29 must-read picture books books like Out into the Big Wide Lake by Paul Harbridge

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Out into the Big Wide Lake

By: Paul Harbridge

4.00

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

An empowering and necessary picture book about a young girl with Down syndrome who gains confidence…

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1. Creepy Carrots!

By: None , Peter Brown

4.29

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The Twilight Zone comes to the carrot patch in this clever picture book parable about a rabbit who … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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2. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, #1)

By: Judi Barrett , Ron Barrett

4.18

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

An imaginative story of amazing food weather that inspired the hit movie, Cloudy with a Chance of M… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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3. The Rough-Face Girl

By: Rafe Martin , David Shannon

4.10

Format: None pages, Paperback

This moving adaptation of the classic children's story Cinderella tells how a disfigured Algonquin … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens

4. The Great Pasta Escape

By: Miranda Paul , None

3.89

Format: 202 pages, Hardcover

Join a ragtag group of pasta as they complete the greatest escape of their lives in this hilarious … read more

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5. I Will Take a Nap! (Elephant & Piggie, #23)

By: Mo Willems

3.83

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Gerald is careful. Piggie is not. Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can. Gerald worries so that Pi… read more

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6. Knight Owl (The Knight Owl Series, 1)

By: Christopher Denise

4.51

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A Caldecott Honor Winner and  New York Times  Bestseller!  A determined Owl builds strength and … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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7. 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

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  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
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8. We Don't Eat Our Classmates (Penelope Rex, #1)

By: Ryan T. Higgins

4.51

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Penelope the dinosaur starts school, but it’s hard to make friends when her classmates are so delic… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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9. Love Makes a Garden Grow

By: Taeeun Yoo

4.20

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling illustrator of Strictly No Elephants comes a sweetly personal and stunningly i… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
Cover of We Don't Lose Our Class Goldfish (Penelope Rex, #3) by Ryan T.  Higgins

10. We Don't Lose Our Class Goldfish (Penelope Rex, #3)

By: Ryan T. Higgins

4.30

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Penelope Rex faces her biggest (and fishiest) fear in this companion to the #1 New York Times best-… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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11. Luli and the Language of Tea

By: Andrea Wang

4.45

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Though they may speak different languages, kids from all over the world come together to enjoy the … read more

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  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
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12. Ten Ways to Hear Snow

By: Cathy Camper

4.22

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A snowy day, a trip to Grandma's, time spent cooking with one another, and space to pause and disco… read more

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  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
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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

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
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14. What We'll Build: Plans for Our Together Future

By: Oliver Jeffers

4.16

Format: 42 pages, Hardcover

What shall we build, you and I? We'll build a watch to keep our time. I'll build your future and… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
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15. Out of a Jar

By: Deborah Marcero

4.41

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

This highly anticipated follow-up to the critically acclaimed and bestselling picture book In a Jar… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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16. Nina: A Story of Nina Simone

By: Traci N. Todd

4.50

Format: 56 pages, Hardcover

This picture book biography tells the story of little Eunice who grew up to become the acclaimed si… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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17. Big Truck, Little Island

By: Chris Van Dusen

4.08

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

That big truck is stuck! How will the island residents get where they’re going? A tale of community… read more

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  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • transport
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18. In a Jar

By: Deborah Marcero

4.37

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Llewellyn, a little rabbit, is a collector. He gathers things in jars--ordinary things like butterc… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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19. Rain Before Rainbows

By: Smriti Prasadam-Halls

4.36

Format: 32 pages, Kindle Edition

In this heartfelt story about courage, change, and moving on, a girl and her companion fox travel t… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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20. Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera

By: Candace Fleming

4.54

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Get up close and personal with Apis, one honeybee, as she embarks on her journey through life, comp… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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21. Mushroom Rain

By: Laura K. Zimmermann

4.37

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

What can smell like bubble gum, glow neon green at night, be poisonous and yet still eaten by human… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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22. Be a Maker

By: Katey Howes

4.23

Format: 32 pages, ebook

How many things can you make in a day? A tower, a friend, a change? Rhyme, repetition, and a few se… read more

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  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
"Ask yourself this question in the morning when you wake: in a world of possibilities, today, what will you make?"

-Katey Howes, Be a Maker

"Ask yourself this question as the sun begins to fade: in a day of making choices, are you proud of what you made?"

-Katey Howes, Be a Maker

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23. Amy Wu and the Patchwork Dragon

By: Kat Zhang

4.19

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

In this sweet and brightly illustrated picture book, Amy Wu must craft a dragon unlike any other to… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
Cover of Out into the Big Wide Lake by Paul Harbridge

24. Out into the Big Wide Lake

By: Paul Harbridge

4.00

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

An empowering and necessary picture book about a young girl with Down syndrome who gains confidence… read more

Similar categories in Paul Harbridge's Out into the Big Wide Lake book and Paul Harbridge's Out into the Big Wide Lake

  • childrens
  • canada
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • family
  • transport
  • disability
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25. Up and Adam

By: Debbie Zapata

4.30

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A winning, uplifting story about a boy with Down syndrome who helps his neighbors in the aftermath … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • disability
Cover of Anzu the Great Kaiju (Anzu the Great Kaiju, 1) by Benson Shum

26. Anzu the Great Kaiju (Anzu the Great Kaiju, 1)

By: Benson Shum

4.27

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

An adorable picture book about a tiny monster with a big heart trying to follow in his family's foo… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
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27. Martina Has Too Many Tías

By: Emma Otheguy

3.69

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

A quiet girl overwhelmed by her rambunctious family finds a magical land of solitude only to discov… read more

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  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
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28. Rainbow Shopping

By: Qing Zhuang

4.10

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Sharing a delicious meal helps a child feel loved in this heartfelt tribute to Chinatown and spendi… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
Cover of Tofu Takes Time by Helen H. Wu

29. Tofu Takes Time

By: Helen H. Wu

4.30

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Homemade tofu is good, and good things take time. CLICK CLACK WHIRRRR . . . Lin and her grandma… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
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30. Just Like Grandma

By: Kim Rogers

4.36

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

In this lyrical picture book by Kim Rogers (Wichita), with illustrations by Boston Globe-Horn Book … read more

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  • family
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • canada
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31. Home for A While

By: Lauren Kerstein

4.44

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

"Ultimately, the book is as much a model for foster parents as it is a story to provide validation … read more

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  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family

29 Top childrens books like Out into the Big Wide Lake by Paul Harbridge

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Creepy Carrots!

None , Peter Brown

4.29

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Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, #1)

Judi Barrett , Ron Barrett

4.18

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The Rough-Face Girl

Rafe Martin , David Shannon

4.10

Transform Your Habits

Knight Owl (The Knight Owl Series, 1)

Christopher Denise

4.51

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Big

Vashti Harrison

4.66

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Hot Dog

Doug Salati

4.29

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Christopher Denise

4.51

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Berry Song

Michaela Goade

4.43

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