5 Best emotion books like Maribel's Year by Michelle Sterling

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Maribel's Year

By: Michelle Sterling

4.12

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

New country, new school, new friends. A lot can happen in a single year. But one thing's for cer…

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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 Michelle Sterling's Maribel's Year

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • emotion
  • juvenile
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2. Pretty Ugly

By: David Sedaris

3.55

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

David Sedaris and Ian Falconer make a spectacular splash with this tale of a monster turned ugly—st… read more

Similar categories in David Sedaris's Pretty Ugly book and Michelle Sterling's Maribel's Year

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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3. 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 Michelle Sterling's Maribel's Year

  • poetry
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Simon and the Better Bone by Corey R. Tabor

4. Simon and the Better Bone

By: Corey R. Tabor

4.32

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Using the same innovative format as his Caldecott Honor winner, Mel Fell, Corey R. Tabor reimagines… read more

Similar categories in Corey R. Tabor's Simon and the Better Bone book and Michelle Sterling's Maribel's Year

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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5. The Truth About Dragons

By: Julie Leung

4.38

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

An unforgettable lyrical picture book that celebrates biracial identity from the award-winning auth… read more

Similar categories in Julie Leung's The Truth About Dragons book and Michelle Sterling's Maribel's Year

  • family
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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6. 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 Michelle Sterling's Maribel's Year

  • poetry
  • picture books
  • childrens
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7. In Every Life

By: Marla Frazee

4.28

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A simple and profound meditation on the many wonders of life from two-time Caldecott Honor recipien… read more

Similar categories in Marla Frazee's In Every Life book and Michelle Sterling's Maribel's Year

  • poetry
  • nature
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • family
  • emotion
  • juvenile
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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 Michelle Sterling's Maribel's Year

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • nature
  • juvenile
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9. How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?

By: Mac Barnett

4.26

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

The beloved, multi-award-winning duo of Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen tackle a perennial question. … read more

Similar categories in Mac Barnett's How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? book and Michelle Sterling's Maribel's Year

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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10. 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 Michelle Sterling's Maribel's Year

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile
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11. 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 Michelle Sterling's Maribel's Year

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature
  • juvenile
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12. Evergreen

By: Matthew Cordell

4.30

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A picture book by Caldecott medal winner Matt Cordell about a timid squirrel who makes a brave jour… read more

Similar categories in Matthew Cordell's Evergreen book and Michelle Sterling's Maribel's Year

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • nature
  • juvenile
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13. Do You Remember?

By: Sydney Smith

4.26

Format: 45 pages, Kindle Edition

From the creator of Small in the City and the illustrator of Town Is by the Sea and Sidewalk Flower… read more

Similar categories in Sydney Smith's Do You Remember? book and Michelle Sterling's Maribel's Year

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • family
  • emotion
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14. Nell Plants a Tree

By: Anne Wynter

4.31

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

This gorgeous picture book shows how one little girl’s careful tending of a pecan tree creates the… read more

Similar categories in Anne Wynter's Nell Plants a Tree book and Michelle Sterling's Maribel's Year

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • nature
  • juvenile
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15. A Garden in My Hands

By: Meera Sriram

4.14

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

As a little girls sits patiently, her mother tenderly applies henna designs, sharing family stories… read more

Similar categories in Meera Sriram's A Garden in My Hands book and Michelle Sterling's Maribel's Year

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
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16. Beneath

By: Cori Doerrfeld

4.42

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

In this stunning story from New York Times bestselling creator Cori Doerrfeld, a child and their gr… read more

Similar categories in Cori Doerrfeld's Beneath book and Michelle Sterling's Maribel's Year

  • nature
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • emotion
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17. Once Upon a Book

By: Grace Lin

4.21

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From Caldecott and Newbery Honoree Grace Lin and bestselling author Kate Messner comes a modern fol… read more

Similar categories in Grace Lin's Once Upon a Book book and Michelle Sterling's Maribel's Year

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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18. Nat the Cat Takes a Nap: Ready-to-Read Pre-Level 1

