6 Top historical books like Mario and the Hole in the Sky: How a Chemist Saved Our Planet by Elizabeth Rusch

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Mario and the Hole in the Sky: How a Chemist Saved Our Planet

By: Elizabeth Rusch

4.32

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

The true story of how a scientist saved the planet from environmental disaster. Mexican American…

If you liked the historical plot in Mario and the Hole in the Sky: How a Chemist Saved Our Planet by Elizabeth Rusch , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. Good Night, Gorilla

By: Peggy Rathmann

4.23

Format: 32 pages, Board book

A must-have board book for all babies.Good night, Gorilla.Good night, Elephant. It's bedtime at the… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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2. Frog and Toad Together (Frog and Toad, #2)

By: Arnold Lobel

4.25

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

Frog and Toad are best friends—they do everything together. When Toad admires the flowers in Frog's… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
"I cannot remember any of the things that were on my list of things to do. I will just have to sit here and do nothing,"

-Arnold Lobel, Frog and Toad Together (Frog and Toad, #2)

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3. The Stars Are Fire

By: Anita Shreve

4.20

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

In October 1947, after a summer-long drought, fires break out all along the Maine coast from Bar Ha… read more

Similar categories in Anita Shreve's The Stars Are Fire book and Elizabeth Rusch's Mario and the Hole in the Sky: How a Chemist Saved Our Planet

  • historical
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4. Frindle

By: Brian Selznick , Andrew Clements

3.69

Format: 88 pages,

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Similar categories in Brian Selznick's Frindle book and Elizabeth Rusch's Mario and the Hole in the Sky: How a Chemist Saved Our Planet

  • childrens

5. If You Give a Pig a Pancake

By: Laura Joffe Numeroff , Felicia Bond

2.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

When it comes to children's books, it's hard to beat the bestselling team of author Laura Numeroff … read more

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6. Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library

By: Eric Velásquez , Carole Boston Weatherford

3.96

Format: 433 pages, Hardcover

In luminous paintings and arresting poems, two of children's literature's top African-American scho… read more

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7. Frog and Toad Are Friends (Frog and Toad, #1)

By: Arnold Lobel

4.48

Format: None pages, Paperback

Celebrate the power of friendship with Frog and Toad--a Caldecott Honor Book! From writing letters … read more

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8. Rosie Revere, Engineer

By: David Roberts , Andrea Beaty

4.34

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

Rosie may seem quiet during the day, but at night she's a brilliant inventor of gizmos and gadgets … read more

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9. Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 2

By: James Tynion IV

4.26

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Erica Slaughter may have slain the monster terrorizing the small Wisconsin town of Archer’s Peak, b… read more

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10. Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 3

By: James Tynion IV

4.29

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

As the House of Slaughter arrives to clean up the situation by any means necessary, Erica will find… read more

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11. Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 4

By: James Tynion IV

4.45

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

The origin of Erica Slaughter, monster hunter, is revealed in this volume of the Eisner Award-nomin… read more

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12. Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 5

By: James Tynion IV

4.33

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Erica Slaughter strikes out on her own in the bestselling, award-winning series! After a year si… read more

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13. 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 Elizabeth Rusch's Mario and the Hole in the Sky: How a Chemist Saved Our Planet

  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • historical
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
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14. Red, White, and Whole

By: Rajani LaRocca

4.43

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An #ownvoices novel in verse about an Indian American girl whose life is turned upside down when he… read more

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  • historical
  • childrens
"What does the sky do when the moon is gone forever?"

-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole

"We say goodbye to Amma. I am empty. I’ve been watching and saying goodbye for months."

-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole

"« We say goodbye to Amma. I am empty. I’ve been watching and saying goodbye for months. »"

-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole

"Her face is as bright as a full moon, always gentle, always changing, but predictable. Like our moon, she only shows us one face. The strong one."

-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole

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15. We Are Water Protectors: (Caldecott Medal Winner)

By: Carole Lindstrom

4.51

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by the many Indigenous-led movements across North America, We Are Water Protectors issues … read more

Similar categories in Carole Lindstrom's We Are Water Protectors: (Caldecott Medal Winner) book and Elizabeth Rusch's Mario and the Hole in the Sky: How a Chemist Saved Our Planet

  • nature
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • environment
Cover of Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer by Traci Sorell

16. Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer

By: Traci Sorell

4.12

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Mary Golda Ross designed classified airplanes and spacecraft as Lockheed Aircraft Corporation's fir… read more

Similar categories in Traci Sorell's Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer book and Elizabeth Rusch's Mario and the Hole in the Sky: How a Chemist Saved Our Planet

  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • science
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17. Bitch: On the Female of the Species

By: Lucy Cooke

4.45

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A fierce, funny, and revolutionary look at the queens of the animal kingdom. Studying zoology m… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • nature
  • science
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18. 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

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  • historical
  • picture books
  • childrens
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19. 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 Mario and the Hole in the Sky: How a Chemist Saved Our Planet by Elizabeth Rusch

20. Mario and the Hole in the Sky: How a Chemist Saved Our Planet

By: Elizabeth Rusch

4.32

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

The true story of how a scientist saved the planet from environmental disaster. Mexican American… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Rusch's Mario and the Hole in the Sky: How a Chemist Saved Our Planet book and Elizabeth Rusch's Mario and the Hole in the Sky: How a Chemist Saved Our Planet

  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • historical
  • picture books
  • chemistry
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • nature
  • science
Cover of The Grift: The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans from the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump by Clay Cane

21. The Grift: The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans from the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump

By: Clay Cane

4.23

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Part history and part cultural analysis, The Grift chronicles the nuanced history of Black Republic… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history

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