25 must-read childrens books like The Revenge of Ishtar (The Gilgamesh Trilogy, #2) by Ludmila Zeman

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The Revenge of Ishtar (The Gilgamesh Trilogy, #2)

By: Ludmila Zeman

3.80

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

In this second volume in the Gilgamesh trilogy, Enkidu joins Gilgamesh in the quest to slay Humbaba…

If you liked the childrens plot in The Revenge of Ishtar (The Gilgamesh Trilogy, #2) by Ludmila Zeman , here is a list of 25 books like this:

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1. The Legend of the Poinsettia

By: Tomie dePaola

4.21

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

In Mexico, the poinsettia is called "flor de la Nochebuenao," flower of the Holy Night. At Christma… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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2. Those Darn Squirrels!

By: Adam Rubin , Daniel Salmieri

4.22

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Old Man Fookwire has a plan. He'll build some birdfeeders and fill them with yummy seeds and berrie… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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3. The Golden Bull

By: Marjorie Cowley

3.47

Format: 206 pages, Hardcover

A brother and sister's search for a new life and new home . . .5,000 years ago in ancient Mesopotam… read more

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  • historical
  • childrens
  • ancient history
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4. Last Stop on Market Street

By: Matt de la Peña , Christian Robinson

4.30

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

"Sometimes when you're surrounded by dirt, CJ, you're a better witness for what's beautiful." CJ… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
"He wondered how his nana always found beautiful where he never even thought to look."

-Matt de la Peña, Last Stop on Market Street

"Sometimes when you're surrounded by dirt...you're a better witness for what's beautiful."

-Matt de la Peña, Last Stop on Market Street

"Nana, how come we don't got a car?' 'Boy, what do we need a car for? We got a bus that breathes fire, and old Mr. Daniels, who always has a trick for you."

-Matt de la Peña, Last Stop on Market Street

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5. The Tiny Seed

By: Eric Carle

4.15

Format: 40 pages, Paperback

In autumn, a strong wind blows flower seeds high in the air and carries them far across the land. O… read more

Similar categories in Eric Carle's The Tiny Seed book and Ludmila Zeman's The Revenge of Ishtar (The Gilgamesh Trilogy, #2)

  • picture books
  • childrens
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6. Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China

By: Ed Young

4.06

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Long, long ago a good woman lived contentedly with her three daughters—Shang, tao, and Paotze—in th… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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7. This Is New York

By: Miroslav Sasek

4.29

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

With the same wit and perception that distinguished his stylish books on Paris, London, and Rome, M… read more

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  • picture books
  • classics
  • history
  • childrens
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8. The Bears on Hemlock Mountain

By: Helen Sewell , Alice Dalgliesh

3.81

Format: 58 pages, Paperback

Are there bears on Hemlock Mountain? One boy is about to find out in this classic tale. People hav… read more

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  • historical
  • classics
  • picture books
  • childrens
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9. The Shipwrecked Sailor: An Egyptian Tale with Hieroglyphs

By: Tamara Bower

3.75

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

This story is based on one found on a papyrus scroll of hieroglyphs from the nineteenth century B.C… read more

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  • history
  • childrens
  • historical
  • picture books
  • mythology
Cover of Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler

10. Room on the Broom

By: Julia Donaldson , Axel Scheffler

4.46

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

This fun family read-aloud i s the perfect way to start Halloween celebrations and an ideal gift bo… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of My Father's Dragon (My Father's Dragon, #1) by Ruth Stiles Gannett

11. My Father's Dragon (My Father's Dragon, #1)

By: Ruth Stiles Gannett

3.70

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

Elmer Elevator (narrator's father as a boy) runs away with an old alley cat to rescue a flying baby… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
Cover of Meet Samantha: An American Girl (American Girls: Samantha, #1) by Susan S. Adler, Renée Graef, Nancy Niles

12. Meet Samantha: An American Girl (American Girls: Samantha, #1)

By: Susan S. Adler , Renée Graef , Nancy Niles

3.65

Format: 135 pages, Hardcover

Samantha Parkington is an orphan being raised by her wealthy grandmother at the start of a brand-ne… read more

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  • historical
  • childrens
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13. Egyptian Diary: The Journal of Nakht

By: David Parkins , Richard Platt

3.41

Format: 94 pages, Hardcover

Who is plundering the tombs of ancient Memphis? A brother and sister solve the mystery in this diar… read more

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  • ancient history
  • picture books
  • childrens
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14. The Little House

By: Virginia Lee Burton

5.00

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

Virginia Lee Burton won the Caldecott Medal in 1943 for her memorable picture book The Little House… read more

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  • classics
  • picture books
  • childrens
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15. The Revenge of Ishtar (The Gilgamesh Trilogy, #2)

