11 Top picture books books like The Colors of History: How Colors Shaped the World by Clive Gifford

Cover of The Colors of History: How Colors Shaped the World by Clive Gifford

The Colors of History: How Colors Shaped the World

By: Clive Gifford

4.38

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

A truly unique approach to history and a fascinating read that is guaranteed to keep boredom at bay…

If you liked the picture books plot in The Colors of History: How Colors Shaped the World by Clive Gifford , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of Stargazing Dog by Takashi  Murakami, 村上たかし

1. Stargazing Dog

By: Takashi Murakami , 村上たかし

4.35

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Translated from the Japanese bestseller, this story centers on Oto-san, a man who finds himself aba… read more

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Cover of The Dark by Lemony Snicket, Jon Klassen

2. The Dark

By: Lemony Snicket , Jon Klassen

4.08

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Laszlo is afraid of the dark. The dark is not afraid of Laszlo. Laszlo lives in a house. The da… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
"Without the dark, everything would be light, and you would never know if you needed a lightbulb."

-Lemony Snicket, The Dark

"You might be afraid of the dark, but the dark is not afraid of you. That’s why the dark is always close by."

-Lemony Snicket, The Dark

"You might be afraid of the dark, but the dark is not afraid of you. That's why the dark is always close by. The dark peeks around the corner and waits behind the door, and you can see the dark up in …"

-Lemony Snicket, The Dark

Cover of The Day the Crayons Came Home by Oliver Jeffers, Drew Daywalt

3. The Day the Crayons Came Home

By: Oliver Jeffers , Drew Daywalt

4.40

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Duncan's Crayons are back with yet another wild range of colorful demands! Boy, Duncan's crayons… read more

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  • art
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of The Wolf Wilder by Katherine Rundell, Gelrev Ongbico

4. The Wolf Wilder

By: Katherine Rundell , Gelrev Ongbico

4.07

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Feodora and her mother live in the snowbound woods of Russia, in a house full of food and fireplace… read more

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  • historical
  • childrens
"Stories can start revolutions."

-Katherine Rundell, The Wolf Wilder

"Hard work always hurts somewhere."

-Katherine Rundell, The Wolf Wilder

"Wolves are the witches of the animal world."

-Katherine Rundell, The Wolf Wilder

"Wolves, and stars, and snow: Those things made sense."

-Katherine Rundell, The Wolf Wilder

Cover of Beautiful Darkness by Fabien Vehlmann, Helge Dascher, Kerascoët

5. Beautiful Darkness

By: Fabien Vehlmann , Helge Dascher , Kerascoët

3.87

Format: 94 pages, Hardcover

Kerascoët’s and Fabien Vehlmann’s unsettling and gorgeous anti-fairy tale is a searing condemnation… read more

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Cover of The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn, Ruth E. Harper, Nancy M. Leak

6. The Kissing Hand

By: Audrey Penn , Ruth E. Harper , Nancy M. Leak

2.00

Format: 88 pages, Hardcover

School is starting in the forest, but Chester Raccoon does not want to go. To help ease Chester's f… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney, Anita Jeram

7. Guess How Much I Love You

By: Sam McBratney , Anita Jeram

3.10

Format: 151 pages, Board book

"Guess how much I love you," says Little Nutbrown Hare. Little Nutbrown Hare shows his daddy how mu… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Anne of Green Gables: A Graphic Novel by Mariah Marsden, Brenna Thummler, Kendra Phipps, None

8. Anne of Green Gables: A Graphic Novel

By: Mariah Marsden , Brenna Thummler , Kendra Phipps , None

4.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

Schoolyard rivalries. Baking disasters. Puffed sleeves.Explore the violet vales and glorious green … read more

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  • childrens

9. Corduroy

By: Don Freeman

4.72

Format: 64 pages,

Have you ever dreamed of being locked in a department store at night? The endearing story of Cordur… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens

10. Virginia Wolf

By: Isabelle Arsenault , Kyo Maclear

3.17

Format: 55 pages, Hardcover

Vanessa's sister, Virginia, is in a ?wolfish? mood --- growling, howling and acting very strange. I… read more

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11. The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana

By: Umberto Eco , Geoffrey Brock

3.49

Format: 465 pages, Paperback

Yambo, a sixtyish rare-book dealer who lives in Milan, has suffered a loss of memory-he can remembe… read more

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12. Good Night, Mr. Tom

By: Michelle Magorian

3.93

Format: 40 pages, Paperback

London is poised on the brink of World War II. Timid, scrawny Willie Beech -- the abused child of a… read more

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13. Life on the Refrigerator Door

By: Alice Kuipers

4.62

Format: 290 pages,

Claire and her mother are running out of time, but they don't know it. Not yet. Claire is wrapped u… read more

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14. Virgins (Outlander, #0.5)

By: Diana Gabaldon

4.46

Format: 192 pages,

A young Jamie Fraser learns what it really means to become a man in this Outlander prequel novella.… read more

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15. Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time

By: Dava Sobel , Neil Armstrong

3.72

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

Anyone alive in the eighteenth century would have known that "the longitude problem" was the thorni… read more

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Cover of The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper, George Hauman, Doris Hauman

16. The Little Engine That Could

By: Watty Piper , George Hauman , Doris Hauman

4.19

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

The story of a train filled with toys and gifts for little boys and girls that breaks down before r… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
"Little Engine That Could - "I think I can. I think I can. I think I can. I know I can."

