13 Best picture books books like The Secret Kingdom: Nek Chand, a Changing India, and a Hidden World of Art by Barb Rosenstock

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The Secret Kingdom: Nek Chand, a Changing India, and a Hidden World of Art

By: Barb Rosenstock

4.24

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

The incredible story of the world's largest visionary environment: the Rock Garden of Chandigarh, k…

If you liked the picture books plot in The Secret Kingdom: Nek Chand, a Changing India, and a Hidden World of Art by Barb Rosenstock , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. On the Far Side of the Mountain (Mountain, #2)

By: Jean Craighead George

3.77

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Two years ago, Sam ran away from New York City to live in the Catskill Mountains. Now his younger s… read more

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  • childrens

2. 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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3. My Side of the Mountain (Mountain, #1)

By: Jean Craighead George

2.57

Format: None pages, Paperback

Terribly unhappy in his family's crowded New York City apartment, Sam Gribley runs away to the soli… read more

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4. 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

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile
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5. The Lost Library

By: Rebecca Stead

4.14

Format: 215 pages, Hardcover

A little free library guarded by a cat and a boy who takes on the mystery it keeps. When a myst… read more

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  • childrens
  • juvenile
"But aren’t “parents"

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"That delicious book smell, his heart said."

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"Being a Great Reader means feeling something about books."

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"Head high, my dear! Eyes up! Take your place in the world!"

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

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6. The Puppets of Spelhorst

By: Kate DiCamillo

4.19

Format: 149 pages, Hardcover

From master storyteller Kate DiCamillo comes an original fairy tale—with enchanting illustrations b… read more

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  • childrens
  • juvenile
"The moon has no master," said the owl. "The moon is its own king." "Or queen," said the girl. The moon rose higher."

-Kate DiCamillo, The Puppets of Spelhorst

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7. The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

By: Nicholas Day

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A propulsive work of narrative nonfiction about how the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre, how t… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • childrens
"Leonard da Vinci had painted the Mona Lisa. But Vincenzo Perugia had turned it into The Mona Lisa."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"The Lourve, he concluded, with an insult designed to puncture French pride, "is less well protected than a Spanish museum."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"If the Mona Lisa is the most famous face in art history, Les Demoiselles is a hatchet thrown at it. It's not a pretty painting. Its brutal and uncomfortable."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"Word of his midnight activities gets out. 'The pope has found out that I have skinned three corpses,' Leonardo writes in his notebook. He gets off easy. He's simply told: please stop skinning corpses."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

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8. Love in the Library

By: Maggie Tokuda-Hall

4.47

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Set in an internment camp where the United States cruelly detained Japanese Americans during WWII a… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Tokuda-Hall's Love in the Library book and Barb Rosenstock's The Secret Kingdom: Nek Chand, a Changing India, and a Hidden World of Art

  • picture books
  • childrens
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9. If I Was a Horse

By: Sophie Blackall

3.79

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

In her funniest book yet, two-time Caldecott Medalist Sophie Blackall captures the astonishing spec… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile
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10. Dasher

By: Matt Tavares

4.19

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From the celebrated creator of Red and Lulu comes the story of a brave little doe who meets Santa a… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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11. 100 Mighty Dragons All Named Broccoli

By: David LaRochelle

4.19

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

"A nonstop dragon party . . . Irresistible." —Publishers Weekly This wacky counting adventure by G… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile
Cover of Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava, #1) by Roshani Chokshi

12. Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava, #1)

By: Roshani Chokshi

4.09

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Aru Shah has a tendency to stretch the truth in order to fit in at school. While he… read more

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  • childrens
"It is not failure to fail."

-Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava, #1)

"Words had their own power."

-Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava, #1)

"Love looked different to everyone."

-Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava, #1)

"The world had a tendency to trick people."

-Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava, #1)

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13. The Breadwinner: A Graphic Novel

By: Deborah Ellis

3.84

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

This beautiful graphic-novel adaptation of The Breadwinner animated film tells the story of eleven-… read more

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14. What You Need to Be Warm

By: Neil Gaiman

4.20

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

During the coldest season, when the world feels scary—what do you remember about being warm? Baked … read more

Similar categories in Neil Gaiman's What You Need to Be Warm book and Barb Rosenstock's The Secret Kingdom: Nek Chand, a Changing India, and a Hidden World of Art

  • art
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • juvenile
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15. 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

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  • art
  • picture books
  • childrens
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16. Grandma Gatewood Hikes the Appalachian Trail: A Picture Book Biography

By: Jennifer Thermes

4.34

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Critically acclaimed artist Jennifer Thermes’s picture book Grandma Gatewood Hikes the Appalachian … read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Thermes's Grandma Gatewood Hikes the Appalachian Trail: A Picture Book Biography book and Barb Rosenstock's The Secret Kingdom: Nek Chand, a Changing India, and a Hidden World of Art

  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
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17. Lubna and Pebble

By: Wendy Meddour

4.47

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

In an unforgettable story that subtly addresses the refugee crisis, a young girl must decide if fri… read more

Similar categories in Wendy Meddour's Lubna and Pebble book and Barb Rosenstock's The Secret Kingdom: Nek Chand, a Changing India, and a Hidden World of Art

  • cultural
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of The Secret Kingdom: Nek Chand, a Changing India, and a Hidden World of Art by Barb Rosenstock

18. The Secret Kingdom: Nek Chand, a Changing India, and a Hidden World of Art

By: Barb Rosenstock

4.24

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

The incredible story of the world's largest visionary environment: the Rock Garden of Chandigarh, k… read more

Similar categories in Barb Rosenstock's The Secret Kingdom: Nek Chand, a Changing India, and a Hidden World of Art book and Barb Rosenstock's The Secret Kingdom: Nek Chand, a Changing India, and a Hidden World of Art

  • cultural
  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • asia
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • india
  • juvenile
Cover of Tomfoolery!: Randolph Caldecott and the Rambunctious Coming-of-Age of Children's Books by Michelle Markel

19. 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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  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • juvenile
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20. The Spaceman

By: Randy Cecil

4.20

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Lovingly illustrated, this wry and gentle fantasy will speak to adults as well as children—and cast… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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21. Moth and Wasp, Soil and Ocean: Remembering Chinese Scientist Pu Zhelong's Work for Sustainable Farming (Tilbury House Nature Books)

By: Sigrid Schmalzer

4.40

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

“The first time I saw a scientist in my village was also the first time I saw a wasp hatch out of a… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • biography
  • childrens

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