13 best-selling nonfiction books like Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book by Tonya Bolden

Cover of Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book by Tonya Bolden

Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book

By: Tonya Bolden

4.27

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of Hidden Figures comes a nonfiction picture book about the Green Book, a travel guide…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book by Tonya Bolden , 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 Tonya Bolden's Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book

  • african american
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile
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2. 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 Tonya Bolden's Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile
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3. 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 Tonya Bolden's Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book

  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • juvenile
Cover of An American Story (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner) by Kwame Alexander

4. 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 Tonya Bolden's Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book

  • history
  • childrens
  • historical
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • african american
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5. 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 Tonya Bolden's Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book

  • historical
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile
Cover of Freestyle: A Graphic Novel by Gale Galligan

6. Freestyle: A Graphic Novel

By: Gale Galligan

4.15

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

From New York Times bestselling author Gale Galligan, a fun, high-energy graphic novel about friend… read more

Similar categories in Gale Galligan's Freestyle: A Graphic Novel book and Tonya Bolden's Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book

  • childrens
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7. Powwow Day

By: Traci Sorell

4.28

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Eight-year-old River is recovering from illness and can't dance at the powwow this year. Will she e… read more

Similar categories in Traci Sorell's Powwow Day book and Tonya Bolden's Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book

  • picture books
  • childrens
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8. 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 Tonya Bolden's Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile
Cover of A Land of Books: Dreams of Young Mexihcah Word Painters by Duncan Tonatiuh

9. A Land of Books: Dreams of Young Mexihcah Word Painters

By: Duncan Tonatiuh

4.10

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author-illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh sheds light on the significance of Aztec manuscrip… read more

Similar categories in Duncan Tonatiuh's A Land of Books: Dreams of Young Mexihcah Word Painters book and Tonya Bolden's Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book

  • history
  • childrens
  • historical
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
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10. High Score

By: Destiny Howell

4.20

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Oceans 11 goes to the arcade in this wildly entertaining heist adventure that is perfect for fans o… read more

Similar categories in Destiny Howell's High Score book and Tonya Bolden's Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book

  • juvenile
Cover of Endlessly Ever After: Pick Your Path to Countless Fairy Tale Endings! by Laurel Snyder

11. Endlessly Ever After: Pick Your Path to Countless Fairy Tale Endings!

By: Laurel Snyder

4.37

Format: 92 pages, Hardcover

This funny, original choose-your-path picture book of fractured fairy tales will charm any young fa… read more

Similar categories in Laurel Snyder's Endlessly Ever After: Pick Your Path to Countless Fairy Tale Endings! book and Tonya Bolden's Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book

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

12. 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 Tonya Bolden's Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book

  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • historical
  • picture books
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • african american
  • juvenile
Cover of Jumper: A Day in the Life of a Backyard Jumping Spider by Jessica Lanan

13. Jumper: A Day in the Life of a Backyard Jumping Spider

By: Jessica Lanan

4.40

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A nonfiction story following a day in the life of a backyard jumping spider.What if you were small … read more

Similar categories in Jessica Lanan's Jumper: A Day in the Life of a Backyard Jumping Spider book and Tonya Bolden's Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book

  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile
Cover of Elf Dog and Owl Head by M.T. Anderson

14. Elf Dog and Owl Head

By: M.T. Anderson

3.92

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A Newbery Honor Book A magical adventure about a boy and his dog—or a dog and her boy—and a fore… read more

Similar categories in M.T. Anderson's Elf Dog and Owl Head book and Tonya Bolden's Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book

  • childrens
  • juvenile
Cover of The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza by Mac Barnett

15. The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza

By: Mac Barnett

4.12

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

As seen on The TODAY Show! New York Times bestselling Mac Barnett and Caldecott Honor award-winning… read more

Similar categories in Mac Barnett's The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza book and Tonya Bolden's Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book

  • childrens
Cover of Serwa Boateng's Guide to Vampire Hunting (Serwa Boateng #1) by Roseanne A. Brown

16. Serwa Boateng's Guide to Vampire Hunting (Serwa Boateng #1)

By: Roseanne A. Brown

4.26

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents best-selling YA author Roseanne A. Brown's middle grade d… read more

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Cover of Maizy Chen's Last Chance by Lisa Yee

17. Maizy Chen's Last Chance

By: Lisa Yee

4.29

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to The Golden Palace! Maizy has never been to Last Chance, Minnesota. . . until now. Her… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Yee's Maizy Chen's Last Chance book and Tonya Bolden's Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book

  • historical
  • childrens
  • juvenile
"When you're in a position to help, that means you're in a good place in your own life."

-Lisa Yee, Maizy Chen's Last Chance

"Sometimes people don't know their dreams until they're in it. Other times, their dreams escape them because they are too busy being busy."

