14 Best picture books books like Nya's Long Walk: A Step at a Time by Linda Sue Park

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Nya's Long Walk: A Step at a Time

By: Linda Sue Park

4.02

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

In South Sudan, where Nya lives, many girls have a hard job: fetching water for their families from…

If you liked the picture books plot in Nya's Long Walk: A Step at a Time by Linda Sue Park , here is a list of 14 books like this:

Cover of If I Built a House by Chris Van Dusen

1. If I Built a House

By: Chris Van Dusen

4.22

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The much-anticipated follow-up to the E. B. White Award-winning picture book If I Built a Car In If… read more

Similar categories in Chris Van Dusen's If I Built a House book and Linda Sue Park's Nya's Long Walk: A Step at a Time

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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2. Uncle Jed's Barbershop

By: James E. Ransome , Margaree King Mitchell

3.98

Format: None pages, Paperback

As the only black barber in a county of sharecroppers during the 1920s, Uncle Jed traveled for mile… read more

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  • cultural
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • family
  • african american

3. One Green Apple

By: Eve Bunting , Ted Lewin

3.98

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Farah feels alone, even when surrounded by her classmates. She listens and nods but doesn't speak. … read more

Similar categories in Eve Bunting's One Green Apple book and Linda Sue Park's Nya's Long Walk: A Step at a Time

  • cultural
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • fiction
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4. 14 Cows for America

By: Thomas Gonzalez , Carmen Agra Deedy , Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah

3.28

Format: 437 pages, Hardcover

In June of 2002, a ceremony begins in a village in western Kenya. Hundreds of Maasai surround an Am… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Gonzalez's 14 Cows for America book and Linda Sue Park's Nya's Long Walk: A Step at a Time

  • cultural
  • africa
  • picture books
  • childrens

5. The Water Princess

By: Peter H. Reynolds , Susan Verde , None

3.38

Format: None pages,

Based on supermodel Georgie Badiel's childhood, a young girl dreams of bringing clean drinking wate… read more

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6. Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match / Marisol McDonald no combina

By: Monica Brown , Sara Palacios

3.62

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"My name is Marisol McDonald, and I don't match. At least, that's what everyone tells me." Marisol … read more

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7. Crow Boy

By: Taro Yashima

4.01

Format: 217 pages, Paperback

"A shy mountain boy in Japan leaves his home at dawn and returns at sunset to go to the village sch… read more

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8. The First Drawing

By: Mordicai Gerstein

3.76

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

Imagine you were born before the invention of drawing, more than thirty thousand years ago. You wou… read more

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9. Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns: A Muslim Book of Colors

By: Hena Khan , Mehrdokht Amini

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Magnificently capturing the colorful world of Islam for the youngest readers, this breathtaking and… read more

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10. The Secret Cave: Discovering Lascaux

By: Emily Arnold McCully

3.62

Format: 57 pages, Hardcover

Jacques, Jojo, Simon, and Marcel were looking for buried treasure when they explored a cave in the … read more

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11. Chik Chak Shabbat

By: Kyrsten Brooker , Mara Rockliff

4.43

Format: 85 pages, Hardcover

Celebrate Shabbat, community, and diverse traditions with this lyrical tale, illustrated with a liv… read more

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12. 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

Similar categories in Vashti Harrison's Big book and Linda Sue Park's Nya's Long Walk: A Step at a Time

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • african american
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13. 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

Similar categories in Andrea Wang's Watercress book and Linda Sue Park's Nya's Long Walk: A Step at a Time

  • cultural
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • family
Cover of Sulwe by Lupita Nyong'o

14. 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
  • family
  • 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

Cover of The 1619 Project: Born on the Water by Nikole Hannah-Jones

15. The 1619 Project: Born on the Water

By: Nikole Hannah-Jones

4.69

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

The 1619 Project’s lyrical picture book in verse chronicles the consequences of slavery and the his… read more

Similar categories in Nikole Hannah-Jones's The 1619 Project: Born on the Water book and Linda Sue Park's Nya's Long Walk: A Step at a Time

  • africa
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • african american
Cover of The Arabic Quilt: An Immigrant Story by Aya Khalil

16. The Arabic Quilt: An Immigrant Story

By: Aya Khalil

4.42

Format: 36 pages, Hardcover

That night, Kanzi wraps herself in the beautiful Arabic quilt her teita (grandma) in Cairo gave her… read more

Similar categories in Aya Khalil's The Arabic Quilt: An Immigrant Story book and Linda Sue Park's Nya's Long Walk: A Step at a Time

  • cultural
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • family
Cover of Opal Lee and What It Means to Be Free: The True Story of the Grandmother of Juneteenth by Alice Faye Duncan

17. Opal Lee and What It Means to Be Free: The True Story of the Grandmother of Juneteenth

By: Alice Faye Duncan

4.31

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Black activist Opal Lee had a vision of Juneteenth as a holiday for everyone. Growing up in Texas, … read more

Similar categories in Alice Faye Duncan's Opal Lee and What It Means to Be Free: The True Story of the Grandmother of Juneteenth book and Linda Sue Park's Nya's Long Walk: A Step at a Time

  • african american
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You by Sonia Sotomayor

18. Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You

By: Sonia Sotomayor

4.49

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Feeling different, especially as a kid, can be tough. But in the same way that different types of p… read more

Similar categories in Sonia Sotomayor's Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You book and Linda Sue Park's Nya's Long Walk: A Step at a Time

  • cultural
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Lubna and Pebble by Wendy Meddour

19. 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 Linda Sue Park's Nya's Long Walk: A Step at a Time

  • cultural
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • family
  • social issues
Cover of Nya's Long Walk: A Step at a Time by Linda Sue Park

20. Nya's Long Walk: A Step at a Time

By: Linda Sue Park

4.02

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

In South Sudan, where Nya lives, many girls have a hard job: fetching water for their families from… read more

Similar categories in Linda Sue Park's Nya's Long Walk: A Step at a Time book and Linda Sue Park's Nya's Long Walk: A Step at a Time

  • cultural
  • africa
  • childrens
  • sudan
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • family
  • african american
  • social issues
Cover of Lion on the Inside: How One Girl Changed Basketball (CitizenKid) by Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir

21. Lion on the Inside: How One Girl Changed Basketball (CitizenKid)

By: Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir

4.45

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A Muslim American girl at the top of her game makes a difficult choice in this powerful and beautif… read more

Similar categories in Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir's Lion on the Inside: How One Girl Changed Basketball (CitizenKid) book and Linda Sue Park's Nya's Long Walk: A Step at a Time

  • picture books
  • childrens

8 best-selling fiction books like Nya's Long Walk: A Step at a Time by Linda Sue Park

Transform Your Habits

If I Built a House

Chris Van Dusen

4.22

One Green Apple

Eve Bunting , Ted Lewin

3.98

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Big

Vashti Harrison

4.66

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Watercress

Andrea Wang

4.53

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7 must-read fiction books like If I Built a House by Chris Van Dusen

Transform Your Habits

If I Built a House

Chris Van Dusen

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Strega Nona

Tomie dePaola , Castellanos Prada Ruth de

4.26

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Barbara Cooney , Alice McLerran

3.97

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Chris Van Dusen , Kate DiCamillo

3.94

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