16 best-selling nonfiction books like Becoming a Good Creature by Sy Montgomery

Cover of Becoming a Good Creature by Sy Montgomery

Becoming a Good Creature

By: Sy Montgomery

4.32

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

School is not the only place to find a teacher. In this picture book adaptation of Sy Montgomery an…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Becoming a Good Creature by Sy Montgomery , here is a list of 16 books like this:

Cover of An Island Grows by Lola M. Schaefer, Cathie Felstead

1. An Island Grows

By: Lola M. Schaefer , Cathie Felstead

3.83

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

This is the story of the birth of an island, from the first red-hot glow of magma at the bottom of … read more

Similar categories in Lola M. Schaefer's An Island Grows book and Sy Montgomery's Becoming a Good Creature

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
Cover of This Moose Belongs to Me by Oliver Jeffers

2. This Moose Belongs to Me

By: Oliver Jeffers

3.21

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Wilfred owned a moose. He hadn't always owned a moose. The moose came to him a while ago and he kne… read more

Similar categories in Oliver Jeffers's This Moose Belongs to Me book and Sy Montgomery's Becoming a Good Creature

  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens

3. Cloth Lullaby: The Woven Life of Louise Bourgeois

By: Isabelle Arsenault , Amy Novesky

3.64

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A picture book biography of sculptor Louise Bourgeois focusing on how her childhood family life inf… read more

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4. Jane, the Fox, and Me

By: Fanny Britt , Susan Ouriou , Christelle Morelli , Isabelle Arsenault

3.00

Format: 136 pages, Hardcover

Helene has been inexplicably ostracized by the girls who were once her friends. Her school life is … read more

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Cover of Big by Vashti Harrison

5. 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 Sy Montgomery's Becoming a Good Creature

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile
Cover of Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Noble Maillard

6. Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story

By: Kevin Noble Maillard

4.42

Format: 42 pages, Hardcover

Fry bread is food. It is warm and delicious, piled high on a plate. Fry bread is time. It brin… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Noble Maillard's Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story book and Sy Montgomery's Becoming a Good Creature

  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Monstress, Vol. 8: Inferno by Marjorie M. Liu

7. Monstress, Vol. 8: Inferno

By: Marjorie M. Liu

4.03

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

The truth about the death of Maika’s mother has been revealed, and Maika has come undone. As her al… read more

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"Remind me why we are here?!!"

-Marjorie M. Liu, Monstress, Vol. 8: Inferno

"Even in Hell…there are no absolutes."

-Marjorie M. Liu, Monstress, Vol. 8: Inferno

"May your death be everlasting, halfwolf."

-Marjorie M. Liu, Monstress, Vol. 8: Inferno

"Does your mouth hold a blade or a tongue?"

-Marjorie M. Liu, Monstress, Vol. 8: Inferno

Cover of Little Witch Hazel: A Year in the Forest by Phoebe Wahl

8. Little Witch Hazel: A Year in the Forest

By: Phoebe Wahl

4.64

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

An earthy and beautiful collection of four stories that celebrate the seasons, nature, and life, fr… read more

Similar categories in Phoebe Wahl's Little Witch Hazel: A Year in the Forest book and Sy Montgomery's Becoming a Good Creature

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • nature
  • juvenile
Cover of I Talk Like a River by Jordan  Scott

9. I Talk Like a River

By: Jordan Scott

4.48

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Um retrato sensível do isolamento e do estigma sentido por uma criança com dificuldades de fala. … read more

Similar categories in Jordan Scott's I Talk Like a River book and Sy Montgomery's Becoming a Good Creature

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature
Cover of Jumper: A Day in the Life of a Backyard Jumping Spider by Jessica Lanan

10. Jumper: A Day in the Life of a Backyard Jumping Spider

By: Jessica Lanan

4.40

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A nonfiction story following a day in the life of a backyard jumping spider.What if you were small … read more

Similar categories in Jessica Lanan's Jumper: A Day in the Life of a Backyard Jumping Spider book and Sy Montgomery's Becoming a Good Creature

  • science
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • juvenile
Cover of The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson

11. The Day You Begin

By: Jacqueline Woodson

4.44

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson and two-time Pura Belpre Illustrator Award winner Raf… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Woodson's The Day You Begin book and Sy Montgomery's Becoming a Good Creature

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of The Secret Garden: A Graphic Novel by Mariah Marsden

12. The Secret Garden: A Graphic Novel

By: Mariah Marsden

3.80

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Green-growing secrets and magic await you at Misselthwaite Manor, now reimagined in this graphic no… read more

Similar categories in Mariah Marsden's The Secret Garden: A Graphic Novel book and Sy Montgomery's Becoming a Good Creature