-Watty Piper, The Little Engine That Could

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17. Hungry Ghost

By: Victoria Ying

4.01

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A beautiful and heart-wrenching young adult graphic novel takes a look at eating disorders, family … read more

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18. All the Ways to be Smart

By: Davina Bell

4.37

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Smart is not just ticks and crosses, smart is building boats from boxes. Painting patterns, wheel… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of 1984: The Graphic Novel by Fido Nesti

19. 1984: The Graphic Novel

By: Fido Nesti

4.23

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In 1984, London is a grim city in the totalitarian state of Oceania where Big Brother is always wat… read more

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20. Wrony

By: Petra Dvořáková

4.40

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

Bestseller z Czech! Kameralna opowieść o świetle i mroku. W gałęziach starego wiązu zagnieździła… read more

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Cover of Maybe: A Story About the Endless Potential in All of Us by Kobi Yamada

21. Maybe: A Story About the Endless Potential in All of Us

By: Kobi Yamada

4.65

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

You are the only you there ever has been or ever will be. You are unique in all the universe. Just … read more

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  • art
  • picture books
  • childrens
"There will be struggles, there will be fears, and it won't always be easy. At times it will feel really hard. And you might make a mess of things. You may fall down. You may fail. But you will also g…"

-Kobi Yamada, Maybe: A Story About the Endless Potential in All of Us

Cover of Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega

22. 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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  • childrens
"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

Cover of The Joy and Light Bus Company (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #22) by Alexander McCall Smith

23. The Joy and Light Bus Company (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #22)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

4.20

Format: 228 pages, Kindle Edition

In this latest installment in the beloved No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, Mma Ramotswe is te… read more

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"Never try to reach a conclusion before you reach the conclusion."

-Alexander McCall Smith, The Joy and Light Bus Company (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #22)

"There were times, she thought, when 'ah' said everything that needed to be said"

-Alexander McCall Smith, The Joy and Light Bus Company (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #22)

"We have always asked too much of women in this country. They hold up the sky on their shoulders."

-Alexander McCall Smith, The Joy and Light Bus Company (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #22)

"People had to be left to make their own mistakes, even if the rest of us could see quite clearly the dangers that lay ahead."

-Alexander McCall Smith, The Joy and Light Bus Company (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #22)

Cover of Nat Enough (Nat Enough #1) by Maria Scrivan

24. Nat Enough (Nat Enough #1)

By: Maria Scrivan

4.08

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

A New York Times bestseller! Making friends isn't easy, but losing them is even harder!Natalie has … read more

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  • childrens
Cover of The Pug who wanted to be a Unicorn (The Pug Who Wanted to... Book 1) by Bella Swift

25. The Pug who wanted to be a Unicorn (The Pug Who Wanted to... Book 1)

By: Bella Swift

4.29

Format: 160 pages, Kindle Edition

Always be yourself. Unless you can be a unicorn . . . When she's abandoned just before Christmas, P… read more

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  • childrens
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26. This Book Is Gray

By: Lindsay Ward

4.22

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Gray just wants to be included. But the other colors are always leaving him out. So he decides to c… read more

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  • art
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of The Tryout (The Tryout #1) by Christina Soontornvat

27. The Tryout (The Tryout #1)

By: Christina Soontornvat

4.31

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

STAND TALL. BE LOUD. GAME FACE ON. When cheerleading tryouts are announced, Christina and … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • childrens
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28. I'm the Girl

By: Courtney Summers

3.39

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

The new groundbreaking queer thriller from New York Times bestselling and Edgar-award Winning autho… read more

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29. Livet - Illustrert

By: Lisa Aisato

4.78

Format: 187 pages, Hardcover

Lisa Aisatos samlede verker. Ingen illustrerer menneskenes frykt, håp og drømmer som Lisa Aisato… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Chąśba (Grodzisko, #1) by Katarzyna Puzyńska

30. Chąśba (Grodzisko, #1)

By: Katarzyna Puzyńska

3.25

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

Co mają wspólnego zrzędliwy starzec z drewnianą nogą (który jest tylko zwykłym katem), niezbyt potę… read more

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Cover of The Colors of History: How Colors Shaped the World by Clive Gifford

31. The Colors of History: How Colors Shaped the World

By: Clive Gifford

4.38

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

A truly unique approach to history and a fascinating read that is guaranteed to keep boredom at bay… read more

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  • art
  • history
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  • historical
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • education

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Lemony Snicket , Jon Klassen

4.08

Transform Your Habits

The Day the Crayons Came Home

Oliver Jeffers , Drew Daywalt

4.40

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The Wolf Wilder

Katherine Rundell , Gelrev Ongbico

4.07

Transform Your Habits

The Kissing Hand

Audrey Penn , Ruth E. Harper , Nancy M. Leak

2.00

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Katarzyna Berenika Miszczuk , Anna Szawiel

3.86

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Katarzyna Berenika Miszczuk

4.08

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Katarzyna Berenika Miszczuk

3.97

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Joanna W. Gajzler

3.78

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