25 best-selling childrens books like Owls Are Good at Keeping Secrets: An Unusual Alphabet by Sara O'Leary

Cover of Owls Are Good at Keeping Secrets: An Unusual Alphabet by Sara O'Leary

Owls Are Good at Keeping Secrets: An Unusual Alphabet

By: Sara O'Leary

3.95

Format: 34 pages, Hardcover

A delightful book of curious, little-known “facts” about animals—one for each letter of the alphabe…

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Cover of If You Plant a Seed by Kadir Nelson

1. If You Plant a Seed

By: Kadir Nelson

3.80

Format: 184 pages, Hardcover

Kadir Nelson, acclaimed author of Baby Bearand winner of the Caldecott Honor and the Coretta Scott … read more

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  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Islandborn by Junot Díaz, Leo Espinosa

2. Islandborn

By: Junot Díaz , Leo Espinosa

3.77

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize winner Junot Diaz comes a debut picture book abou… read more

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  • family
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction

3. Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker

By: Christian Robinson , Patricia Hruby Powell

3.52

Format: 257 pages, Hardcover

In exuberant verse and stirring pictures, Patricia Hruby Powell and Christian Robinson create an ex… read more

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4. La Princesa and the Pea

By: Susan Middleton Elya , Juana Martinez-Neal

3.75

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

The Princess and the Peagets a fresh twist in this charming bilingual retelling. El principeknows t… read more

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5. A Stone for Sascha

By: Aaron Becker

3.92

Format: 594 pages, Hardcover

A girl grieves the loss of her dog in an achingly beautiful wordless epic from the Caldecott Honor-… read more

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6. A Fairy Friend

By: Claire Keane , Sue Fliess

4.36

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Soar into an enchanting miniature world full of fairies. These playful creatures are all around us,… read more

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7. The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

By: Beth Lincoln

4.06

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

In her family, Shenanigan Swift has always been synonymous with mischief. As Arch-Aunt Schadenfreud… read more

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  • family
  • humor
  • childrens
  • fiction
"According to Arch-Aunt Schadenfreude, a funeral ought to look like a wedding upside down."

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

"A funeral is supposed to be a way to say goodbye. You look inside yourself and find a place to put your grief, not somewhere hidden, not the top shelf or the back of a cupboard, but maybe by a window…"

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

"A collective term is a special name given to a group of animals, like a herd of cows. Many animals have their own strange terms. She knew the collective term for starlings was a murmuration, and the …"

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

"Family was exhausting, and complicated, and everyone was their own person, which meant you had just as much chance of getting along with them as you did any stranger off the street. Just sharing bloo…"

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

Cover of Lights (Sheets, #3) by Brenna Thummler

8. Lights (Sheets, #3)

By: Brenna Thummler

4.27

Format: 366 pages, None

Marjorie, Eliza, and Wendell the ghost are back to uncover the secrets of Wendell’s human life in t… read more

Similar categories in Brenna Thummler's Lights (Sheets, #3) book and Sara O'Leary's Owls Are Good at Keeping Secrets: An Unusual Alphabet

  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Little Wooden Robot and the Log Princess by Tom Gauld

9. The Little Wooden Robot and the Log Princess

By: Tom Gauld

4.30

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

In acclaimed graphic novelist Tom Gauld's first picture book for children, a little wooden robot em… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Chez Bob (Chez Bob, 1) by Bob Shea

10. Chez Bob (Chez Bob, 1)

By: Bob Shea

4.27

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From the hilarious author of Who Wet My Pants?, Unicorn Thinks He's Pretty Great, and the Dinosaur … read more

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  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
Cover of Sacrées Sorcières by Pénélope Bagieu

11. Sacrées Sorcières

By: Pénélope Bagieu

3.96

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Les enfants sont répugnants! Ils puent! Ils empestent! Ils sentent le caca de chien! Rien que d'… read more

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  • fantasy
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Plain Jane and the Mermaid by Vera Brosgol

12. Plain Jane and the Mermaid

By: Vera Brosgol

4.38

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

From Eisner Award winner Vera Brosgol comes an instant classic about courage, confidence, and inner… read more

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  • fantasy
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure
Cover of Séance Tea Party by Reimena Yee

13. Séance Tea Party

By: Reimena Yee

4.25

Format: 272 pages, None

After watching her circle of friends seemingly fade away, Lora is determined to still have fun on h… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"To childhood, and growing up, and growing old, and magic – whatever age we are."

