14 Top picture books books like The Bluest of Blues: Anna Atkins and the First Book of Photographs by Fiona Robinson

Cover of The Bluest of Blues: Anna Atkins and the First Book of Photographs by Fiona  Robinson

The Bluest of Blues: Anna Atkins and the First Book of Photographs

By: Fiona Robinson

4.10

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

An ALSC Notable Children's Book A Junior Library Guild Selection A Bank Street Best Children's Bo…

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1. The Raft

By: Jim LaMarche

4.44

Format: 40 pages, Paperback

Inspired by various experiences from his childhood, Jim LaMarche, beloved illustrator of A Story fo… read more

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  • art
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • nature
Cover of Malala's Magic Pencil by Malala Yousafzai, Kerascoët

2. Malala's Magic Pencil

By: Malala Yousafzai , Kerascoët

4.00

Format: 4 pages, Hardcover

Nobel Peace Prize winner and New York Times bestselling author Malala Yousafzai's first picture boo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • biography
  • childrens
Cover of The Noisy Paint Box by Mary GrandPré, Barb Rosenstock

3. The Noisy Paint Box

By: Mary GrandPré , Barb Rosenstock

3.58

Format: 366 pages, Hardcover

In this exuberant celebration of creativity, Barb Rosenstock and Mary Grandpre tell the fascinating… read more

Similar categories in Mary GrandPré's The Noisy Paint Box book and Fiona Robinson's The Bluest of Blues: Anna Atkins and the First Book of Photographs

  • art
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction

4. Making Winter: A Hygge-Inspired Guide to Surviving the Winter Months

By: Emma Mitchell

3.86

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Banish those cold-weather blues and embrace winter with the power of crafts and the Danish practice… read more

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5. Ox-Cart Man

By: Barbara Cooney , Donald Hall

4.08

Format: 40 pages, Paperback

Winner of the Caldecott Medal (1980) Thus begins a lyrical journey through the days and weeks, t… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family

6. I'm Trying to Love Spiders

By: Bethany Barton

4.67

Format: 112 pages,

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7. 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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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity by Nicholas  Day

8. The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

By: Nicholas Day

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A propulsive work of narrative nonfiction about how the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre, how t… read more

Similar categories in Nicholas Day's The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity book and Fiona Robinson's The Bluest of Blues: Anna Atkins and the First Book of Photographs

  • art
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • childrens
"Leonard da Vinci had painted the Mona Lisa. But Vincenzo Perugia had turned it into The Mona Lisa."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"The Lourve, he concluded, with an insult designed to puncture French pride, "is less well protected than a Spanish museum."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"If the Mona Lisa is the most famous face in art history, Les Demoiselles is a hatchet thrown at it. It's not a pretty painting. Its brutal and uncomfortable."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"Word of his midnight activities gets out. 'The pope has found out that I have skinned three corpses,' Leonardo writes in his notebook. He gets off easy. He's simply told: please stop skinning corpses."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

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9. The Lost Year

By: Katherine Marsh

4.50

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A middle-grade survival story that traces a family secret back to the Holodomor, a terrible famine … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Marsh's The Lost Year book and Fiona Robinson's The Bluest of Blues: Anna Atkins and the First Book of Photographs

  • childrens
  • family
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10. Farmhouse

By: Sophie Blackall

4.53

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Two-time Caldecott Medalist Sophie Blackall invites readers to peek through windows that shine like… read more

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  • art
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
Cover of Mary Who Wrote Frankenstein (Who Wrote Classics) by Linda Bailey

11. Mary Who Wrote Frankenstein (Who Wrote Classics)

By: Linda Bailey

4.40

Format: 56 pages, Hardcover

The story of the girl behind one of the most well-known novels -- and monsters -- ever, perfectly t… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
"Can you miss someone you've never known? Mary does."

