25 must-read picture books books like Sometimes People March by Tessa Allen

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Sometimes People March

By: Tessa Allen

4.38

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

With a spare, inspiring text and gorgeous watercolor illustrations, this is a timeless and importan…

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Cover of You Hold Me Up by Monique Gray Smith, Danielle Daniel

1. You Hold Me Up

By: Monique Gray Smith , Danielle Daniel

4.12

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

This vibrant picture book, beautifully illustrated by celebrated artist Danielle Daniel, encourages… read more

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  • cultural
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Ida, Always by Charles Santoso, Caron Levis

2. Ida, Always

By: Charles Santoso , Caron Levis

4.49

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Gus lives in a big park in the middle of an even bigger city, and he spends his days with Ida. Ida … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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3. The Farmer and the Clown (The Farmer Books)

By: Marla Frazee

4.19

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Whimsical and touching images tell the story of an unexpected friendship and the revelations it ins… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Still a Family: A Story about Homelessness by Brenda Reeves Sturgis, Jo-Shin Lee

4. Still a Family: A Story about Homelessness

By: Brenda Reeves Sturgis , Jo-Shin Lee

4.00

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A little girl and her parents have lost their home and must live in a homeless shelter. Even worse,… read more

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  • social justice
  • social issues
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of The One Day House by Julia Durango, Bianca Diaz

5. The One Day House

By: Julia Durango , Bianca Diaz

4.20

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Wilson dreams of all the ways he can help improve his friend Gigi’s house so that she’ll be warm, c… read more

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  • cultural
  • picture books
  • childrens
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6. My New Mom & Me

By: Renata Galindo

4.03

Format: 166 pages, ebook

Here is a heartwarming and completely accessible story about adoption, diversity, and acceptance. T… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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7. Oh No, George!

By: Chris Haughton

4.48

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Bold, hilarious artwork captures the innocent charm of affable George, a dog who is trying to be go… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens

8. Maddi's Fridge

By: Vin Vogel , None

4.06

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Winner of: 2014 Christopher Award, Books for Young People 2014 ILA Primary Fiction Award 2015 MLA M… read more

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9. My Heart Fills with Happiness

By: Julie Flett , Monique Gray Smith

3.80

Format: 8 pages, Board Book

The sun on your face. The smell of warm bannock baking in the oven. Holding the hand of someone you… read more

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10. Thanking the Moon: Celebrating the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival

By: Grace Lin

4.12

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

This simple, young, and satisfying story follows a Chinese American family as they celebrate the Mi… read more

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11. Death Is Stupid

By: Anastasia Higginbotham

4.04

Format: 176 pages,

"What an incredible gift this book will be for countless children. Having it fifty-plus years ago w… read more

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12. Boy + Bot

By: Dan Yaccarino , Ame Dyckman

3.61

Format: 231 pages, Hardcover

One day, a boy and a robot meet in the woods. They play. They have fun. But when Bot gets switched … read more

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13. Big Red Lollipop

By: Sophie Blackall , Rukhsana Khan

4.09

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Rubina has been invited to her first birthday party, and her mother, Ami, insists that she bring he… read more

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14. 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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  • cultural
  • picture books
  • childrens
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15. 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 Tessa Allen's Sometimes People March

  • historical
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré by Anika Aldamuy Denise

16. Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré

By: Anika Aldamuy Denise

4.43

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Follow la vida y legado of Pura Belpré, the first Puerto Rican librarian in New York City. When … read more

Similar categories in Anika Aldamuy Denise's Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré book and Tessa Allen's Sometimes People March

  • cultural
  • history
  • childrens
  • historical
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
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17. Dreamers

By: Yuyi Morales

4.43

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Yuyi Morales tells her own immigration story in this picture-book tribute to the transformative pow… read more

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  • cultural
  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Change Sings: a Children's Anthem by Amanda Gorman

18. Change Sings: a Children's Anthem

By: Amanda Gorman

4.56

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A lyrical picture book debut from Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman and illustrator Loren Long … read more

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  • cultural
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • social justice
  • activism
"I can hear change humming In its loudest, proudest song. I don’t fear change coming, And so I sing along."

-Amanda Gorman, Change Sings: a Children's Anthem

"I hum with a hundred hearts, Each of us lifting a hand. I use my strengths and my smarts, Take a knee to make a stand."

