19 Top childrens books like A Dinosaur Named Ruth: How Ruth Mason Discovered Fossils in Her Own Backyard by Julia Lyon

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A Dinosaur Named Ruth: How Ruth Mason Discovered Fossils in Her Own Backyard

By: Julia Lyon

4.36

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Shark Lady and from the New York Times bestselling illustrator of Dr. Fauci comes the i…

If you liked the childrens plot in A Dinosaur Named Ruth: How Ruth Mason Discovered Fossils in Her Own Backyard by Julia Lyon , here is a list of 19 books like this:

1. Two Bobbies: A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship, and Survival

By: Kirby Larson , Mary Nethery , Jean Cassels

3.62

Format: 240 pages,

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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
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3. Knight Owl (The Knight Owl Series, 1)

By: Christopher Denise

4.51

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A Caldecott Honor Winner and  New York Times  Bestseller!  A determined Owl builds strength and … read more

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  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
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4. The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale

By: Jon Klassen

4.26

Format: 105 pages, None

Jon Klassen's retelling of a traditional Tyrolean folktale.In a big abandoned house, on a barren hi… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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5. 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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6. The Little Wooden Robot and the Log Princess

By: Tom Gauld

4.30

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

In acclaimed graphic novelist Tom Gauld's first picture book for children, a little wooden robot em… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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7. Coven: A Graphic Novel

By: Jennifer Dugan

3.74

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Emsy has always lived in sunny California, and she'd much rather spend her days surfing with her fr… read more

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8. Olivetti

By: Allie Millington

4.10

Format: 253 pages, Hardcover

Being a typewriter is not as easy as it looks. Surrounded by books (notorious attention hogs) and r… read more

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  • childrens
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9. Luigi, the Spider Who Wanted to Be a Kitten

By: Michelle Knudsen

4.43

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times best-selling creators of Library Lion comes a warm (and delightfully fuzzy)… read more

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  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion by Shannon Stocker

10. Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion

By: Shannon Stocker

4.50

Format: 40 pages, Paperback

This picture book tells the true story of world-famous deaf percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie. T… read more

Similar categories in Shannon Stocker's Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion book and Julia Lyon's A Dinosaur Named Ruth: How Ruth Mason Discovered Fossils in Her Own Backyard

  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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11. Song After Song: The Musical Life of Julie Andrews

By: Julie Hedlund

4.46

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

This picture book biography explores the early life of film star, theater performer, singer, and pu… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
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12. The Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London's Poop Pollution Problem

By: Colleen Paeff

4.35

Format: None pages, None

Discover the true story about the determined engineer who fixed London’s pollution problem in this … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • science

13. A History of Toilet Paper (and Other Potty Tools)

By: Sophia Gholz

4.36

Format: None pages, Unknown Binding

"A look at how humans have used toilets and other toileting tools/objects throughout history and ci… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • history
  • childrens
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14. Pawcasso

By: Remy Lai

4.08

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Every Saturday, Pawcasso trots into town with a basket, a shopping list, and cash in paw to buy gro… read more

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  • animals
  • childrens
Cover of Animals in Surprising Shades: Poems About Earth's Colorful Creatures by Susan Johnston Taylor

15. Animals in Surprising Shades: Poems About Earth's Colorful Creatures

By: Susan Johnston Taylor

4.83

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Rosy pinks, regal blues, radiant greens Adorn birds, bugs, snails, slugs. Instead of paint on can… read more

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  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
Cover of Blips on a Screen: How Ralph Baer Invented TV Video Gaming and Launched a Worldwide Obsession by Kate Hannigan

16. Blips on a Screen: How Ralph Baer Invented TV Video Gaming and Launched a Worldwide Obsession

By: Kate Hannigan

3.94

Format: 48 pages, Library Binding

An engaging picture book biography based on the incredible true story of a Jewish refugee who pione… read more

Similar categories in Kate Hannigan's Blips on a Screen: How Ralph Baer Invented TV Video Gaming and Launched a Worldwide Obsession book and Julia Lyon's A Dinosaur Named Ruth: How Ruth Mason Discovered Fossils in Her Own Backyard

  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • science
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17. Butt or Face?, Vol. 2: Revenge of the Butts

By: Kari Lavelle

4.35

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Are you ready for round two of the hilarious guessing game picture book? Discover fascinating facts… read more

Similar categories in Kari Lavelle's Butt or Face?, Vol. 2: Revenge of the Butts book and Julia Lyon's A Dinosaur Named Ruth: How Ruth Mason Discovered Fossils in Her Own Backyard

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • science
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18. A Dinosaur Named Ruth: How Ruth Mason Discovered Fossils in Her Own Backyard

By: Julia Lyon

4.36

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Shark Lady and from the New York Times bestselling illustrator of Dr. Fauci comes the i… read more

Similar categories in Julia Lyon's A Dinosaur Named Ruth: How Ruth Mason Discovered Fossils in Her Own Backyard book and Julia Lyon's A Dinosaur Named Ruth: How Ruth Mason Discovered Fossils in Her Own Backyard

  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • biography memoir
  • dinosaurs
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
Cover of Luna's Green Pet by Kirsten  Pendreigh

19. Luna's Green Pet

By: Kirsten Pendreigh

4.55

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Luna longs for a pet but the apartment building where she and her family live has a very strict NO … read more

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  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • nature
  • science
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20. So Not Ghoul

By: Karen Yin

4.04

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

On her first day haunting a new school, all Mimi has to wear are old, fancy Chinese gowns from her … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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21. Tricky Chopsticks

By: Sylvia Chen

4.30

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

In this story loosely inspired by Chen's childhood, a girl determined to hold her own in her family… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens

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