14 must-read fiction books like The Star Festival by Moni Ritchie Hadley

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The Star Festival

By: Moni Ritchie Hadley

4.01

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Tanabata Matsuri, the Star Festival, celebrates a popular folktale: The Emperor of the Heavens sepa…

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Cover of And Tango Makes Three by Henry Cole, Justin Richardson, Peter Parnell

1. And Tango Makes Three

By: Henry Cole , Justin Richardson , Peter Parnell

4.30

Format: None pages,

In the zoo there are all kinds of animal families. But Tango's family is not like any of the others… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
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2. The Wonderful Things You Will Be

By: Emily Winfield Martin

3.97

Format: 250 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestsellerthat celebrates the dreams, acceptance, and love that parents have for… read more

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  • fiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family

3. The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend

By: Dan Santat

3.95

Format: 620 pages, Hardcover

This magical story begins on an island far away where an imaginary friend is born. He patiently wai… read more

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4. 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
Cover of Skunk and Badger (Skunk and Badger, #1) by Amy Timberlake

5. Skunk and Badger (Skunk and Badger, #1)

By: Amy Timberlake

4.06

Format: 124 pages, Hardcover

No one wants a skunk.They are unwelcome on front stoops. They should not linger in Important Rock R… read more

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  • childrens
  • fiction
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6. The Leaf Thief

By: Alice Hemming

4.15

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A brilliantly funny picture book about seasons, written by Alice Hemming and illustrated by Nicola … read more

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

7. 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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  • 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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8. Frizzy

By: Claribel A. Ortega

4.48

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A middle grade graphic novel about Marlene, a young girl who stops straightening her hair and embra… read more

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  • family
  • childrens
  • fiction
"We learn things from our parents, who learn things from their parents, who learned that from their parents. It doesn't make those things okay to believe..."

-Claribel A. Ortega, Frizzy

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9. Thank You, Omu! (Caldecott Honor Book)

By: Oge Mora

4.44

Format: 36 pages, Hardcover

A generous woman is rewarded by her community in this remarkable author-illustrator debut that's pe… read more

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  • cultural
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • food
  • fiction
  • family
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10. The Proudest Blue

By: Ibtihaj Muhammad

4.56

Format: 36 pages, Hardcover

A powerful, vibrantly illustrated story about the first day of school–and two sisters on one’s firs… read more

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  • cultural
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
Cover of Holding Her Own: The Exceptional Life of Jackie Ormes by Traci N. Todd

11. Holding Her Own: The Exceptional Life of Jackie Ormes

By: Traci N. Todd

4.19

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

An evocative picture book biography about the prolific life of Jackie Ormes, whose groundbreaking c… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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12. Paletero Man

By: Lucky Diaz

4.21

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A truly refreshing picture book about determination, kindness, ice pops—and the true meaning of bei… read more

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  • cultural
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • food
  • fiction
Cover of Digging For Words: José Alberto Gutiérrez and the Library He Built by Angela Burke Kunkel

13. Digging For Words: José Alberto Gutiérrez and the Library He Built

By: Angela Burke Kunkel

4.48

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Based on the life of Jose Alberto Gutierrez, a garbage collector in Bogota, Colombia who started a … read more

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  • cultural
  • picture books
  • childrens
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14. The Big Bath House

By: Kyo Maclear

4.27

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A joyful celebration of Japanese cultural traditions and body positivity as a young girl visits a b… read more

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  • cultural
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • family
  • asian literature
  • japan
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15. Finley: A Moose on the Caboose

By: Candace Spizzirri

4.66

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

"Rules are rules” and wild animals aren’t allowed on trains . . . or so says Conductor Jones. Yo… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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16. Super Boba Café (Book 1): A Graphic Novel

By: Nidhi Chanani

3.75

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

First in a series, Nidhi Chanani’s Super Boba Café is a sweet and magical middle-grade, full-color … read more

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  • food
  • childrens
  • fiction
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17. Viewfinder

By: Christine D.U. Chung

4.24

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

A young space traveler happens upon Earth in the future in this gorgeous wordless adventure for fan… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of The Star Festival by Moni Ritchie Hadley

18. The Star Festival

By: Moni Ritchie Hadley

4.01

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Tanabata Matsuri, the Star Festival, celebrates a popular folktale: The Emperor of the Heavens sepa… read more

Similar categories in Moni Ritchie Hadley's The Star Festival book and Moni Ritchie Hadley's The Star Festival

  • cultural
  • childrens
  • holiday
  • picture books
  • food
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
  • asian literature
  • family
  • japan
Cover of Built to Last by Minh Lê

19. Built to Last

By: Minh Lê

4.21

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Meet two friends who think they're building imaginative worlds with blocks but come to realize they… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of I Wish You Knew by Jackie Azúa Kramer

20. I Wish You Knew

By: Jackie Azúa Kramer

4.34

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A heartfelt story that explores the aftermath of deportation, I Wish You Knew celebrates the power … read more

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  • family
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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21. City Feet

By: Aixa Perez-Prado

4.65

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

This shoe lover’s paradise reveals that a city’s feet are as varied as the people and animals who l… read more

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  • picture books

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4.30

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3.97

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4.66

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