28 Best childrens books like Your One and Only Heart by Rajani LaRocca

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Your One and Only Heart

By: Rajani LaRocca

4.22

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A lyrical introduction to the many wonders of the human heart, from award-winning author and practi…

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1. 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

Similar categories in Matt de la Peña's Last Stop on Market Street book and Rajani LaRocca's Your One and Only Heart

  • 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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2. The Eyes and the Impossible

By: Dave Eggers

4.25

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The illustrated story of a dog who unwittingly becomes a hero to a park full of animals. Johanne… read more

Similar categories in Dave Eggers's The Eyes and the Impossible book and Rajani LaRocca's Your One and Only Heart

  • childrens
"What monster would turn up his snout at the thought-through help of all the friends he had?"

-Dave Eggers, The Eyes and the Impossible

"Every reasonable creature knows that the worst thing any creature can do all day is think of themselves. If there are troubles in your mind, you should think first of the troubles of others; it is th…"

-Dave Eggers, The Eyes and the Impossible

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3. Orris and Timble: The Beginning

By: Kate DiCamillo

4.37

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

From beloved storyteller Kate DiCamillo comes the first book in a warm and funny early-reader trilo… 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

4. 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

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  • nonfiction
  • 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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5. Something Like Home

By: Andrea Beatriz Arango

4.31

Format: 256 pages, Library Binding

A novel in verse in which a lost dog helps a lonely girl find a way home to her family . . . only f… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Beatriz Arango's Something Like Home book and Rajani LaRocca's Your One and Only Heart

  • poetry
  • childrens
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6. A First Time for Everything

By: Dan Santat

4.39

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade graphic memoir based on bestselling author and Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat's awkwa… read more

Similar categories in Dan Santat's A First Time for Everything book and Rajani LaRocca's Your One and Only Heart

  • nonfiction
  • childrens
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7. Mascot

By: Charles Waters

4.02

Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition

What if a school's mascot is seen as racist, but not by everyone? In this compelling middle-grade n… read more

Similar categories in Charles Waters's Mascot book and Rajani LaRocca's Your One and Only Heart

  • poetry
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8. An American Story (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner)

By: Kwame Alexander

4.63

Format: 56 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times Bestselling and award-winning author  of  The Undefeated , Kwame Alexander, pens … read more

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  • poetry
  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
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9. Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel

By: Betty C. Tang

4.25

Format: 286 pages, Paperback

A story about three siblings living on their own as undocumented new immigrants, inspired by the au… read more

Similar categories in Betty C. Tang's Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel book and Rajani LaRocca's Your One and Only Heart

  • childrens
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10. 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

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  • poetry
  • picture books
  • childrens
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11. How to Write a Poem

By: Kwame Alexander

4.19

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

In this companion to the picture book How to Read a BookKwame Alexander teams up with poet Deanna N… read more

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  • poetry
  • picture books
  • childrens
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12. You Are Here: Connecting Flights

By: Ellen Oh

4.26

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An incident at a TSA security check point sows chaos and rumors, creating a chain of events that im… read more

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  • childrens
"Being good was slippery. It didn't stay still; it moved around, and not only that, sometimes it meant exactly opposite things. Like, there were times when being good meant speaking up, but other time…"

-Ellen Oh, You Are Here: Connecting Flights

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13. When Clouds Touch Us

By: Thanhhà Lại

3.74

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by the author's own childhood, this stunning novel in verse, sequel to the award-winning #… read more

Similar categories in Thanhhà Lại's When Clouds Touch Us book and Rajani LaRocca's Your One and Only Heart

  • poetry
  • childrens
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14. Once in a Blue Moon

By: Sharon G. Flake

3.83

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A beautiful and uplifting novel in verse about family, friendship, journeys that take us far from h… read more

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  • poetry
  • childrens
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15. All the Beating Hearts

By: Julie Fogliano

3.76

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A tender and compassionate exploration of the shared experiences that bring us all together, be the… read more

Similar categories in Julie Fogliano's All the Beating Hearts book and Rajani LaRocca's Your One and Only Heart

  • poetry
  • picture books
  • childrens
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16. A Walk in the Woods

By: Nikki Grimes

4.43

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

In this moving account of loss, a boy takes a walk in the woods and makes a discovery that changes … read more

