting Shiva

By: Erin Silver

4.42

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A little girl grieves the loss of her mother, but she can’t grieve alone. When her friends and f… read more

Similar categories in Erin Silver's Sitting Shiva book and Paula Cohen's Big Dreams, Small Fish

  • childrens
  • jewish
  • picture books
  • religion
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
Cover of Amah Faraway by Margaret Chiu Greanias

30. Amah Faraway

By: Margaret Chiu Greanias

4.29

Format: 30 pages, Hardcover

A story of a child's visit to a grandmother and home far away.Kylie is nervous about visiting her g… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Chiu Greanias's Amah Faraway book and Paula Cohen's Big Dreams, Small Fish

  • family
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of That's Not My Name! by Anoosha Syed

31. That's Not My Name!

By: Anoosha Syed

4.38

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

A debut picture book about loving your name, finding your voice, and standing up for yourself from … read more

Similar categories in Anoosha Syed's That's Not My Name! book and Paula Cohen's Big Dreams, Small Fish

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile

23 must-read fiction books like Big Dreams, Small Fish by Paula Cohen

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Big

Vashti Harrison

4.66

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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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31 Best childrens books like A Seed Grows by Antoinette Portis

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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