20 must-read childrens books like The Passover Guest by Susan Kusel

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The Passover Guest

By: Susan Kusel

4.09

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Muriel assumes her family is too poor to hold a Passover Seder this year-- but an act of kindness a…

If you liked the childrens plot in The Passover Guest by Susan Kusel , here is a list of 20 books like this:

1. The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes

By: Mark Pett , Gary Rubinstein

3.82

Format: 160 pages,

Beatrice Bottomwell has NEVER (not once!) made a mistake... Meet Beatrice Bottomwell: a nine-year-o… read more

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2. 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
  • fiction
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3. Hot Dog

By: Doug Salati

4.29

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From a critically acclaimed creator comes this summery picture book featuring an overheated--and ov… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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4. 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

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  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. The Year We Learned to Fly

By: Jacqueline Woodson

4.39

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Jacqueline Woodson and Rafael López’s highly anticipated companion to their #1 New York Times bests… read more

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  • family
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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6. 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 Susan Kusel's The Passover Guest

  • historical
  • 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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7. Love in the Library

By: Maggie Tokuda-Hall

4.47

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Set in an internment camp where the United States cruelly detained Japanese Americans during WWII a… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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8. Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre

By: Carole Boston Weatherford

4.48

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A look at the Tulsa Race Massacre, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in US history. The… read more

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  • historical
  • picture books
  • childrens
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9. 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

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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10. Wonder Walkers

By: Micha Archer

4.19

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Micha Archer's detailed collages give readers an outlook on the splendors of nature. When two cu… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
"Is rain the day's tears? Is the moon the world's night light? I wonder. Me too."

-Micha Archer, Wonder Walkers

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11. Fox at Night (My First I Can Read)

By: Corey R. Tabor

4.09

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

In his next I Can Read adventure, Fox overcomes his fear of monsters when he meets real nocturnal a… read more

Similar categories in Corey R. Tabor's Fox at Night (My First I Can Read) book and Susan Kusel's The Passover Guest

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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12. A Sky-Blue Bench

By: Bahram Rahman

4.27

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

It's Afghani schoolgirl Aria's first day back at school since her accident. She's excited, but she'… read more

Similar categories in Bahram Rahman's A Sky-Blue Bench book and Susan Kusel's The Passover Guest

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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13. Nina: A Story of Nina Simone

By: Traci N. Todd

4.50

Format: 56 pages, Hardcover

This picture book biography tells the story of little Eunice who grew up to become the acclaimed si… read more

Similar categories in Traci N. Todd's Nina: A Story of Nina Simone book and Susan Kusel's The Passover Guest

  • historical
  • picture books
  • childrens
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14. Have You Ever Seen a Flower?

By: Shawn Harris

3.87

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

One child experiences a flower with all five senses—from its color to its fragrance to the entire u… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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15. Soul Food Sunday

By: Winsome Bingham

4.38

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Granny teaches her grandson to cook the family meal in this celebration of food, traditions, and ga… read more

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  • family
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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16. Dear Mr. Dickens

By: Nancy Churnin

4.44

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

In Eliza Davis's day, Charles Dickens was the most celebrated living writer in England. But some of… read more

Similar categories in Nancy Churnin's Dear Mr. Dickens book and Susan Kusel's The Passover Guest

  • historical
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • jewish
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17. A Boy Named Isamu: A Story of Isamu Noguchi

By: James Yang

3.83

Format: 31 pages, Hardcover

If you are Isamu, stones are the most special of all.How can they be so heavy?Would they float if t… read more

Similar categories in James Yang's A Boy Named Isamu: A Story of Isamu Noguchi book and Susan Kusel's The Passover Guest

  • picture books
  • childrens
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18. My City Speaks

By: Darren Lebeuf

4.16

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A young girl, who is visually impaired, finds much to celebrate as she explores the city she loves.… read more

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  • family
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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19. The People's Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice with Art

By: Cynthia Levinson

4.16

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

An illustrated biography of Jewish artist and activist Ben Shahn“The first thing I can remember,” B… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • jewish
Cover of Go Forth and Tell: The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller by Breanna J. McDaniel

20. Go Forth and Tell: The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller

By: Breanna J. McDaniel

4.41

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

From an award-winning author and illustrator comes this picture book biography about beloved librar… read more

Similar categories in Breanna J. McDaniel's Go Forth and Tell: The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller book and Susan Kusel's The Passover Guest

  • picture books
  • childrens
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21. The Passover Guest

By: Susan Kusel

4.09

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Muriel assumes her family is too poor to hold a Passover Seder this year-- but an act of kindness a… read more

Similar categories in Susan Kusel's The Passover Guest book and Susan Kusel's The Passover Guest

  • childrens
  • jewish
  • historical
  • holiday
  • picture books
  • judaism
  • religion
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family

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