25 must-read fiction books like Curls by Ruth Forman

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Curls

By: Ruth Forman

3.80

Format: 26 pages, Board book

A joyfully poetic board book that delivers an ode to African American girls and the beauty of their…

If you liked the fiction plot in Curls by Ruth Forman , here is a list of 25 books like this:

Cover of Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney

1. Llama Llama Red Pajama

By: Anna Dewdney

4.30

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Llama, Llama red pajama waiting, waiting for his mama. Mama isn’t coming yet. Baby Llama starts … read more

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  • poetry
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • kids
  • storytime
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2. Dr. Seuss's ABC: An Amazing Alphabet Book!

By: Dr. Seuss

4.25

Format: None pages, Board Book

From Aunt Annie's Alligator to Zizzer-Zazzer-Zuzz, this sturdy board book version of Dr. Seuss's AB… read more

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  • poetry
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • kids

3. Doggies: A Counting and Barking Book

By: Sandra Boynton

4.31

Format: 517 pages,

Count - and bark - with a fun pack of pups in this Sandra Boynton classic. Serious silliness for al… read more

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4. The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog!

By: Mo Willems

4.32

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

When Pigeon finds a delicious hot dog, he can hardly wait to shove the entire thing in his beak. Bu… read more

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5. Hop On Pop

By: Dr. Seuss

3.44

Format: 326 pages, Paperback

This charming book introduces young children to words that rhyme, such as Hop and Pop, Cup and Pup,… read more

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6. Where's Spot?

By: Eric Hill

3.24

Format: 324 pages,

When Where's Spot? was published in 1980, children all over America took Eric Hill's lovable puppy … read more

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7. I Love You to the Moon and Back

By: Tim Warnes , Amelia Hepworth

4.56

Format: 28 pages, Board book

The sun rises, and a bear and cub begin their day together. They splash in the water, climb mountai… read more

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  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • kids
  • storytime
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8. 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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  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • african american
  • storytime
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9. Hot Dog

By: Doug Salati

4.29

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From a critically acclaimed creator comes this summery picture book featuring an overheated--and ov… read more

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  • poetry
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • storytime
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10. 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
  • fiction
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11. Sulwe

By: Lupita Nyong'o

4.66

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times bestseller! From Academy Award–winning actress Lupita Nyong’o comes a powerful,… read more

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  • cultural
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • african american
"Mama asked, "What is your name?" "Sulwe," she muttered. "And what doe sit mean?" "Star," Sulwe whispered. "Brightness is not in your skin, my love. Brightness is just who you are. As for beauty," Mam…"

-Lupita Nyong'o, Sulwe

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12. Wash Day Diaries

By: Jamila Rowser

4.35

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

From writer Jamila Rowser and artist Robyn Smith comes a captivating graphic novel love letter to t… read more

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  • fiction
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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

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  • poetry
  • african american
  • picture books
  • childrens
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14. 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

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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15. We Dream of Space

By: Erin Entrada Kelly

4.12

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

It's January 1986. The launch of the Challenger is just weeks away, and Cash, Fitch, and Bird Nelso… read more

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  • childrens
  • fiction
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16. Frizzy

By: Claribel A. Ortega

4.48

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A middle grade graphic novel about Marlene, a young girl who stops straightening her hair and embra… read more

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  • childrens
  • fiction
"We learn things from our parents, who learn things from their parents, who learned that from their parents. It doesn't make those things okay to believe..."

-Claribel A. Ortega, Frizzy

Cover of I'll Love You Till the Cows Come Home by Kathryn Cristaldi

17. I'll Love You Till the Cows Come Home

By: Kathryn Cristaldi

4.35

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

I will love you till the cows come home from a trip to Mars through skies unknown, in a rocket ship… read more

Similar categories in Kathryn Cristaldi's I'll Love You Till the Cows Come Home book and Ruth Forman's Curls

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • storytime
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18. 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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  • poetry
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • storytime
"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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19. 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

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  • cultural
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • african american
  • storytime
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20. Fox at Night (My First I Can Read)

By: Corey R. Tabor

4.09

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

In his next I Can Read adventure, Fox overcomes his fear of monsters when he meets real nocturnal a… read more

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  • storytime
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams by Daniel Nayeri

21. The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams

By: Daniel Nayeri

3.96

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A new all-ages adventure tale from Printz Medal Winner, Daniel Nayeri This is the tale of an exciti… read more

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  • childrens
  • fiction
"He had betrayed God and wanted to hide from him, the way children hide, sitting in the open and covering their eyes."