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile
Cover of The Little Ghost Who Was a Quilt (A Little Ghost Quilt Book) by Riel Nason

13. The Little Ghost Who Was a Quilt (A Little Ghost Quilt Book)

By: Riel Nason

4.35

Format: 42 pages, Hardcover

When you're a quilt instead of a sheet, being a ghost is hard! An adorable picture book for fans of… read more

Similar categories in Riel Nason's The Little Ghost Who Was a Quilt (A Little Ghost Quilt Book) book and Sy Montgomery's Becoming a Good Creature

  • middle grade
  • picture books
  • childrens
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14. Shy Willow

By: Cat Min

4.08

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Willow is shy. VERY shy. Her home is in an abandoned mailbox, and she'd rather stay put. Outside… read more

Similar categories in Cat Min's Shy Willow book and Sy Montgomery's Becoming a Good Creature

  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America by Leila Philip

15. Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America

By: Leila Philip

3.79

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times Editors' Choice NPR Science Friday Book Club Selection An intimate and revelato… read more

Similar categories in Leila Philip's Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America book and Sy Montgomery's Becoming a Good Creature

  • nonfiction
  • animals
  • nature
  • science
Cover of I Am Every Good Thing by Derrick Barnes

16. I Am Every Good Thing

By: Derrick Barnes

4.61

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

I ama nonstop ball of energy.Powerful and full of light.I am a go-getter. A difference maker. A lea… read more

Similar categories in Derrick Barnes's I Am Every Good Thing book and Sy Montgomery's Becoming a Good Creature

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile
Cover of Dinosaur Lady: The Daring Discoveries of Mary Anning, the First Paleontologist by Linda Skeers

17. Dinosaur Lady: The Daring Discoveries of Mary Anning, the First Paleontologist

By: Linda Skeers

4.52

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

This is the story of a woman who dared to dig, explore, and discover. This is the story of Dinosaur… read more

Similar categories in Linda Skeers's Dinosaur Lady: The Daring Discoveries of Mary Anning, the First Paleontologist book and Sy Montgomery's Becoming a Good Creature

  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
Cover of Mushroom Rain by Laura K. Zimmermann

18. Mushroom Rain

By: Laura K. Zimmermann

4.37

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

What can smell like bubble gum, glow neon green at night, be poisonous and yet still eaten by human… read more

Similar categories in Laura K. Zimmermann's Mushroom Rain book and Sy Montgomery's Becoming a Good Creature

  • science
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • juvenile
Cover of The Lion's Den by Anthony Marra

19. The Lion's Den

By: Anthony Marra

3.47

Format: 27 pages, Kindle Edition

Exposing his father’s transgressions in a tell-all was the ethical, righteous—and profitable—thing … read more

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"Finding an empty wheelchair in front of a lion enclosure is like finding a pair of shoes at the ocean’s edge. You might look to your left and your right, but in your heart you know the only way their…"

-Anthony Marra, The Lion's Den

Cover of Zenith Man by Jennifer Haigh

20. Zenith Man

By: Jennifer Haigh

3.50

Format: 24 pages, Kindle Edition

Whatever had been going on inside the shuttered old house, the couple who lived there kept it to th… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Haigh's Zenith Man book and Sy Montgomery's Becoming a Good Creature

Cover of This Book Is Full of Holes: From Underground to Outer Space and Everywhere In Between by Nora Nickum

21. This Book Is Full of Holes: From Underground to Outer Space and Everywhere In Between

By: Nora Nickum

4.45

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

This book is chock full of holes—shallow and miles deep, microscopic and visible from space, human-… read more

Similar categories in Nora Nickum's This Book Is Full of Holes: From Underground to Outer Space and Everywhere In Between book and Sy Montgomery's Becoming a Good Creature

  • science
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • juvenile
Cover of The Girl Who Built an Ocean: An Artist, an Argonaut, and the True Story of the World's First Aquarium by Jess Keating

22. The Girl Who Built an Ocean: An Artist, an Argonaut, and the True Story of the World's First Aquarium

By: Jess Keating

4.19

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

The inspiring tale of a seamstress-turned-scientist who invented the world's first aquarium at a ti… read more

Similar categories in Jess Keating's The Girl Who Built an Ocean: An Artist, an Argonaut, and the True Story of the World's First Aquarium book and Sy Montgomery's Becoming a Good Creature

  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
Cover of Snack, Snooze, Skedaddle: How Animals Get Ready for Winter by Laura Purdie  Salas

23. Snack, Snooze, Skedaddle: How Animals Get Ready for Winter

By: Laura Purdie Salas

4.15

Format: 32 pages, Library Binding

There is more than one way for animals to prepare for winter. Some, such as mice, foxes, and moose,… read more

