13 Top realistic fiction books like Everything in Its Place: A Story of Books and Belonging by Pauline David-Sax

Cover of Everything in Its Place: A Story of Books and Belonging by Pauline David-Sax

Everything in Its Place: A Story of Books and Belonging

By: Pauline David-Sax

4.31

Format: 40 pages, Library Binding

An inspiring and poetic story about reading, libraries, and overcoming shyness to find community. …

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in Everything in Its Place: A Story of Books and Belonging by Pauline David-Sax , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of Big by Vashti Harrison

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 Pauline David-Sax's Everything in Its Place: A Story of Books and Belonging

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • emotion
  • 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 Pauline David-Sax's Everything in Its Place: A Story of Books and Belonging

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • fiction
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3. 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 Pauline David-Sax's Everything in Its Place: A Story of Books and Belonging

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of A Library by Nikki Giovanni

4. A Library

By: Nikki Giovanni

4.28

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

In this lyrical picture book, world-renowned poet, New York Times bestselling author, and Coretta S… read more

Similar categories in Nikki Giovanni's A Library book and Pauline David-Sax's Everything in Its Place: A Story of Books and Belonging

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • books about books
  • juvenile
Cover of Luli and the Language of Tea by Andrea Wang

5. Luli and the Language of Tea

By: Andrea Wang

4.45

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Though they may speak different languages, kids from all over the world come together to enjoy the … read more

Similar categories in Andrea Wang's Luli and the Language of Tea book and Pauline David-Sax's Everything in Its Place: A Story of Books and Belonging

  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • fiction
Cover of Standing in the Need of Prayer: A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual by Carole Boston Weatherford

6. 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 Pauline David-Sax's Everything in Its Place: A Story of Books and Belonging

  • poetry
  • picture books
  • childrens
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7. 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 Pauline David-Sax's Everything in Its Place: A Story of Books and Belonging

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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8. The Three Billy Goats Gruff

By: Mac Barnett

4.34

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Once there was a bridge and a terrible and VERY hungry troll lived underneath it. When the three Bi… read more

Similar categories in Mac Barnett's The Three Billy Goats Gruff book and Pauline David-Sax's Everything in Its Place: A Story of Books and Belonging

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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9. Dark on Light

By: Dianne White

3.89

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

As the sun sets, three siblings discover nature’s nighttime beauty in this soothingly rhythmic and … read more

Similar categories in Dianne White's Dark on Light book and Pauline David-Sax's Everything in Its Place: A Story of Books and Belonging

  • poetry
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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10. Gibberish

By: Young Vo

4.40

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

It's Dat's first day of school in a new country! Dat and his Mah made a long journey to get here, a… read more

Similar categories in Young Vo's Gibberish book and Pauline David-Sax's Everything in Its Place: A Story of Books and Belonging

  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • fiction
Cover of Chester Keene Cracks the Code by Kekla Magoon

11. Chester Keene Cracks the Code

By: Kekla Magoon

3.86

Format: 293 pages, Hardcover

Cracking the code isn't all it's cracked up to be in this scavenger hunt adventure from a Coretta S… read more

Similar categories in Kekla Magoon's Chester Keene Cracks the Code book and Pauline David-Sax's Everything in Its Place: A Story of Books and Belonging

  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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12. Cookies & Milk

By: Shawn Amos

4.04

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

It’s a summer of family, friendship, and fun fiascos in this semi-autobiographical novel that’s as … read more

Similar categories in Shawn Amos's Cookies & Milk book and Pauline David-Sax's Everything in Its Place: A Story of Books and Belonging

  • childrens
Cover of Aven Green, Sleuthing Machine (Aven Green, #1) by Dusti Bowling

13. Aven Green, Sleuthing Machine (Aven Green, #1)

By: Dusti Bowling

3.93

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Third-grader Aven Green has been solving mysteries for a whole month—cracking such cases as The Mys… read more

Similar categories in Dusti Bowling's Aven Green, Sleuthing Machine (Aven Green, #1) book and Pauline David-Sax's Everything in Its Place: A Story of Books and Belonging

  • realistic fiction
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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14. Evergreen

By: Matthew Cordell

4.30

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A picture book by Caldecott medal winner Matt Cordell about a timid squirrel who makes a brave jour… read more

Similar categories in Matthew Cordell's Evergreen book and Pauline David-Sax's Everything in Its Place: A Story of Books and Belonging

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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15. The Best of Iggy (Iggy, #1)

By: Annie Barrows

3.72

Format: None pages, ebook

FROM THE 'NEW YORK TIMES' BEST-SELLING AUTHOR OF 'IVY + BEAN' COMES A HILARIOUS NEW MIDDLE GRADE SE… read more

Similar categories in Annie Barrows's The Best of Iggy (Iggy, #1) book and Pauline David-Sax's Everything in Its Place: A Story of Books and Belonging

  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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16. Big Truck, Little Island

By: Chris Van Dusen

4.08

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

That big truck is stuck! How will the island residents get where they’re going? A tale of community… read more

Similar categories in Chris Van Dusen's Big Truck, Little Island book and Pauline David-Sax's Everything in Its Place: A Story of Books and Belonging

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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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

Similar categories in David Bowles's My Two Border Towns book and Pauline David-Sax's Everything in Its Place: A Story of Books and Belonging

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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18. Beneath

By: Cori Doerrfeld

4.42

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

In this stunning story from New York Times bestselling creator Cori Doerrfeld, a child and their gr… read more

Similar categories in Cori Doerrfeld's Beneath book and Pauline David-Sax's Everything in Its Place: A Story of Books and Belonging

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • emotion
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19. Once Upon a Book