-Linda Bailey, Mary Who Wrote Frankenstein (Who Wrote Classics)

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12. Remember

By: Joy Harjo

4.42

Format: 40 pages, None

Michaela Goade, invites young readers to pause and reflect on the wonder of the world around them, … read more

Similar categories in Joy Harjo's Remember book and Fiona Robinson's The Bluest of Blues: Anna Atkins and the First Book of Photographs

  • art
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • nature
Cover of Crushing by Sophie Burrows

13. Crushing

By: Sophie Burrows

3.86

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Life is full of connections – if you know how to make them.  Crushing  follows two people -- one de… read more

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Cover of The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read by Rita Lorraine Hubbard

14. The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read

By: Rita Lorraine Hubbard

4.60

Format: 34 pages, Hardcover

In 1848, Mary Walker was born into slavery. At age 15, she was freed, and by age 20, she was marrie… read more

Similar categories in Rita Lorraine Hubbard's The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read book and Fiona Robinson's The Bluest of Blues: Anna Atkins and the First Book of Photographs

  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
"Mary decided that flying was a lot like reading: they both made a body feel free as a bird."

-Rita Lorraine Hubbard, The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read

Cover of Through the Wardrobe: How C. S. Lewis Created Narnia by Lina Maslo

15. Through the Wardrobe: How C. S. Lewis Created Narnia

By: Lina Maslo

4.32

Format: 42 pages, Hardcover

A lyrical nonfiction picture book about the inspired life of C. S. Lewis, the beloved author of the… read more

Similar categories in Lina Maslo's Through the Wardrobe: How C. S. Lewis Created Narnia book and Fiona Robinson's The Bluest of Blues: Anna Atkins and the First Book of Photographs

  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Genius Under the Table: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Eugene Yelchin

16. The Genius Under the Table: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain

By: Eugene Yelchin

4.20

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

An Association of Jewish Libraries Sydney Taylor Honor Winner With a masterful mix of comic timi… read more

Similar categories in Eugene Yelchin's The Genius Under the Table: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain book and Fiona Robinson's The Bluest of Blues: Anna Atkins and the First Book of Photographs

  • history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • childrens
Cover of Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by Jeff Gottesfeld

17. Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

By: Jeff Gottesfeld

4.57

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

With every step, the Tomb Guards pay homage to America’s fallen. Discover their story, and that of … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • history
  • childrens
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18. Ever After

By: Olivia Vieweg

3.06

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Stranded between safe zones, Vivi and Eva are two travelers in a countryside filled with the undead… read more

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Cover of The Tree of Life: How a Holocaust Sapling Inspired the World by Elisa Boxer

19. The Tree of Life: How a Holocaust Sapling Inspired the World

By: Elisa Boxer

4.34

Format: 41 pages, Kindle Edition

Hope triumphs over fear in this poignant and impactful true story of the Holocaust—a delicate intro… read more

Similar categories in Elisa Boxer's The Tree of Life: How a Holocaust Sapling Inspired the World book and Fiona Robinson's The Bluest of Blues: Anna Atkins and the First Book of Photographs

  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • history
  • childrens
Cover of The Bluest of Blues: Anna Atkins and the First Book of Photographs by Fiona  Robinson

20. The Bluest of Blues: Anna Atkins and the First Book of Photographs

By: Fiona Robinson

4.10

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

An ALSC Notable Children's Book A Junior Library Guild Selection A Bank Street Best Children's Bo… read more

Similar categories in Fiona Robinson's The Bluest of Blues: Anna Atkins and the First Book of Photographs book and Fiona Robinson's The Bluest of Blues: Anna Atkins and the First Book of Photographs

  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • photography
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • family
  • nature
  • science
Cover of A Shell Is Cozy by Dianna Hutts Aston

21. A Shell Is Cozy

By: Dianna Hutts Aston

4.15

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From the creators of the award-winning An Egg Is Quiet , A Seed Is Sleepy , and A Rock Is Lively co… read more

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  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science

8 Top history books like The Bluest of Blues: Anna Atkins and the First Book of Photographs by Fiona Robinson

Transform Your Habits

The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

Nicholas Day

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Mary Who Wrote Frankenstein (Who Wrote Classics)

Linda Bailey

4.40

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The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read

Rita Lorraine Hubbard

4.60

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Through the Wardrobe: How C. S. Lewis Created Narnia

Lina Maslo

4.32

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Transform Your Habits

I Am Tama, Lucky Cat

Yoshiko Jaeggi , Wendy Henrichs

3.00

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Big

Vashti Harrison

4.66

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Hot Dog

Doug Salati

4.29

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The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

Beth Lincoln

4.06

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