14 Top picture books books like Our Flag Was Still There: The True Story of Mary Pickersgill and the Star-Spangled Banner by Jessie Hartland

Cover of Our Flag Was Still There: The True Story of Mary Pickersgill and the Star-Spangled Banner by Jessie Hartland

Our Flag Was Still There: The True Story of Mary Pickersgill and the Star-Spangled Banner

By: Jessie Hartland

4.03

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A Bank Street Best Book of the Year “So much to like about this, including the folk art–style artw…

If you liked the picture books plot in Our Flag Was Still There: The True Story of Mary Pickersgill and the Star-Spangled Banner by Jessie Hartland , here is a list of 14 books like this:

Cover of Imogene's Antlers by David Small

1. Imogene's Antlers

By: David Small

3.09

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The family doctor, the school principal, and even Imogene's know-it-all brother, Norman, fail to re… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Down to the Sea with Mr. Magee by Chris Van Dusen

2. Down to the Sea with Mr. Magee

By: Chris Van Dusen

3.39

Format: 414 pages, Paperback

With enough lunch for three, Mr. Magee and his dog Dee head out to the sea. But what begins as a fu… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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3. Mr. Popper's Penguins

By: Richard Atwater , Florence Atwater , Robert Lawson

3.97

Format: 139 pages, Paperback

The Poppers unexpectedly come into possession of a penguin, then get a penguin from the zoo who mat… read more

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  • childrens

4. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Young Readers Edition

By: William Kamkwamba , Bryan Mealer

3.50

Format: 24 pages, Hardcover

The New York Timesbestselling memoir of the heroic young inventor who brought electricity to his Ma… read more

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5. Love Twelve Miles Long

By: Colin Bootman , Glenda Armand

3.62

Format: 57 pages, Hardcover

It's late at night, and Frederick's mother has traveled twelve miles to visit him. When Frederick a… read more

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6. The Star-Spangled Banner

By: Peter Spier , Francis Scott Key

3.65

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Due to careful research, Spier's artwork depicts "the dawn's early light" and "the rocket's red gla… read more

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7. Me and Momma and Big John

By: William Low , Mara Rockliff

3.75

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Momma is a stonecutter at the cathedral called Big John -- and little John and his sisters can't wa… read more

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8. 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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9. Nothing Else But Miracles

By: Kate Albus

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the author of A Place to Hang the Moon comes a hopeful World War II story about three scrappy … read more

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  • historical
  • childrens
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10. The Year We Learned to Fly

By: Jacqueline Woodson

4.39

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Jacqueline Woodson and Rafael López’s highly anticipated companion to their #1 New York Times bests… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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11. Creepy Crayon!

By: Aaron Reynolds

4.32

Format: 42 pages, Hardcover

A #1 New York Times bestseller! From the team behind the New York Times bestselling Creepy Carro… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • school
Cover of Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up by Abigail Shrier

12. Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

By: Abigail Shrier

4.06

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

In virtually every way that can be measured, Gen Z's mental health is worse than that of previous g… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Children’s and adolescents’ sense of self is still developing. They cannot correct the interpretations or recommendations of a therapist."

-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

"When I agreed with my therapist, I told her so. When I didn’t, we talked about that. And when I felt I needed to move on, I did. Which is to say: I was an adult in therapy. I had swum life’s choppy w…"

-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

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

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

14. 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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  • biography
  • history
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
Cover of Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly

15. 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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  • biography
  • history
  • childrens
  • historical
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
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16. Over and Under the Waves

By: Kate Messner

4.17

Format: 56 pages, Hardcover

Explore the wonders and beauties of the ocean's kelp forests in this latest addition to the acclaim… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Our Flag Was Still There: The True Story of Mary Pickersgill and the Star-Spangled Banner by Jessie Hartland

17. Our Flag Was Still There: The True Story of Mary Pickersgill and the Star-Spangled Banner

By: Jessie Hartland

4.03

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A Bank Street Best Book of the Year “So much to like about this, including the folk art–style artw… read more

Similar categories in Jessie Hartland's Our Flag Was Still There: The True Story of Mary Pickersgill and the Star-Spangled Banner book and Jessie Hartland's Our Flag Was Still There: The True Story of Mary Pickersgill and the Star-Spangled Banner

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • childrens
  • school
  • the united states of america
  • historical
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
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18. The Goose Egg

By: Liz Wong

4.01

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Jumpstart's Read for the Record pick Quackers comes the story of Henrietta the E… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of When Pencil Met Eraser by Karen Kilpatrick

19. When Pencil Met Eraser

By: Karen Kilpatrick

4.04

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Ever wonder why there's a little pink eraser on every pencil? Find out in this picture book that te… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • school
Cover of Dazzlin' Dolly: The Songwriting, Hit-Singing, Guitar-Picking Dolly Parton by Suzanne Slade

20. Dazzlin' Dolly: The Songwriting, Hit-Singing, Guitar-Picking Dolly Parton

By: Suzanne Slade

4.11

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

This inspirational and dazzlin’ story of Dolly Parton—noted singer, songwriter, and humanitarian—fo… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
Cover of Cactus Queen: Minerva Hoyt Establishes Joshua Tree National Park by Lori Alexander

21. Cactus Queen: Minerva Hoyt Establishes Joshua Tree National Park

By: Lori Alexander

4.27

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

How did the Joshua Tree National Park in California come to be? Meet Minerva Hamilton Hoyt, an arti… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction

5 must-read history books like Our Flag Was Still There: The True Story of Mary Pickersgill and the Star-Spangled Banner by Jessie Hartland

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