8 must-read nature books like The Happiest Tree: A Story of Growing Up by Hyeon-Ju Lee

Cover of The Happiest Tree: A Story of Growing Up by Hyeon-Ju Lee

The Happiest Tree: A Story of Growing Up

By: Hyeon-Ju Lee

3.75

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A story of life and growing up. Over the years, the gingko tree that resides outside an apartmen…

If you liked the nature plot in The Happiest Tree: A Story of Growing Up by Hyeon-Ju Lee , here is a list of 8 books like this:

Cover of You Are (Not) Small by Anna Kang, Christopher Weyant

1. You Are (Not) Small

By: Anna Kang , Christopher Weyant

5.00

Format: 362 pages, Hardcover

Two fuzzy creatures can't agree on who is small and who is big, until a couple of surprise guests s… read more

Similar categories in Anna Kang's You Are (Not) Small book and Hyeon-Ju Lee's The Happiest Tree: A Story of Growing Up

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt by Kate Messner, Christopher Silas Neal

2. Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt

By: Kate Messner , Christopher Silas Neal

3.51

Format: 178 pages, Hardcover

In this exuberant and lyrical follow-up to the award-winning Over and Under the Snow, discover the … read more

Similar categories in Kate Messner's Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt book and Hyeon-Ju Lee's The Happiest Tree: A Story of Growing Up

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature
Cover of There is a Bird on Your Head! (Elephant & Piggie, #4) by Mo Willems

3. There is a Bird on Your Head! (Elephant & Piggie, #4)

By: Mo Willems

4.03

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Gerald is careful. Piggie is not. Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can. Gerald worries so that Pi… read more

Similar categories in Mo Willems's There is a Bird on Your Head! (Elephant & Piggie, #4) book and Hyeon-Ju Lee's The Happiest Tree: A Story of Growing Up

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Waiting by Kevin Henkes

4. Waiting

By: Kevin Henkes

4.02

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Caldecott Honor and Geisel Honor Book What are you waiting for? An owl, a puppy, a bear, a rabbit, … read more

Similar categories in Kevin Henkes's Waiting book and Hyeon-Ju Lee's The Happiest Tree: A Story of Growing Up

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • kids
Cover of The Princess and the Pony by Kate Beaton

5. The Princess and the Pony

By: Kate Beaton

3.70

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

Princess Pinecone knows exactly what she wants for her birthday this year. A BIG horse. A STRONG ho… read more

Similar categories in Kate Beaton's The Princess and the Pony book and Hyeon-Ju Lee's The Happiest Tree: A Story of Growing Up

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction

6. Firebird: Ballerina Misty Copeland Shows a Young Girl How to Dance Like the Firebird

By: Misty Copeland , Christopher Myers

4.11

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In her debut picture book, Misty Copeland tells the story of a young girl--an every girl--whose con… read more

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Cover of Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Noble Maillard

7. Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story

By: Kevin Noble Maillard

4.42

Format: 42 pages, Hardcover

Fry bread is food. It is warm and delicious, piled high on a plate. Fry bread is time. It brin… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Noble Maillard's Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story book and Hyeon-Ju Lee's The Happiest Tree: A Story of Growing Up

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Mel Fell by Corey R. Tabor

8. Mel Fell

By: Corey R. Tabor

4.47

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A tale about self-confidence and taking a leap of faith, starring a kingfisher. Sometimes, you m… read more

Similar categories in Corey R. Tabor's Mel Fell book and Hyeon-Ju Lee's The Happiest Tree: A Story of Growing Up

  • nature
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Drawn Together by Minh Lê

9. Drawn Together

By: Minh Lê

4.42

Format: 34 pages, Hardcover

When a young boy visits his grandfather, their lack of a common language leads to confusion, frustr… read more

Similar categories in Minh Lê's Drawn Together book and Hyeon-Ju Lee's The Happiest Tree: A Story of Growing Up

  • art
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of A Walk in the Words by Hudson Talbott

10. A Walk in the Words

By: Hudson Talbott

4.33

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

When Hudson Talbott was a little boy, he loved drawing, and it came naturally to him. But reading? … read more

Similar categories in Hudson Talbott's A Walk in the Words book and Hyeon-Ju Lee's The Happiest Tree: A Story of Growing Up

  • art
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1) by Kwame Alexander

11. The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)

By: Kwame Alexander

4.32

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

An instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! From the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award win… read more

Similar categories in Kwame Alexander's The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1) book and Hyeon-Ju Lee's The Happiest Tree: A Story of Growing Up

  • childrens
  • fiction
"A family tie is like the river. It can bend, but it cannot break."