-Amanda Gorman, Change Sings: a Children's Anthem

Cover of You Matter by Christian Robinson

19. You Matter

By: Christian Robinson

4.15

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

They All Saw a Cat meets The Important Book in this sensitive and impactful picture book about seei… read more

Similar categories in Christian Robinson's You Matter book and Tessa Allen's Sometimes People March

  • cultural
  • picture books
  • childrens
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20. Drawn Together

By: Minh Lê

4.42

Format: 34 pages, Hardcover

When a young boy visits his grandfather, their lack of a common language leads to confusion, frustr… read more

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  • cultural
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of We All Play by Julie Flett

21. We All Play

By: Julie Flett

4.20

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Animals and kids love to play! This book celebrates diversity and the interconnectedness of nature … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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22. Powwow Day

By: Traci Sorell

4.28

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Eight-year-old River is recovering from illness and can't dance at the powwow this year. Will she e… read more

Similar categories in Traci Sorell's Powwow Day book and Tessa Allen's Sometimes People March

  • cultural
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of The Proudest Blue by Ibtihaj Muhammad

23. The Proudest Blue

By: Ibtihaj Muhammad

4.56

Format: 36 pages, Hardcover

A powerful, vibrantly illustrated story about the first day of school–and two sisters on one’s firs… read more

Similar categories in Ibtihaj Muhammad's The Proudest Blue book and Tessa Allen's Sometimes People March

  • cultural
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry

24. Hair Love

By: Matthew A. Cherry

4.59

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

When mommy is away, it’s up to daddy to do his daughter’s hair in this ode to self-confidence and t… read more

Similar categories in Matthew A. Cherry's Hair Love book and Tessa Allen's Sometimes People March

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

25. 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

Similar categories in Margarita Engle's Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln book and Tessa Allen's Sometimes People March

  • cultural
  • history
  • childrens
  • historical
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
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26. John's Turn

By: Mac Barnett

4.13

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

E. B. White Read-Aloud winner Mac Barnett celebrates individuality in a story told with tenderness … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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27. My Two Border Towns

By: David Bowles

4.28

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A picture book debut by an award-winning author about a boy's life on the U.S.-Mexico border, visit… read more

Similar categories in David Bowles's My Two Border Towns book and Tessa Allen's Sometimes People March

  • cultural
  • social justice
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Room On Our Rock by Kate Temple

28. Room On Our Rock

By: Kate Temple

4.30

Format: 34 pages, Hardcover

Two seals are perched on a rock. When others need shelter, do they share it? Room on Our Rock celeb… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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29. What Riley Wore

By: Elana K. Arnold

4.20

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Gender-creative Riley knows just what to wear for every occasion during a busy week with family and… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • lgbt
Cover of Nine Months: Before a Baby Is Born by Miranda  Paul

30. Nine Months: Before a Baby Is Born

By: Miranda Paul

4.33

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Join a family of three who spend nine whole months waiting, from a frosty winter through a sun-dapp… read more

Similar categories in Miranda Paul's Nine Months: Before a Baby Is Born book and Tessa Allen's Sometimes People March

  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Sometimes People March by Tessa Allen

31. Sometimes People March

By: Tessa Allen

4.38

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

With a spare, inspiring text and gorgeous watercolor illustrations, this is a timeless and importan… read more

Similar categories in Tessa Allen's Sometimes People March book and Tessa Allen's Sometimes People March

  • cultural
  • history
  • childrens
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • activism
  • social issues

25 must-read childrens books like Sometimes People March by Tessa Allen

Transform Your Habits

You Hold Me Up

Monique Gray Smith , Danielle Daniel

4.12

Transform Your Habits

Ida, Always

Charles Santoso , Caron Levis

4.49

Transform Your Habits

The Farmer and the Clown (The Farmer Books)

Marla Frazee

4.19

Transform Your Habits

Still a Family: A Story about Homelessness

Brenda Reeves Sturgis , Jo-Shin Lee

4.00

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14 Best fiction books like You Matter by Christian Robinson

Transform Your Habits

My New Mom & Me

Renata Galindo

4.03

Transform Your Habits

Big

Vashti Harrison

4.66

Transform Your Habits

Milo Imagines the World

Matt de la Peña

4.49

Transform Your Habits

You Matter

Christian Robinson

4.15

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