-Daniel Nayeri, The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams

"To everyone we love we give a knife. The knife is shaped to pass through the bones of our chests like a key in a lock. Nothing else can cut our hearts so deeply."

-Daniel Nayeri, The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams

"Wouldn't it be nice if love was always around us like life and death? Wouldn't it be nice if love was inevitable like the other two? That you could be sure you'd find someone to love and love you in …"

-Daniel Nayeri, The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams

Cover of I Am Enough by Grace Byers

22. I Am Enough

By: Grace Byers

4.34

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

I Am Enough is the picture book everyone needs This is a gorgeous, lyrical ode to loving who you… read more

Similar categories in Grace Byers's I Am Enough book and Ruth Forman's Curls

  • poetry
  • cultural
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • african american
  • storytime
Cover of Your Name Is a Song by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow

23. Your Name Is a Song

By: Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow

4.56

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Frustrated by a day full of teachers and classmates mispronouncing her beautiful name, a little gir… read more

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  • cultural
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • african american
Cover of Dog Man: Grime and Punishment (Dog Man, #9) by Dav Pilkey

24. Dog Man: Grime and Punishment (Dog Man, #9)

By: Dav Pilkey

4.53

Format: 240 pages, Library Binding

The mayor has had enough of Dog Man's shenanigans in the ninth book from worldwide bestselling auth… read more

Similar categories in Dav Pilkey's Dog Man: Grime and Punishment (Dog Man, #9) book and Ruth Forman's Curls

  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Crayons' Book of Feelings by Drew Daywalt

25. The Crayons' Book of Feelings

By: Drew Daywalt

3.63

Format: 22 pages, Board book

The crayons are back in this board book all about feelings from the creators of the #1 New York Tim… read more

Similar categories in Drew Daywalt's The Crayons' Book of Feelings book and Ruth Forman's Curls

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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26. Amy Wu and the Patchwork Dragon

By: Kat Zhang

4.19

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

In this sweet and brightly illustrated picture book, Amy Wu must craft a dragon unlike any other to… read more

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  • cultural
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • storytime
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27. The Octopus Escapes

By: Maile Meloy

3.99

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From a New York Times bestselling author comes this poignant, lyrical tale about nature's great esc… read more

Similar categories in Maile Meloy's The Octopus Escapes book and Ruth Forman's Curls

  • storytime
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Where Wonder Grows by Xelena González

28. Where Wonder Grows

By: Xelena González

4.00

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A children’s picture book about a grandmother bonding with her granddaughters as she teaches them h… read more

Similar categories in Xelena González's Where Wonder Grows book and Ruth Forman's Curls

  • cultural
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Curls by Ruth Forman

29. Curls

By: Ruth Forman

3.80

Format: 26 pages, Board book

A joyfully poetic board book that delivers an ode to African American girls and the beauty of their… read more

Similar categories in Ruth Forman's Curls book and Ruth Forman's Curls

  • poetry
  • cultural
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • kids
  • african american
  • storytime
Cover of Salat in Secret by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow

30. Salat in Secret

By: Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow

4.55

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From the critically acclaimed author of Your Name Is a Song and the bestselling illustrator of The … read more

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  • cultural
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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31. Brown Sugar Baby

By: Kevin Lewis

4.00

Format: 22 pages, Board Book

Tumbly! Giggly! Squirmy! Wiggly! What a yummy-tummy baby you are! This poetic read-aloud cele… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Lewis's Brown Sugar Baby book and Ruth Forman's Curls

  • african american
  • picture books
  • childrens

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