-Lisa Yee, Maizy Chen's Last Chance

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

18. 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 Tonya Bolden's Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book

  • history
  • childrens
  • historical
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • juvenile
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19. Hummingbird

By: Natalie Lloyd

4.37

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author Natalie Lloyd returns with her most personal book to date, a story about a girl … read more

Similar categories in Natalie Lloyd's Hummingbird book and Tonya Bolden's Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book

  • childrens
Cover of Falling Short by Ernesto Cisneros

20. Falling Short

By: Ernesto Cisneros

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A novel about two best friends who must rely on each other in unexpected ways. Isaac and Marco a… read more

Similar categories in Ernesto Cisneros's Falling Short book and Tonya Bolden's Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book

  • childrens
  • juvenile
Cover of Simon B. Rhymin' (Simon B. Rhymin', #1) by Dwayne Reed

21. Simon B. Rhymin' (Simon B. Rhymin', #1)

By: Dwayne Reed

4.01

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A humorous and heartwarming bounce-to-the-beat underdog story about a young rapper whose rhymes hel… read more

Similar categories in Dwayne Reed's Simon B. Rhymin' (Simon B. Rhymin', #1) book and Tonya Bolden's Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book

  • african american
  • childrens
  • juvenile
Cover of Shine On, Luz Véliz! by Rebecca Balcárcel

22. Shine On, Luz Véliz!

By: Rebecca Balcárcel

4.28

Format: 276 pages, Hardcover

A beautiful coming-of-age story for fans of Front Desk and Merci Suárez Changes Gears , this book c… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Balcárcel's Shine On, Luz Véliz! book and Tonya Bolden's Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book

  • childrens
  • juvenile
"The self is not discovered, but created."

-Rebecca Balcárcel, Shine On, Luz Véliz!

Cover of Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book by Tonya Bolden

23. Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book

By: Tonya Bolden

4.27

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of Hidden Figures comes a nonfiction picture book about the Green Book, a travel guide… read more

Similar categories in Tonya Bolden's Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book book and Tonya Bolden's Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book

  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • travel
  • historical
  • picture books
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • african american
  • juvenile
Cover of The Universe in You: A Microscopic Journey by Jason Chin

24. The Universe in You: A Microscopic Journey

By: Jason Chin

4.28

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Caldecott Medalist Jason Chin's companion book to the award-winning Your Place in the Universe expl… read more

Similar categories in Jason Chin's The Universe in You: A Microscopic Journey book and Tonya Bolden's Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book

  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Once Upon a Tim (Once Upon a Tim, #1) by Stuart Gibbs

25. Once Upon a Tim (Once Upon a Tim, #1)

By: Stuart Gibbs

3.96

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade series about a peasant boy who wants to be a knight.Tim is just a peasant, but he dr… read more

Similar categories in Stuart Gibbs's Once Upon a Tim (Once Upon a Tim, #1) book and Tonya Bolden's Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book

  • childrens
  • juvenile
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 Tonya Bolden's Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book

  • childrens
  • juvenile
Cover of Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement (Caldecott Honor Book) by Angela Joy

27. 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 Tonya Bolden's Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book

  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • historical
  • picture books
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • african american
Cover of Anglerfish: The Seadevil of the Deep by Elaine M. Alexander

28. 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

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  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Concrete: From the Ground Up by Larissa Theule

29. Concrete: From the Ground Up

By: Larissa Theule

4.05

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A stylish, eye-opening, utterly engaging, and often wry look at one of the marvels of the material … read more

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  • history
  • childrens
  • historical
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
Cover of Fighting for YES!: The Story of Disability Rights Activist Judith Heumann by Maryann Cocca-Leffler

30. Fighting for YES!: The Story of Disability Rights Activist Judith Heumann

By: Maryann Cocca-Leffler

4.38

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

From a very young age, Judy Heumann heard the word NO. When she wanted to attend public school, the… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • juvenile
Cover of Yoshi and the Ocean: A Sea Turtle's Incredible Journey Home by Lindsay  Moore

31. Yoshi and the Ocean: A Sea Turtle's Incredible Journey Home

By: Lindsay Moore

4.37

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

Lindsay Moore, the acclaimed author-illustrator of Sea Bear, chronicles the remarkable true story o… read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Moore's Yoshi and the Ocean: A Sea Turtle's Incredible Journey Home book and Tonya Bolden's Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book

  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile

8 best-selling history books like Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book by Tonya Bolden

Transform Your Habits

An American Story (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner)

Kwame Alexander

4.63

Transform Your Habits

A Land of Books: Dreams of Young Mexihcah Word Painters

Duncan Tonatiuh

4.10

Transform Your Habits

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

Carole Boston Weatherford

4.44

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

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8 Best history books like A Land of Books: Dreams of Young Mexihcah Word Painters by Duncan Tonatiuh

Transform Your Habits

There Was a Party for Langston

Jason Reynolds

4.48

Transform Your Habits

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

Carole Boston Weatherford

4.46

Transform Your Habits

An American Story (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner)

Kwame Alexander

4.63

Transform Your Habits

A Land of Books: Dreams of Young Mexihcah Word Painters

Duncan Tonatiuh

4.10

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