Similar categories in Nikki Grimes's A Walk in the Woods book and Rajani LaRocca's Your One and Only Heart

  • poetry
  • picture books
  • childrens
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17. Welcome to the Wonder House

By: Rebecca Kai Dotlich

4.14

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

This collection of poems, creatively presented in the format of an allegorical house, will engage a… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Kai Dotlich's Welcome to the Wonder House book and Rajani LaRocca's Your One and Only Heart

  • poetry
  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
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18. The Talk

By: Alicia D. Williams

4.58

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

As a little boy grows into a bigger boy, ready to take on the world, he first must have that very d… read more

Similar categories in Alicia D. Williams's The Talk book and Rajani LaRocca's Your One and Only Heart

  • picture books
  • childrens
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19. Vlad, the Fabulous Vampire (The World of Gustavo, #3)

By: Flavia Z. Drago

4.30

Format: 41 pages, Kindle Edition

From the acclaimed author-illustrator of Gustavo, the Shy Ghost comes a charmingly spooky celebrati… read more

Similar categories in Flavia Z. Drago's Vlad, the Fabulous Vampire (The World of Gustavo, #3) book and Rajani LaRocca's Your One and Only Heart

  • picture books
  • childrens
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20. Whatever Comes Tomorrow

By: Rebecca Gardyn Levington

4.54

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

We might not know what the future holds, but the lyrical rhyming text in this beautiful book reassu… read more

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  • poetry
  • picture books
  • childrens
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21. Your One and Only Heart

By: Rajani LaRocca

4.22

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A lyrical introduction to the many wonders of the human heart, from award-winning author and practi… read more

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  • poetry
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of Whale Fall: Exploring an Ocean-Floor Ecosystem by Melissa Stewart

22. Whale Fall: Exploring an Ocean-Floor Ecosystem

By: Melissa Stewart

4.41

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

This fascinating nonfiction picture book filled with stunning illustrations details the end of life… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • science
Cover of Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh / This Is How I Know: Niibing, dgwaagig, bboong, mnookmig dbaadjigaade maanpii mzin’igning / A Book about the Seasons by Brittany Luby

23. Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh / This Is How I Know: Niibing, dgwaagig, bboong, mnookmig dbaadjigaade maanpii mzin’igning / A Book about the Seasons

By: Brittany Luby

4.35

Format: 44 pages, Hardcover

An Anishinaabe child and her grandmother explore the natural wonders of each season in this lyrical… read more

Similar categories in Brittany Luby's Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh / This Is How I Know: Niibing, dgwaagig, bboong, mnookmig dbaadjigaade maanpii mzin’igning / A Book about the Seasons book and Rajani LaRocca's Your One and Only Heart

  • poetry
  • picture books
  • childrens
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24. How the Sea Came to Be: And All the Creatures In It (Spectacular STEAM for Curious Readers (SSCR))

By: Jennifer Berne

4.05

Format: 56 pages, Hardcover

A lyrical, spectacular history of the ocean—from its dramatic evolutionary past to its marvelously … read more

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  • poetry
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • science
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25. Follow the Flyway: The Marvel of Bird Migration

By: Sarah Nelson

4.27

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

In this lyrical STEM gem, nests full of baby birds hatch, grow feathers, learn to fly, and then fin… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • science
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26. Take a Breath

By: Sujean Rim

4.08

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

An anxious baby bird who fears he’ll never learn to fly gets a lesson in mindfulness in this funny … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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27. Home in a Lunchbox

By: Cherry Mo

4.62

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Cherry Mo's stunning debut is about a young girl who immigrates to America and finds home in an une… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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28. At the Poles

By: David Elliott

4.16

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

The author of At the Pond and In the Woods takes readers to the most remote regions of our planet i… read more

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  • poetry
  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • science
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29. Simone

By: Viet Thanh Nguyen

4.33

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen and illustrator Minnie Phan comes an unforgett… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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30. Just What to Do

By: Kyle Lukoff

4.50

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

When you see someone sad, it's only natural to want to cheer them up. But how? Some people like… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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31. Fighting with Love: The Legacy of John Lewis

By: Lesa Cline-Ransome

4.42

Format: 48 pages, Kindle Edition

Five starred reviews! The “informative, resounding” (Booklist, starred review), and “inspiring” (Th… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens

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4.15

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4.39

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