By: Grace Lin

4.21

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From Caldecott and Newbery Honoree Grace Lin and bestselling author Kate Messner comes a modern fol… read more

Similar categories in Grace Lin's Once Upon a Book book and Pauline David-Sax's Everything in Its Place: A Story of Books and Belonging

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • books about books
  • juvenile
Cover of The Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London's Poop Pollution Problem by Colleen Paeff

20. The Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London's Poop Pollution Problem

By: Colleen Paeff

4.35

Format: None pages, None

Discover the true story about the determined engineer who fixed London’s pollution problem in this … read more

Similar categories in Colleen Paeff's The Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London's Poop Pollution Problem book and Pauline David-Sax's Everything in Its Place: A Story of Books and Belonging

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile
Cover of Everything in Its Place: A Story of Books and Belonging by Pauline David-Sax

21. Everything in Its Place: A Story of Books and Belonging

By: Pauline David-Sax

4.31

Format: 40 pages, Library Binding

An inspiring and poetic story about reading, libraries, and overcoming shyness to find community. … read more

Similar categories in Pauline David-Sax's Everything in Its Place: A Story of Books and Belonging book and Pauline David-Sax's Everything in Its Place: A Story of Books and Belonging

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • school
  • juvenile
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • emotion
  • books about books
Cover of Patchwork by Matt de la Peña

22. Patchwork

By: Matt de la Peña

4.20

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

From a Newbery Medal-winning author and a New York Times bestselling illustrator comes a deeply mov… read more

Similar categories in Matt de la Peña's Patchwork book and Pauline David-Sax's Everything in Its Place: A Story of Books and Belonging

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • emotion
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 Pauline David-Sax's Everything in Its Place: A Story of Books and Belonging

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

24. 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 Pauline David-Sax's Everything in Its Place: A Story of Books and Belonging

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

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 Pauline David-Sax's Everything in Its Place: A Story of Books and Belonging

  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Anybody Here Seen Frenchie? by Leslie Connor

26. Anybody Here Seen Frenchie?

By: Leslie Connor

4.16

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A big-hearted, beautiful, and funny novel told from multiple viewpoints about neurodiversity, frien… read more

Similar categories in Leslie Connor's Anybody Here Seen Frenchie? book and Pauline David-Sax's Everything in Its Place: A Story of Books and Belonging

  • realistic fiction
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of Anglerfish: The Seadevil of the Deep by Elaine M. Alexander

27. Anglerfish: The Seadevil of the Deep

By: Elaine M. Alexander

4.20

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Deep in the darkest part of the ocean, visit a primordial, fierce-toothed fish that draws in prey w… read more

Similar categories in Elaine M. Alexander's Anglerfish: The Seadevil of the Deep book and Pauline David-Sax's Everything in Its Place: A Story of Books and Belonging

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of The Sweetest Scoop: Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Revolution by Lisa     Robinson

28. The Sweetest Scoop: Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Revolution

By: Lisa Robinson

4.22

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A biography of the entrepreneurial, activist duo behind Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream, and their rocky ro… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Robinson's The Sweetest Scoop: Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Revolution book and Pauline David-Sax's Everything in Its Place: A Story of Books and Belonging

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile
Cover of Fauja Singh Keeps Going: The True Story of the Oldest Person to Ever Run a Marathon by Simrat Jeet Singh

29. Fauja Singh Keeps Going: The True Story of the Oldest Person to Ever Run a Marathon

By: Simrat Jeet Singh

4.53

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

The inspiring true story of Fauja Singh, who broke world records to become the first one hundred-ye… read more

Similar categories in Simrat Jeet Singh's Fauja Singh Keeps Going: The True Story of the Oldest Person to Ever Run a Marathon book and Pauline David-Sax's Everything in Its Place: A Story of Books and Belonging

  • picture books
  • childrens
"Doctors couldn't figure out why I had trouble walking as a child, nor could they figure out why I was able to begin walking and, eventually, running. I think of it as a reminder that all of our bodie…"

-Simrat Jeet Singh, Fauja Singh Keeps Going: The True Story of the Oldest Person to Ever Run a Marathon

Cover of Yoshi's Big Swim: One Turtle's Epic Journey Home by Mary Wagley Copp

30. Yoshi's Big Swim: One Turtle's Epic Journey Home

By: Mary Wagley Copp

4.38

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Yoshi’s Big Swim chronicles the impressive true story of Yoshi, a loggerhead turtle who was rescued… read more

Similar categories in Mary Wagley Copp's Yoshi's Big Swim: One Turtle's Epic Journey Home book and Pauline David-Sax's Everything in Its Place: A Story of Books and Belonging

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Ducks Overboard!: A True Story of Plastic in Our Oceans by Markus Motum

31. Ducks Overboard!: A True Story of Plastic in Our Oceans

By: Markus Motum

4.17

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Eco facts come to light as a plastic duck narrates this beautifully illustrated true story of thous… read more

Similar categories in Markus Motum's Ducks Overboard!: A True Story of Plastic in Our Oceans book and Pauline David-Sax's Everything in Its Place: A Story of Books and Belonging

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile

21 must-read fiction books like Everything in Its Place: A Story of Books and Belonging by Pauline David-Sax

Transform Your Habits

Big

Vashti Harrison

4.66

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Hot Dog

Doug Salati

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Berry Song

Michaela Goade

4.43

Transform Your Habits

A Library

Nikki Giovanni

4.28

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Transform Your Habits

Big

Vashti Harrison

4.66

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Hot Dog

Doug Salati

4.29

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Knight Owl (The Knight Owl Series, 1)

Christopher Denise

4.51

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Berry Song

Michaela Goade

4.43

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