27 must-read picture books books like If You Live Here by Kate Gardner

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If You Live Here

By: Kate Gardner

3.71

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A charming, classic picture book that imagines all the different types of places you could live—fro…

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1. Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!

By: Mo Willems

4.33

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

When a bus driver takes a break from his route, a very unlikely volunteer springs up to take his pl… read more

Similar categories in Mo Willems's Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! book and Kate Gardner's If You Live Here

  • picture books
  • storytime
  • fiction
  • childrens
"I bet your mom would let me." -Pigeon, Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus-"

-Mo Willems, Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!

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2. They All Saw a Cat

By: Brendan Wenzel

3.13

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

The cat walked through the world, with its whiskers, ears, and paws . . . In this celebration of ob… read more

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  • picture books
  • storytime
  • fiction
  • childrens

3. Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed

By: Mo Willems

3.86

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Wilbur is different from the other Naked Mole Rats in his Colony, because hewears clothes (and he l… read more

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4. The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog!

By: Mo Willems

4.32

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

When Pigeon finds a delicious hot dog, he can hardly wait to shove the entire thing in his beak. Bu… read more

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5. Should I Share My Ice Cream? (Elephant & Piggie, #15)

By: Mo Willems

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Gerald is careful. Piggie is not. Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can. Gerald worries so that Pi… read more

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6. I Am Not a Chair!

By: Ross Burach

4.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Grab the best seat in the house with this funny, touching picture book about a giraffe who keeps be… read more

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7. 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

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  • picture books
  • storytime
  • fiction
  • childrens
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8. 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
  • storytime
  • fiction
  • childrens
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9. The Pigeon Has to Go to School

By: Mo Willems

4.43

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Una aventura del nostre colom preferit! El divertit i famós personatge de Mo Willems s’enfronta a u… read more

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  • picture books
  • storytime
  • fiction
  • childrens
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10. 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

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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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

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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12. Chester Van Chime Who Forgot How to Rhyme

By: Avery Monsen

4.40

Format: None pages, Unknown Binding

"Chester tries his best to recover his rhyming talent when he suddenly loses the ability that once … read more

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  • picture books
  • storytime
  • fiction
  • childrens
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13. Bathe the Cat

By: Alice B. McGinty

4.36

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Bathe the floor? Sweep the dishes? This riotous romp of a picture book follows a frantic family as … read more

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  • picture books
  • storytime
  • fiction
  • childrens
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14. Lizzy and the Cloud

By: Terry Fan

4.40

Format: 56 pages, Hardcover

The tale of a young girl who cares for her pet cloud as it grows. It’s a little out of fashion t… read more

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  • picture books
  • storytime
  • fiction
  • childrens
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15. Perfectly Pegasus (Not Quite Narwhal and Friends)

By: Jessie Sima

4.24

Format: 42 pages, Hardcover

A lonely pegasus looks for the perfect friend in this sweet and adorable picture book companion to … read more

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  • picture books
  • storytime
  • fiction
  • childrens
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16. Mina

By: Matthew Forsythe

4.12

Format: 68 pages, ebook

From the creator of the acclaimed and beloved Pokko and the Drum comes an emotionally resonant, “ri… read more

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  • picture books
  • storytime
  • fiction
  • childrens
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17. No Nibbling!

By: Beth Ferry

3.73

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times-bestselling author Beth Ferry and illustrator A.N. Kang comes a tale filled wit… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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18. Acorn Was a Little Wild

By: Jen Arena

4.20

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Jory John’s Bad Seed series meets After the Fall by Dan Santat in this charming picture book about … read more

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  • picture books
  • storytime
  • fiction
  • childrens
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19. 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

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  • picture books
  • storytime
  • fiction
  • childrens
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20. 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

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  • picture books
  • storytime
  • fiction
  • childrens
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21. Somewhere in the Bayou

By: Jerome Pumphrey

3.91

Format: 56 pages, Hardcover

Simple, subtle, and drolly funny, the Pumphrey brothers’ newest picture book is a layered explorati… read more

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  • picture books
  • storytime
  • fiction
  • childrens
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22. 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

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  • picture books
  • storytime
  • fiction
  • childrens
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23. The Blur

By: Minh Lê

4.31

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Meet a child with superhero-like abilities . . . and the parents who are racing to keep up with her… read more

Similar categories in Minh Lê's The Blur book and Kate Gardner's If You Live Here

  • picture books
  • storytime
  • fiction
  • childrens
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24. If You Live Here

By: Kate Gardner

3.71

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A charming, classic picture book that imagines all the different types of places you could live—fro… read more

Similar categories in Kate Gardner's If You Live Here book and Kate Gardner's If You Live Here

  • picture books
  • storytime
  • fiction
  • childrens
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25. Nour's Secret Library

By: Wafa' Tarnowska

4.35

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Forced to take shelter when their Syrian city is plagued with bombings, young Nour and her cousin b… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
"When we read, we see the world through others’ eyes. Our differences seem smaller, and the divisions that lead to war can break down."

-Wafa' Tarnowska, Nour's Secret Library

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26. Oona and the Shark (Oona, 2)

By: Kelly DiPucchio

4.02

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

The big sea's littlest mischief-maker, Oona, is back in another delightful tale from New York Times… read more

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  • picture books
  • storytime
  • fiction
  • childrens
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27. Little Houses

By: Kevin Henkes

3.88

Format: 40 pages, Library Binding

When a young girl visits her grandparents at the beach, she stays in a little house and walks along… read more

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  • picture books
  • storytime
  • fiction
  • childrens
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28. A Good Place

By: Lucy Cousins

4.05

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From the creator of Maisy, a joyful picture book with a gentle environmental message finds four ins… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Cousins's A Good Place book and Kate Gardner's If You Live Here

  • picture books
  • storytime
  • fiction
  • childrens
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29. Me and Ms. Too

By: Laura Ruby

4.12

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

National Book Award finalist Laura Ruby and New York Times-bestselling illustrator Dung Ho bring us… read more

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  • picture books
  • storytime
  • fiction
  • childrens
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30. The Stack

By: Vanessa Roeder

3.60

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From the creator of The Box Turtle comes a clever and stunningly illustrated bedtime story about do… read more

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  • picture books
  • storytime
  • fiction
  • childrens
Cover of Dress-Up Day: A Picture Book by Blanca Gómez

31. Dress-Up Day: A Picture Book

By: Blanca Gómez

3.88

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

After missing her class costume party, a girl decides she doesn’t need an excuse to dress up in thi… read more

Similar categories in Blanca Gómez's Dress-Up Day: A Picture Book book and Kate Gardner's If You Live Here

  • picture books
  • storytime
  • fiction
  • childrens

26 Top fiction books like If You Live Here by Kate Gardner

Transform Your Habits

Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!

Mo Willems

4.33

Transform Your Habits

They All Saw a Cat

Brendan Wenzel

3.13

Transform Your Habits

Hot Dog

Doug Salati

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Knight Owl (The Knight Owl Series, 1)

Christopher Denise

4.51

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18 Best fiction books like Knight Owl (The Knight Owl Series, 1) by Christopher Denise

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

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Michaela Goade

4.43

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