9 must-read biography books like The Boy Whose Head Was Filled With Stars: A Story About Edwin Hubble by Isabelle Marinov

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The Boy Whose Head Was Filled With Stars: A Story About Edwin Hubble

By: Isabelle Marinov

4.28

Format: 52 pages, Hardcover

This is the story of Edwin Hubble, a boy fascinated by the stars who surmounted many hurdles to fol…

If you liked the biography plot in The Boy Whose Head Was Filled With Stars: A Story About Edwin Hubble by Isabelle Marinov , here is a list of 9 books like this:

1. Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad

By: Kadir Nelson , Ellen Levine

3.57

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A stirring, dramatic story of a slave who mails himself to freedom by a Jane Addams Peace Award-win… read more

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2. Out of the Woods: A True Story of an Unforgettable Event

By: Rebecca Bond

4.23

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

"Inspired by the author's grandfather's experiences living in a lodge in the woods, a story of how … read more

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3. Watercress

By: Andrea Wang

4.53

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Gathering watercress by the side of the road brings a girl closer to her family's Chinese Heritage.… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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4. I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir

By: Malaka Gharib

4.09

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

One part Mari Andrew, one part Marjane Satrapi, I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir is a t… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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5. Stargazing

By: Jen Wang

4.17

Format: 213 pages, Paperback

Moon is everything Christine isn’t. She’s confident, impulsive, artistic . . . and though they both… read more

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  • childrens
  • juvenile
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6. The Gardener of Alcatraz: A True Story

By: Emma Bland Smith

4.39

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A prisoner gardens his way to freedom in this inspiring picture-book biography. When Elliott Miche… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • juvenile
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7. 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

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  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • juvenile
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8. The Librarian of Auschwitz: The Graphic Novel

By: Salva Rubio

4.18

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Based on the experience of real-life Auschwitz prisoner Dita Kraus, this graphic novel tells the in… read more

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9. 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

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  • science
  • history
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • juvenile
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10. Stars of the Night: The Courageous Children of the Czech Kindertransport

By: Caren Stelson

4.47

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

This powerful story is told from the collective perspective of the children who were rescued from C… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • history
  • childrens
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11. Our America: A Photographic History

By: Ken Burns

4.55

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From one of our most treasured filmmakers, a pictorial history of America--a stunning and moving co… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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12. The Boy Whose Head Was Filled With Stars: A Story About Edwin Hubble

By: Isabelle Marinov

4.28

Format: 52 pages, Hardcover

This is the story of Edwin Hubble, a boy fascinated by the stars who surmounted many hurdles to fol… read more

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  • science
  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • astronomy
  • space
  • juvenile
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13. The Legend of Auntie Po

By: Shing Yin Khor

4.06

Format: 290 pages, None

Part historical fiction, part magical realism, and 100 percent adventure. Thirteen-year-old Mei rei… read more

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14. Headstrong Hallie!: The Story of Hallie Morse Daggett, the First Female "Fire Guard"

By: Aimee Bissonette

4.03

Format: 40 pages, ebook

Hallie Morse Daggett loved spending time outdoors, hiking among the tall trees of the forests in Ca… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • science
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15. Tomfoolery!: Randolph Caldecott and the Rambunctious Coming-of-Age of Children's Books

By: Michelle Markel

4.22

Format: 44 pages, Kindle Edition

FIVE STARRED REVIEWS! "Exuberant."―Horn Book Magazine, starred review "Excellent."—Booklist, starre… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • juvenile
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16. Black Beach: A Community, an Oil Spill, and the Origin of Earth Day

By: Shaunna & John Stith

4.11

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

This true story of the first Earth Day - told through the eyes of a fictional child - will inspire … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • science
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17. The Indestructible Tom Crean: Heroic Explorer of the Antarctic

By: Jennifer Thermes

4.31

Format: 56 pages, Hardcover

Heroic Explorer of the Antarctic. At the turn of the twentieth century, Antarctica is the last une… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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18. The Iguanodon's Horn: How Artists and Scientists Put a Dinosaur Back Together Again and Again and Again

By: Sean Rubin

4.46

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Highlighting the role of artists in the scientific process, this crowd-pleasing look at dinosaurs e… read more

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  • history
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of Kate's Light: Kate Walker at Robbins Reef Lighthouse by Elizabeth Spires

19. Kate's Light: Kate Walker at Robbins Reef Lighthouse

By: Elizabeth Spires

4.27

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

The heroic true story of one of the Eastern seaboard's first woman lighthouse keepers, illustrated … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
Cover of Tiny Jumper: How Tiny Broadwick Created the Parachute Rip Cord by Candy Dahl

20. Tiny Jumper: How Tiny Broadwick Created the Parachute Rip Cord

By: Candy Dahl

4.11

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

This thrilling biography tells the story of Tiny Broadwick, the first woman to ever parachute from … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
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21. Seeking an Aurora

By: Elizabeth Pulford

3.77

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

In the quiet of the night, a child’s father bundles them up and shows them the majesty of an aurora… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens

12 Top history books like The Boy Whose Head Was Filled With Stars: A Story About Edwin Hubble by Isabelle Marinov

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The Gardener of Alcatraz: A True Story

Emma Bland Smith

4.39

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Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion

Shannon Stocker

4.50

Transform Your Habits

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

Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond

4.42

Transform Your Habits

Stars of the Night: The Courageous Children of the Czech Kindertransport

Caren Stelson

4.47

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Transform Your Habits

Felicity Learns a Lesson: A School Story (American Girls: Felicity, #2)

Valerie Tripp , Dan Andreasen , Luann Roberts , Keith Skeen , None

3.94

Transform Your Habits

An Old-Fashioned Girl

Louisa May Alcott

4.09

Transform Your Habits

The Velveteen Rabbit

Margery Williams Bianco , William Nicholson

4.30

Transform Your Habits

The Courage of Sarah Noble

Leonard Weisgard , Alice Dalgliesh

3.33

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