-Kwame Alexander, The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)

Cover of Julián Is a Mermaid by Jessica     Love

12. 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

Similar categories in Jessica Love's Julián Is a Mermaid book and Hyeon-Ju Lee's The Happiest Tree: A Story of Growing Up

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Room for Everyone by Naaz Khan

13. Room for Everyone

By: Naaz Khan

4.40

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A young boy on a crowded bus discovers that, after some wiggles and giggles, there’s room for every… read more

Similar categories in Naaz Khan's Room for Everyone book and Hyeon-Ju Lee's The Happiest Tree: A Story of Growing Up

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of A Place Inside of Me: A Poem to Heal the Heart by Zetta Elliott

14. A Place Inside of Me: A Poem to Heal the Heart

By: Zetta Elliott

4.40

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

In this poem, a Black child explores his shifting emotions throughout the year. There is a place in… read more

Similar categories in Zetta Elliott's A Place Inside of Me: A Poem to Heal the Heart book and Hyeon-Ju Lee's The Happiest Tree: A Story of Growing Up

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of A Seed Grows by Antoinette Portis

15. A Seed Grows

By: Antoinette Portis

4.12

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From tiny seed to a huge, fold-out bloom, the transformative life cycle of a sunflower plays out. … read more

Similar categories in Antoinette Portis's A Seed Grows book and Hyeon-Ju Lee's The Happiest Tree: A Story of Growing Up

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature
Cover of A Boy Named Isamu: A Story of Isamu Noguchi by James Yang

16. 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 Hyeon-Ju Lee's The Happiest Tree: A Story of Growing Up

  • art
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature
Cover of The Dirt Book: Poems About Animals That Live Beneath Our Feet by David L. Harrison

17. The Dirt Book: Poems About Animals That Live Beneath Our Feet

By: David L. Harrison

3.93

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

15 fun and fact-filled poems about soil--what makes it and who lives in it! Dirt! It's made of c… read more

Similar categories in David L. Harrison's The Dirt Book: Poems About Animals That Live Beneath Our Feet book and Hyeon-Ju Lee's The Happiest Tree: A Story of Growing Up

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature
Cover of The Happiest Tree: A Story of Growing Up by Hyeon-Ju Lee

18. The Happiest Tree: A Story of Growing Up

By: Hyeon-Ju Lee

3.75

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A story of life and growing up. Over the years, the gingko tree that resides outside an apartmen… read more

Similar categories in Hyeon-Ju Lee's The Happiest Tree: A Story of Growing Up book and Hyeon-Ju Lee's The Happiest Tree: A Story of Growing Up

  • art
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • kids
  • nature
Cover of A Day with Yayah by Nicola I. Campbell

19. A Day with Yayah

By: Nicola I. Campbell

3.89

Format: 28 pages, Hardcover

Set in the Okanagon, BC, a First Nations family goes on an outing to forage for herbs and mushrooms… read more

Similar categories in Nicola I. Campbell's A Day with Yayah book and Hyeon-Ju Lee's The Happiest Tree: A Story of Growing Up

  • nature
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Ice Cycle: Poems about the Life of Ice by Maria Gianferrari

20. Ice Cycle: Poems about the Life of Ice

By: Maria Gianferrari

4.12

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Pancake ice, floebergs, glaciers, icicles . . . cold temperatures create an astonishing variety of … read more

Similar categories in Maria Gianferrari's Ice Cycle: Poems about the Life of Ice book and Hyeon-Ju Lee's The Happiest Tree: A Story of Growing Up

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature
Cover of Blood Brothers | Juvenile Fiction Book | Reading Age 8-12 | Grade Level 2-6 | Touches on Social Issues, Prejudice, Racism, Family, Healthy & Daily Living, Illness & Injuries | Reycraft Books by Rob    Sanders

21. Blood Brothers | Juvenile Fiction Book | Reading Age 8-12 | Grade Level 2-6 | Touches on Social Issues, Prejudice, Racism, Family, Healthy & Daily Living, Illness & Injuries | Reycraft Books

By: Rob Sanders

4.58

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

Calvin Johnston’s secret is out. He and his brothers are tainted. Untouchable. And the bad blood fl… read more

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5.00

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4.03

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4.02

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4.66

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4.29

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