-Reimena Yee, Séance Tea Party

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14. Off-Limits

By: Helen Yoon

4.23

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

For every child who has ever felt that grown-ups have all the fun, here is a vicarious chance to sl… read more

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  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
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15. 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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  • family
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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16. Vampenguin

By: Lucy Ruth Cummins

3.91

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

From the critically acclaimed author and illustrator of A Hungry Lion and Stumpkin comes a charming… read more

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  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
  • family
Cover of Owls Are Good at Keeping Secrets: An Unusual Alphabet by Sara O'Leary

17. Owls Are Good at Keeping Secrets: An Unusual Alphabet

By: Sara O'Leary

3.95

Format: 34 pages, Hardcover

A delightful book of curious, little-known “facts” about animals—one for each letter of the alphabe… read more

Similar categories in Sara O'Leary's Owls Are Good at Keeping Secrets: An Unusual Alphabet book and Sara O'Leary's Owls Are Good at Keeping Secrets: An Unusual Alphabet

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • humor
  • picture books
  • animals
  • cats
  • fiction
  • family
  • space
  • fantasy
Cover of The Queen in the Cave by Júlia Sardà

18. The Queen in the Cave

By: Júlia Sardà

4.10

Format: None pages, Hardcover

It’s a story of three sisters who explore a nearby forest in pursuit of a dream. As they go deeper,… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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19. Rick the Rock of Room 214

By: Julie Falatko

4.01

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Even rocks have big dreams in this sweet and wacky picture book for fans of Aaron Reynolds and Mac … read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • humor
  • picture books
  • fiction
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20. How to Eat a Book

By: Mrs. MacLeod

3.49

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

“Sheila sat down to eat her first book and the strangest thing happened…The book ate HER.”   One by… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • humor
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • family
  • fantasy
"Strange it is, Strange but true, the way to eat a book is to let the book eat you!"

-Mrs. MacLeod, How to Eat a Book

Cover of One Fox: A Counting Book Thriller by Kate Read

21. One Fox: A Counting Book Thriller

By: Kate Read

4.11

Format: 36 pages, Hardcover

Counting from one to ten has never been so thrilling in this Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Honor … read more

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  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
"No hens or foxes were harmed in the making of this book."

-Kate Read, One Fox: A Counting Book Thriller

Cover of Ursula Upside Down by Corey R. Tabor

22. Ursula Upside Down

By: Corey R. Tabor

4.36

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Ursula the catfish finds confidence in seeing the world her own way in another innovative, flipped-… read more

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  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
Cover of Manolo & the Unicorn by Jackie Azúa Kramer

23. Manolo & the Unicorn

By: Jackie Azúa Kramer

4.08

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

A story about seeing and believing wholeheartedly in the extraordinary—unicorns and oneself To Mano… read more

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  • fantasy
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Boo Stew by Donna L. Washington

24. Boo Stew

By: Donna L. Washington

4.16

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A spooky fractured fairy tale with a diverse cast of characters and an imaginative twist on the cla… read more

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  • humor
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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25. The Starkeeper

By: Faith Pray

4.14

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A fallen star and one child's kindness lead to a chain of good works that change her town from a dr… read more

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  • fantasy
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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26. Once Upon A Dragon's Fire

By: Beatrice Blue

4.31

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

By the author of Once Upon a Unicorn Horn, shortlisted for the 2020 Waterstones Children's Book Pri… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Becoming Vanessa by Vanessa Brantley-Newton

27. Becoming Vanessa

By: Vanessa Brantley-Newton

4.06

Format: 40 pages, Library Binding

For readers of Alma and How She Got Her Name and The King of Kindegarten, this story will help kids… read more

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  • family
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Home in a Lunchbox by Cherry Mo

28. Home in a Lunchbox

By: Cherry Mo

4.62

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Cherry Mo's stunning debut is about a young girl who immigrates to America and finds home in an une… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
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29. Sour Apple

By: Linda Liu

3.99

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From the creator of the beloved Hidden Gem comes another irresistibly quirky and hilarious picture … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Rock Stars Don’t Nap by Jason Perkins

30. Rock Stars Don’t Nap

By: Jason Perkins

3.85

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by classic rock songs and eighties hair bands, Rock Stars Don’t Nap is a hilarious bedtime… read more

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  • humor
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
Cover of The Shadow in the Moon: A Tale of the Mid-Autumn Festival by Christina Matula

31. The Shadow in the Moon: A Tale of the Mid-Autumn Festival

By: Christina Matula

3.91

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A unique blend of traditional folklore and contemporary customs brings the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festi… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family

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Kadir Nelson

3.80

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3.77

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4.06

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4.39

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