31 must-read picture books books like Magnolia Flower by Zora Neale Hurston

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Magnolia Flower

By: Zora Neale Hurston

4.15

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From beloved African American folklorist Zora Neale Hurston comes a moving adaptation by National B…

If you liked the picture books plot in Magnolia Flower by Zora Neale Hurston , here is a list of 31 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 Zora Neale Hurston's Magnolia Flower

  • african american
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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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 Zora Neale Hurston's Magnolia Flower

  • nature
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • 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 Zora Neale Hurston's Magnolia Flower

  • nature
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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4. 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

Similar categories in Joanna Ho's Eyes That Speak to the Stars book and Zora Neale Hurston's Magnolia Flower

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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5. The Year We Learned to Fly

By: Jacqueline Woodson

4.39

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Jacqueline Woodson and Rafael López’s highly anticipated companion to their #1 New York Times bests… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Woodson's The Year We Learned to Fly book and Zora Neale Hurston's Magnolia Flower

  • african american
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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6. Finding My Dance

By: Ria Thundercloud

4.38

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

In her debut picture book, professional Indigenous dancer Ria Thundercloud tells the true story of … read more

Similar categories in Ria Thundercloud's Finding My Dance book and Zora Neale Hurston's Magnolia Flower

  • picture books
  • childrens
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7. 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 Zora Neale Hurston's Magnolia Flower

  • historical
  • african american
  • picture books
  • childrens
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8. 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

Similar categories in Maggie Tokuda-Hall's Love in the Library book and Zora Neale Hurston's Magnolia Flower

  • romance
  • love
  • childrens
  • historical
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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9. 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 Zora Neale Hurston's Magnolia Flower

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • african american
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10. 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 Zora Neale Hurston's Magnolia Flower

  • childrens
  • historical
  • picture books
  • social justice
  • african american
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11. An American Story (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner)

By: Kwame Alexander

4.63

Format: 56 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times Bestselling and award-winning author  of  The Undefeated , Kwame Alexander, pens … read more

Similar categories in Kwame Alexander's An American Story (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner) book and Zora Neale Hurston's Magnolia Flower

  • childrens
  • historical
  • picture books
  • social justice
  • african american
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12. The World Belonged to Us

By: Jacqueline Woodson

4.47

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Two children's book superstars join forces to celebrate the joy and freedom of summer in the city, … read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Woodson's The World Belonged to Us book and Zora Neale Hurston's Magnolia Flower

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • african american
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13. 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 Zora Neale Hurston's Magnolia Flower

  • childrens
  • historical
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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14. 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 Zora Neale Hurston's Magnolia Flower

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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15. 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 Zora Neale Hurston's Magnolia Flower

  • african american
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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16. 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 Zora Neale Hurston's Magnolia Flower

  • nature
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee by Carole Boston Weatherford

17. How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee

By: Carole Boston Weatherford

4.44

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book From a multi-award-winning pair comes a deeply affecting … read more

Similar categories in Carole Boston Weatherford's How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee book and Zora Neale Hurston's Magnolia Flower

  • childrens
  • historical
  • picture books
  • social justice
  • african american
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18. Keepunumuk: Weeâchumun's Thanksgiving Story

By: Danielle Greendeer

4.36

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

In this Wampanoag story told in a Native tradition, two kids from the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe learn… read more

Similar categories in Danielle Greendeer's Keepunumuk: Weeâchumun's Thanksgiving Story book and Zora Neale Hurston's Magnolia Flower

  • historical
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond

19. Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky

By: Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond

4.42

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Discover a world of creativity and tradition in this fascinating picture book that explores the his… read more

Similar categories in Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond's Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky book and Zora Neale Hurston's Magnolia Flower

  • historical
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature
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20. I Don't Care

By: Julie Fogliano

4.12

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times bestselling author and two Caldecott Honorees share their delight in the little th… read more

Similar categories in Julie Fogliano's I Don't Care book and Zora Neale Hurston's Magnolia Flower

  • love
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of All Rise: The Story of Ketanji Brown Jackson by Carole Boston Weatherford

21. All Rise: The Story of Ketanji Brown Jackson

By: Carole Boston Weatherford

4.20

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court, is an inspiration and r… read more

Similar categories in Carole Boston Weatherford's All Rise: The Story of Ketanji Brown Jackson book and Zora Neale Hurston's Magnolia Flower

  • african american
  • picture books
  • childrens
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22. Jovita Wore Pants

By: Aida Salazar

4.20

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Scholastic/Levine has acquired Aida Salazar's debut picture book, Jovita Wore Pants, the story of J… read more

Similar categories in Aida Salazar's Jovita Wore Pants book and Zora Neale Hurston's Magnolia Flower

  • historical
  • picture books
  • childrens
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23. Magnolia Flower

By: Zora Neale Hurston

4.15

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From beloved African American folklorist Zora Neale Hurston comes a moving adaptation by National B… read more

Similar categories in Zora Neale Hurston's Magnolia Flower book and Zora Neale Hurston's Magnolia Flower

  • romance
  • love
  • childrens
  • historical
  • picture books
  • social justice
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • african american
  • nature
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24. My Powerful Hair: A Picture Book

By: Carole Lindstrom

4.57

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning and bestselling author of We Are Water Protectors comes an empowering pictur… read more

Similar categories in Carole Lindstrom's My Powerful Hair: A Picture Book book and Zora Neale Hurston's Magnolia Flower

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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25. 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 Zora Neale Hurston's Magnolia Flower

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

26. 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 Zora Neale Hurston's Magnolia Flower

  • love
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature
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27. 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 Zora Neale Hurston's Magnolia Flower

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

28. 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 Zora Neale Hurston's Magnolia Flower

  • childrens
  • historical
  • picture books
  • social justice
  • african american
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29. We Are Here (An All Because You Matter Book)

By: Tami Charles

4.24

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

An empowering follow-up to New York Times bestselling picture book All Because You Matter that cele… read more

Similar categories in Tami Charles's We Are Here (An All Because You Matter Book) book and Zora Neale Hurston's Magnolia Flower

  • childrens
  • historical
  • picture books
  • social justice
  • african american
Cover of Stacey's Remarkable Books (The Stacey Stories) by Stacey Abrams

30. Stacey's Remarkable Books (The Stacey Stories)

By: Stacey Abrams

4.39

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

The companion to the #1 New York Times bestseller and NAACP Image Award winner Stacey's Extraordina… read more

Similar categories in Stacey Abrams's Stacey's Remarkable Books (The Stacey Stories) book and Zora Neale Hurston's Magnolia Flower

  • african american
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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31. Kapaemahu

By: Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu

4.42

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

An Indigenous legend about how four extraordinary individuals of dual male and female spirit, or Ma… read more

Similar categories in Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu's Kapaemahu book and Zora Neale Hurston's Magnolia Flower

  • picture books
  • childrens

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Vashti Harrison

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4.29

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Berry Song

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Joanna Ho

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Standing in the Need of Prayer: A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual

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Kwame Alexander

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Kao Kalia Yang

4.25

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Shannon Stocker

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