5 best-selling biography books like Itzhak: A Boy Who Loved the Violin by Tracy Newman

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Itzhak: A Boy Who Loved the Violin

By: Tracy Newman

4.27

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

This picture-book biography of violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman will inspire young readers to follow …

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1. The Alphabet Tree

By: Leo Lionni

3.84

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

When a fierce wind threatens to blow all the little letters out of the alphabet tree, they must ban… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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2. Mountain Chef: How One Man Lost His Groceries, Changed His Plans, and Helped Cook Up the National Park Service

By: Annette Bay Pimentel , Rich Lo

4.23

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

The true story of a Chinese American mountain man who fed thirty people for ten days in the wildern… read more

Similar categories in Annette Bay Pimentel's Mountain Chef: How One Man Lost His Groceries, Changed His Plans, and Helped Cook Up the National Park Service book and Tracy Newman's Itzhak: A Boy Who Loved the Violin

  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction

3. Shooting at the Stars

By: John Hendrix

4.18

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Shooting at the Starsis the moving story of a young British soldier on the front lines during World… read more

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4. Quest (Journey Trilogy, #2)

By: Aaron Becker

3.89

Format: 575 pages, Hardcover

Aaron Becker, creator of Journey, a Caldecott Honor book, presents the next chapter in his stunning… read more

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5. The Luckiest Lady in London

By: Sherry Thomas

2.69

Format: 88 pages,

Felix Rivendale, the Marquess of Wrenworth, is The Ideal Gentleman, a man all men want to be and al… read more

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6. The Bear and the Piano

By: David Litchfield

4.23

Format: 11 pages, Hardcover

One day, a young bear stumbles upon something he has never seen before in the forest. As time passe… read more

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7. The Snowy Day

By: Ezra Jack Keats

3.33

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Winner of the 1963 Caldecott Medal! No book has captured the magic and sense of possibility of the … read more

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8. 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
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9. 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
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10. 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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  • picture books
  • childrens
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11. Sulwe

By: Lupita Nyong'o

4.66

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times bestseller! From Academy Award–winning actress Lupita Nyong’o comes a powerful,… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
"Mama asked, "What is your name?" "Sulwe," she muttered. "And what doe sit mean?" "Star," Sulwe whispered. "Brightness is not in your skin, my love. Brightness is just who you are. As for beauty," Mam…"

-Lupita Nyong'o, Sulwe

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12. The Sour Grape (The Food Group #6)

By: Jory John

4.40

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

The Sour Grape holds grudges for every reason under the sun. Lime never returned a scarf they borro… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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13. The Truth About Dragons

By: Julie Leung

4.38

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

An unforgettable lyrical picture book that celebrates biracial identity from the award-winning auth… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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14. It Fell from the Sky

By: Terry Fan

4.20

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A picture book about community, art, the importance of giving back—and the wonder that fell from th… read more

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  • art
  • picture books
  • childrens
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15. 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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  • picture books
  • childrens
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16. A Rover's Story

By: Jasmine Warga

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade novel about the journey of a fictional Mars rover. Meet Resilience, a Mars rover… read more

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  • childrens
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17. We Are Water Protectors: (Caldecott Medal Winner)

By: Carole Lindstrom

4.51

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by the many Indigenous-led movements across North America, We Are Water Protectors issues … read more

Similar categories in Carole Lindstrom's We Are Water Protectors: (Caldecott Medal Winner) book and Tracy Newman's Itzhak: A Boy Who Loved the Violin

  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
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18. 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

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • disability
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19. 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

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  • childrens
Cover of How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee by Carole Boston Weatherford

20. How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee

By: Carole Boston Weatherford

4.44

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book From a multi-award-winning pair comes a deeply affecting … read more

Similar categories in Carole Boston Weatherford's How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee book and Tracy Newman's Itzhak: A Boy Who Loved the Violin

  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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21. Hair Love

By: Matthew A. Cherry

4.59

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

When mommy is away, it’s up to daddy to do his daughter’s hair in this ode to self-confidence and t… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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22. Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Sleigh!

By: Mo Willems

4.25

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning author and illustrator Mo Willems comes a new hol… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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23. Julián Is a Mermaid

By: Jessica Love

4.51

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

In an exuberant picture book, a glimpse of costumed mermaids leaves one boy flooded with wonder and… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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24. Beneath

By: Cori Doerrfeld

4.42

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

In this stunning story from New York Times bestselling creator Cori Doerrfeld, a child and their gr… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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25. Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks

By: Suzanne Slade

4.38

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A picture book biography about Gwendolyn Brooks, the influential poet and the first African America… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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26. I Will Dance

By: Nancy Bo Flood

4.36

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

This poetic and uplifting picture book illustrated by the #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator… read more

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  • art
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • disability
Cover of Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly

27. Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

By: Margot Lee Shetterly

4.44

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden were good at math...really g… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Coquíes Still Sing: A Story of Home, Hope, and Rebuilding by Karina Nicole Gonzalez

28. The Coquíes Still Sing: A Story of Home, Hope, and Rebuilding

By: Karina Nicole Gonzalez

4.31

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A story about home, community, and hope, inspired by the rebuilding of Puerto Rico following Hurric… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Anne's School Days: Inspired by Anne of Green Gables (An Anne Chapter Book) by Kallie George

29. Anne's School Days: Inspired by Anne of Green Gables (An Anne Chapter Book)

By: Kallie George

4.44

Format: 72 pages, Hardcover

The third book in an early-reader series inspired by Anne of Green Gables, starring the spirited An… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Itzhak: A Boy Who Loved the Violin by Tracy Newman

30. Itzhak: A Boy Who Loved the Violin

By: Tracy Newman

4.27

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

This picture-book biography of violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman will inspire young readers to follow … read more

Similar categories in Tracy Newman's Itzhak: A Boy Who Loved the Violin book and Tracy Newman's Itzhak: A Boy Who Loved the Violin

  • music
  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • jewish
  • picture books
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • disability
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31. My Mommy Medicine

By: Edwidge Danticat

3.95

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

My Mommy Medicine is a picture book about the comfort and love a mama offers when her child isn't f… read more

Similar categories in Edwidge Danticat's My Mommy Medicine book and Tracy Newman's Itzhak: A Boy Who Loved the Violin

  • picture books
  • childrens

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4.23

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4.44

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4.38

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4.43

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4.51

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