21 Best picture books books like Beatrix Potter, Scientist by Lindsay H. Metcalf

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Beatrix Potter, Scientist

By: Lindsay H. Metcalf

4.25

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

BEATRIX POTTER, SCIENTIST, is the first picture-book biography to focus on the author/artist’s scie…

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Cover of The Library by David Small, Sarah Stewart

1. The Library

By: David Small , Sarah Stewart

4.34

Format: 34 pages, Hardcover

Meet an unforgettable bibliophile. Elizabeth Brown doesn't like to play with dolls and she does… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile
Cover of My Father's Dragon (My Father's Dragon, #1) by Ruth Stiles Gannett

2. My Father's Dragon (My Father's Dragon, #1)

By: Ruth Stiles Gannett

3.70

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

Elmer Elevator (narrator's father as a boy) runs away with an old alley cat to rescue a flying baby… read more

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  • childrens
Cover of The Tree Lady: The True Story of How One Tree-Loving Woman Changed a City Forever by Jill McElmurry, H. Joseph Hopkins

3. The Tree Lady: The True Story of How One Tree-Loving Woman Changed a City Forever

By: Jill McElmurry , H. Joseph Hopkins

5.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Unearth the true story of green-thumbed pioneer and activist Kate Sessions, who helped San Diego gr… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
Cover of The Magic School Bus Kicks Up A Storm: A Book About Weather by Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen, Nancy White, Art Ruiz

4. The Magic School Bus Kicks Up A Storm: A Book About Weather

By: Joanna Cole , Bruce Degen , Nancy White , Art Ruiz

3.58

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

A book about weather, from the animated television series on the Learning Channel. read more

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  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • science

5. A Child's Garden of Verses

By: Robert Louis Stevenson , Tasha Tudor

4.00

Format: 139 pages, Hardcover

All the joys and sorrows, fears and fantasies of an imaginative solitary child are brought together… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens

6. If You Take a Mouse to the Movies

By: Laura Joffe Numeroff , Felicia Bond

2.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Mouse celebrates the holidays in this picture book in the beloved #1 New York Times bestselling If … read more

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7. Ox-Cart Man

By: Barbara Cooney , Donald Hall

4.08

Format: 40 pages, Paperback

Winner of the Caldecott Medal (1980) Thus begins a lyrical journey through the days and weeks, t… read more

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  • historical
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile

8. The Man with the Violin

By: Kathy Stinson , Dušan Petričić , None

4.12

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

Who is playing that beautiful music in the subway? And why is nobody listening? This gorgeous pictu… read more

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9. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer)

By: Rick Bunsen , Arkadia

3.99

Format: 284 pages, Hardcover

Written and illustrated by some of the best children's book authors and artist,Little Golden Booksa… read more

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10. John Ronald's Dragons: The Story of J. R. R. Tolkien

By: Eliza Wheeler , Caroline McAlister

3.25

Format: 40 pages,

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11. Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear

By: Sophie Blackall , Lindsay Mattick

4.34

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

Before there was Winnie-the-Pooh, there was a real bear named Winnie. In 1914, during World War I, … read more

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12. Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale (Knuffle Bunny, #1)

By: Mo Willems

4.50

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

Merging expressive cartoon network-esque illustrations with beautiful black and white photographs o… read more

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13. 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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14. Summer Song

By: Kevin Henkes

3.83

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Summer is a song.A green song.Green on green on green.Summer also sings with growing and glowing,ch… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature
  • juvenile
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15. Because

By: Mo Willems

4.31

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Mo Willems, a number one New York Times best-selling author and illustrator, composes a powerful sy… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile
Cover of Eva Evergreen, Semi-Magical Witch (Eva Evergreen, #1) by Julie Abe

16. Eva Evergreen, Semi-Magical Witch (Eva Evergreen, #1)

By: Julie Abe

4.12

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A young witch must pass a coming-of-age quest or risk losing her magic forever.Sometimes all you ne… read more

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  • childrens
"Sometimes all you need is a pinch of magic...."

-Julie Abe, Eva Evergreen, Semi-Magical Witch (Eva Evergreen, #1)

"The afternoon glow danced on the water as the sun slowly dipped below the horizon."

-Julie Abe, Eva Evergreen, Semi-Magical Witch (Eva Evergreen, #1)

"The scent of ink and freshly printed paper swirled invitingly in the air as I followed my parents into the bookshop."