Similar categories in Laura Purdie Salas's Snack, Snooze, Skedaddle: How Animals Get Ready for Winter book and Sy Montgomery's Becoming a Good Creature

  • science
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • juvenile
Cover of The Stuff Between the Stars: How Vera Rubin Discovered Most of the Universe by Sandra Nickel

24. The Stuff Between the Stars: How Vera Rubin Discovered Most of the Universe

By: Sandra Nickel

4.25

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

An biographical picture book about a female astronomer who made huge discoveries about the mysterie… read more

Similar categories in Sandra Nickel's The Stuff Between the Stars: How Vera Rubin Discovered Most of the Universe book and Sy Montgomery's Becoming a Good Creature

  • science
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • juvenile
Cover of Dancing Through Fields of Color: The Story of Helen Frankenthaler by Elizabeth         Brown

25. Dancing Through Fields of Color: The Story of Helen Frankenthaler

By: Elizabeth Brown

4.03

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

They said only men could paint powerful pictures, but Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011) splashed her … read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Brown's Dancing Through Fields of Color: The Story of Helen Frankenthaler book and Sy Montgomery's Becoming a Good Creature

  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • biography
  • childrens
Cover of Becoming a Good Creature by Sy Montgomery

26. Becoming a Good Creature

By: Sy Montgomery

4.32

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

School is not the only place to find a teacher. In this picture book adaptation of Sy Montgomery an… read more

Similar categories in Sy Montgomery's Becoming a Good Creature book and Sy Montgomery's Becoming a Good Creature

  • wildlife
  • science
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • juvenile
Cover of A Voice for the Everglades: Marjory Stoneman Douglas (She Made History) by Vicki Conrad

27. A Voice for the Everglades: Marjory Stoneman Douglas (She Made History)

By: Vicki Conrad

4.28

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Marjory spoke up for the Everglades―and saved an entire ecosystem. The Florida Everglades are made… read more

Similar categories in Vicki Conrad's A Voice for the Everglades: Marjory Stoneman Douglas (She Made History) book and Sy Montgomery's Becoming a Good Creature

  • biography
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
Cover of Kafka and the Doll by Larissa Theule

28. Kafka and the Doll

By: Larissa Theule

4.52

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Based on a true story about Franz Kafka Inspired by a true story, Kafka and the Doll recounts a… read more

Similar categories in Larissa Theule's Kafka and the Doll book and Sy Montgomery's Becoming a Good Creature

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile
"Todo aquello que amas es muy probable que lo pierdas, pero al final, el amor volverá de una forma diferente"

-Larissa Theule, Kafka and the Doll

Cover of Hiders Seekers Finders Keepers: How Animals Adapt in Winter by Jessica Kulekjian

29. Hiders Seekers Finders Keepers: How Animals Adapt in Winter

By: Jessica Kulekjian

4.45

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A poetic and informative exploration of the many ways animals face the challenges of winter. When t… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Kulekjian's Hiders Seekers Finders Keepers: How Animals Adapt in Winter book and Sy Montgomery's Becoming a Good Creature

  • science
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • juvenile
Cover of The Brilliant Deep: Rebuilding the World's Coral Reefs: The Story of Ken Nedimyer and the Coral Restoration Foundation by Kate Messner

30. The Brilliant Deep: Rebuilding the World's Coral Reefs: The Story of Ken Nedimyer and the Coral Restoration Foundation

By: Kate Messner

4.39

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

All it takes is one: One coral gamete to start a colony One person to make a difference One idea… read more

Similar categories in Kate Messner's The Brilliant Deep: Rebuilding the World's Coral Reefs: The Story of Ken Nedimyer and the Coral Restoration Foundation book and Sy Montgomery's Becoming a Good Creature

  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
Cover of Earth Hour: A Lights-Out Event for Our Planet by Nanette Heffernan

31. Earth Hour: A Lights-Out Event for Our Planet

By: Nanette Heffernan

4.22

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Click flashlights, light lanterns, and get ready to turn electric lights out to celebrate Earth Hou… read more

Similar categories in Nanette Heffernan's Earth Hour: A Lights-Out Event for Our Planet book and Sy Montgomery's Becoming a Good Creature

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science

25 Best childrens books like Becoming a Good Creature by Sy Montgomery

Transform Your Habits

An Island Grows

Lola M. Schaefer , Cathie Felstead

3.83

Transform Your Habits

This Moose Belongs to Me

Oliver Jeffers

3.21

Transform Your Habits

Big

Vashti Harrison

4.66

Transform Your Habits

Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story

Kevin Noble Maillard

4.42

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Vashti Harrison

4.66

Transform Your Habits

Watercress

Andrea Wang

4.53

Transform Your Habits

Someone Builds the Dream

Lisa Wheeler

4.37

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Yuyi Morales

4.43

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