By: Jarrett Lerner

4.26

Format: 32 pages, Kindle Edition

From Jarrett Lerner comes a new Pre-Level 1 Ready-to-Read series about a grumpy cat and a long-suff… read more

Similar categories in Jarrett Lerner's Nat the Cat Takes a Nap: Ready-to-Read Pre-Level 1 book and Michelle Sterling's Maribel's Year

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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19. The Tree and the River

By: Aaron Becker

4.31

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

In an alternate past—or possible future—a mighty tree stands on the banks of a winding river, beari… read more

Similar categories in Aaron Becker's The Tree and the River book and Michelle Sterling's Maribel's Year

  • nature
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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20. The Artivist

By: Nikkolas Smith

4.34

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

An inspiring picture book about how children can combine art and activism in their daily lives. "T… read more

Similar categories in Nikkolas Smith's The Artivist book and Michelle Sterling's Maribel's Year

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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21. The Last Stand

By: Antwan Eady

4.40

Format: 24 pages, Hardcover

The author of Nigel and the Moon, delivers a tender intergenerational story inspired by his childho… read more

Similar categories in Antwan Eady's The Last Stand book and Michelle Sterling's Maribel's Year

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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22. 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 Michelle Sterling's Maribel's Year

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
Cover of Maribel's Year by Michelle  Sterling

23. Maribel's Year

By: Michelle Sterling

4.12

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

New country, new school, new friends. A lot can happen in a single year. But one thing's for cer… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Sterling's Maribel's Year book and Michelle Sterling's Maribel's Year

  • poetry
  • nature
  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • family
  • emotion
  • juvenile
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24. Henry, Like Always

By: Jenn Bailey

4.19

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A beginning chapter book series based on the award-winning picture book A Friend for Henry. Henr… read more

Similar categories in Jenn Bailey's Henry, Like Always book and Michelle Sterling's Maribel's Year

  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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25. In the Night Garden

By: Carin Berger

4.07

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A gentle, collage-illustrated bedtime read about the often mysterious and always beautiful experien… read more

Similar categories in Carin Berger's In the Night Garden book and Michelle Sterling's Maribel's Year

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • nature
  • juvenile
Cover of Sari-Sari Summers by Lynnor Bontigao

26. Sari-Sari Summers

By: Lynnor Bontigao

4.28

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

In this love letter to the Philippines (and to grandmothers), a young girl comes up with a brillian… read more

Similar categories in Lynnor Bontigao's Sari-Sari Summers book and Michelle Sterling's Maribel's Year

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
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27. When You Can Swim

By: Jack Wong

4.15

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Picture Book Award A reverent celebration of learning to s… read more

Similar categories in Jack Wong's When You Can Swim book and Michelle Sterling's Maribel's Year

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • nature
  • juvenile
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28. When the Stars Came Home

By: Brittany Luby

4.08

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A heartwarming book from creators of Indigenous and Métis descent about the power of story and trad… read more

Similar categories in Brittany Luby's When the Stars Came Home book and Michelle Sterling's Maribel's Year

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
  • juvenile
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29. My Baba's Garden

By: Jordan Scott

4.35

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

The bond between a child and his grandmother grows as they tend her garden together. A young boy… read more

Similar categories in Jordan Scott's My Baba's Garden book and Michelle Sterling's Maribel's Year

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • nature
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30. Have You Seen My Invisible Dinosaur?

By: Helen Yoon

3.89

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

The tale of a child’s special friend who goes missing after a bath—or does he? Help! This little… read more

Similar categories in Helen Yoon's Have You Seen My Invisible Dinosaur? book and Michelle Sterling's Maribel's Year

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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31. Lolo's Sari-Sari Store

By: Sophia N. Lee

4.13

Format: 40 pages, ebook

A little girl holds lessons learned in her grandfather’s sari-sari store close while adjusting to a… read more

Similar categories in Sophia N. Lee's Lolo's Sari-Sari Store book and Michelle Sterling's Maribel's Year

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile

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3.55

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