By: Ludmila Zeman

3.80

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

In this second volume in the Gilgamesh trilogy, Enkidu joins Gilgamesh in the quest to slay Humbaba… read more

Similar categories in Ludmila Zeman's The Revenge of Ishtar (The Gilgamesh Trilogy, #2) book and Ludmila Zeman's The Revenge of Ishtar (The Gilgamesh Trilogy, #2)

  • classics
  • history
  • childrens
  • historical
  • picture books
  • ancient history
  • mythology

16. The Ugly Duckling

By: Hans Christian Andersen , Jerry Pinkney

4.03

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

For over one hundred years The Ugly Duckling has been a childhood favorite, and Jerry Pinkney's spe… read more

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  • classics
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Sam, Bangs & Moonshine by Evaline Ness

17. Sam, Bangs & Moonshine

By: Evaline Ness

3.93

Format: None pages, Paperback

Samantha (known as Sam) is a fisherman's daughter who dreams rich and lovely dreams--moonshine, her… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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18. The Book with No Pictures

By: B.J. Novak

4.34

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Warning! This book looks serious but it is actually completely ridiculous! A book with no pictur… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens

19. Fables

By: Arnold Lobel

3.90

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

A pig flying through marshmallow clouds to a marzipan moon? A camel piroutetting through the desert… read more

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  • classics
  • picture books
  • childrens
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20. Guess How Much I Love You

By: Sam McBratney , Anita Jeram

3.10

Format: 151 pages, Board book

"Guess how much I love you," says Little Nutbrown Hare. Little Nutbrown Hare shows his daddy how mu… read more

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  • classics
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Triggers: Exchanging Parents' Angry Reactions for Gentle Biblical Responses by Amber Lia, Wendy Speake

21. Triggers: Exchanging Parents' Angry Reactions for Gentle Biblical Responses

By: Amber Lia , Wendy Speake

3.91

Format: 337 pages,

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22. Sylvester and the Magic Pebble

By: William Steig

3.12

Format: None pages, Hardcover

One rainy day, Sylvester finds a magic pebble that can make wishes come true. But when a lion frigh… read more

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  • classics
  • picture books
  • childrens

23. The Three Questions

By: Leo Tolstoy , Jon J. Muth

3.43

Format: 42 pages, Hardcover

What is the best time to do things? Who is the most important one? What is the right thing to do? N… read more

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24. The Three Little Javelinas

By: Susan Lowell , Jim Harris

3.81

Format: 234 pages, Hardcover

Everyone knows the story of the three little pigs, but now you're going to meet the three little ja… read more

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Cover of Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1) by Patricia MacLachlan

25. Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)

By: Patricia MacLachlan

3.83

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

This beloved Newbery Medal–winning book is the first of five books in Patricia MacLachlan's chapter… read more

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  • historical
  • classics
  • childrens
"I will come by train. I will wear a yellow bonnet. I am plain and tall."

-Patricia MacLachlan, Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)

"There are always things to miss," said Maggie. "No matter where you are."

-Patricia MacLachlan, Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)

"My brother William is a fisherman, and he tells me that when he is in the middle of a fogbound sea the water is a color for which there is no name."

-Patricia MacLachlan, Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)

26. You Wouldn't Want to Be an Egyptian Mummy!: Disgusting Things You'd Rather Not Know

By: David Antram , David Salariya , David Stewart

4.00

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

Think again! This delightful series brings something unusual to the study of history: humor. You Wo… read more

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27. We're Going on a Bear Hunt

By: Michael Rosen , Helen Oxenbury

4.29

Format: 40 pages, Paperback

Come along on a bear hunt in this award-winning classic from Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury. We’r… read more

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  • classics
  • picture books
  • childrens

28. 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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29. Samantha Saves the Day: A Summer Story (American Girls: Samantha, #5)

By: Valerie Tripp , Luann Roberts , Nancy Niles , None

3.71

Format: 244 pages,

read more

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30. The House with Chicken Legs

By: Sophie Anderson

4.10

Format: 337 pages, Paperback

All 12-year-old Marinka wants is a friend. A real friend. Not like her house with chicken legs. Sur… read more

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  • childrens
  • mythology
"But it’s our duty as Yaga, living in this Yaga house, to talk to them and give them one last wonderful evening reliving their memories and celebrating their lives, before they pass through The Gate a…"

-Sophie Anderson, The House with Chicken Legs

Cover of Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava, #1) by Roshani Chokshi

31. Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava, #1)

By: Roshani Chokshi

4.09

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Aru Shah has a tendency to stretch the truth in order to fit in at school. While he… read more

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  • childrens
  • mythology
"Words had their own power."

-Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava, #1)

"It is not failure to fail."

-Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava, #1)

"Love looked different to everyone."

-Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava, #1)

"The world had a tendency to trick people."

-Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava, #1)

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3.70

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4.05

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4.21

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