-Julie Abe, Eva Evergreen, Semi-Magical Witch (Eva Evergreen, #1)

"We remember shooting stars for their shine, not the darkness of the night. Trying to wish away grief extinguishes those memories that glow so bright."

-Julie Abe, Eva Evergreen, Semi-Magical Witch (Eva Evergreen, #1)

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17. Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

By: Pedro Martín

4.27

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A poignant, hilarious, and unforgettable graphic memoir about a Mexican-American boy’s family and t… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • childrens
"It was like the driveway at Disneyland but with way more automatic weapons."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

"I like to say that my stories are 100% true 90% of the time. My memory and my heart like to play tricks on each other. The results are what makes my stories."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

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18. Snail Crossing

By: Corey R. Tabor

4.32

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A determined snail. A plump cabbage. A truly epic journey . . . In a book as cheerful and … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature
  • juvenile
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19. Fred Gets Dressed

By: Peter Brown

4.15

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

From a New York Times bestselling author and Caldecott-honor winning artist comes an exuberant illu… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile
Cover of It Began With a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way by Kyo Maclear

20. It Began With a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way

By: Kyo Maclear

4.45

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Gyo Fujikawa's iconic children's books are beloved all over the world. Now it's time for Gyo's stor… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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21. Wonder Walkers

By: Micha Archer

4.19

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Micha Archer's detailed collages give readers an outlook on the splendors of nature. When two cu… read more

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  • childrens
  • nature
  • juvenile
"Is rain the day's tears? Is the moon the world's night light? I wonder. Me too."

-Micha Archer, Wonder Walkers

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22. Room for Everyone

By: Naaz Khan

4.40

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A young boy on a crowded bus discovers that, after some wiggles and giggles, there’s room for every… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln by Margarita Engle

23. Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln

By: Margarita Engle

4.22

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

The story of Teresa Carreño, a child prodigy who played piano for Abraham Lincoln.As a little girl,… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • historical
  • picture books
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion by Shannon Stocker

24. 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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25. Glitch

By: Laura Martin

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A whirlwind adventure about a pair of kids who must break all the rules of time travel. Regan Fi… read more

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  • childrens
"Albert Einstein one said that everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it would spend its whole life believing it's stupid."

-Laura Martin, Glitch

Cover of Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly

26. Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

By: Margot Lee Shetterly

4.44

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden were good at math...really g… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • historical
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of Saving the Countryside: The Story of Beatrix Potter and Peter Rabbit by Linda Elovitz Marshall

27. Saving the Countryside: The Story of Beatrix Potter and Peter Rabbit

By: Linda Elovitz Marshall

4.45

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Through she's universally known as the creator of The Tale of Peter Rabbit, Beatrix Potter did so m… read more

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  • biography
  • childrens
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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • juvenile
Cover of Beatrix Potter, Scientist by Lindsay H. Metcalf

28. Beatrix Potter, Scientist

By: Lindsay H. Metcalf

4.25

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

BEATRIX POTTER, SCIENTIST, is the first picture-book biography to focus on the author/artist’s scie… read more

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  • science
  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • historical
  • picture books
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • juvenile
Cover of Dancing Through Fields of Color: The Story of Helen Frankenthaler by Elizabeth         Brown

29. Dancing Through Fields of Color: The Story of Helen Frankenthaler

By: Elizabeth Brown

4.03

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

They said only men could paint powerful pictures, but Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011) splashed her … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Girl Who Could Fix Anything: Beatrice Shilling, World War II Engineer by Mara Rockliff

30. The Girl Who Could Fix Anything: Beatrice Shilling, World War II Engineer

By: Mara Rockliff

4.26

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

This true story of a woman whose brilliance and mechanical expertise helped Britain win World War I… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • historical
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
Cover of Small Things Mended by Casey W. Robinson

31. Small Things Mended

By: Casey W. Robinson

4.57

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

The healing power of community is tenderly expressed in this picture book for fans of A Sick Day fo… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
"Without the music, it's just a box."

-Casey W. Robinson, Small Things Mended

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5.00

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Kyo Maclear

4.45

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Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln

Margarita Engle

4.22

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4.50

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4.25

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4.30

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Nicholas Day

4.15

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Katherine Marsh

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