19 best-selling picture books books like An Ordinary Day by Elana K. Arnold

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An Ordinary Day

By: Elana K. Arnold

4.24

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

An ordinary day in an ordinary neighborhood turns out to be quite extraordinary in this story about…

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

1. 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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  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • family
  • fiction

2. Maddi's Fridge

By: Vin Vogel , None

4.06

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Winner of: 2014 Christopher Award, Books for Young People 2014 ILA Primary Fiction Award 2015 MLA M… read more

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3. My Lucky Day

By: Keiko Kasza

3.37

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

When a delicious-looking piglet knocks on Mr. Fox's door "accidentally," the fox can hardly believe… 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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  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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5. 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
  • fiction
Cover of The Year We Learned to Fly by Jacqueline Woodson

6. The Year We Learned to Fly

By: Jacqueline Woodson

4.39

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Jacqueline Woodson and Rafael López’s highly anticipated companion to their #1 New York Times bests… read more

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  • cultural
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
Cover of An American Story (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner) by Kwame Alexander

7. An American Story (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner)

By: Kwame Alexander

4.63

Format: 56 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times Bestselling and award-winning author  of  The Undefeated , Kwame Alexander, pens … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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8. A Day With No Words

By: Tiffany Hammond

4.68

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A must-read that belongs in every home and classroom, A Day With No Words invites readers into the … read more

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
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9. You Matter

By: Christian Robinson

4.15

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

They All Saw a Cat meets The Important Book in this sensitive and impactful picture book about seei… read more

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  • cultural
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of I Walk with Vanessa: A Story About a Simple Act of Kindness by Kerascoët

10. I Walk with Vanessa: A Story About a Simple Act of Kindness

By: Kerascoët

4.38

Format: 32 pages, Library Binding

This picture book tells the story of an elementary school girl named Vanessa who is bullied and a f… read more

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  • cultural
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • fiction
Cover of The Christmassy Cactus by Beth Ferry

11. The Christmassy Cactus

By: Beth Ferry

4.05

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author Beth Ferry of Stick and Stone and The Scarecrow is back with an irresistible hol… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson

12. The Day You Begin

By: Jacqueline Woodson

4.44

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson and two-time Pura Belpre Illustrator Award winner Raf… read more

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  • cultural
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • fiction
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13. You're So Amazing!

By: James Catchpole

4.42

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

When people meet Joe, they often treat him as Amazing Joe or Poor Joe. But can't he just be . . . J… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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14. What Happened to You?

By: James Catchpole

4.44

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

The first ever picture book addressing how a disabled child might want to be spoken to.What happene… read more

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  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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15. The Book That Almost Rhymed

By: Omar Abed

4.45

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

Every great adventure needs a hero—or two! This playful take on storytelling and equity proves that… read more

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  • family
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of I Always Wanted One by Olivier Tallec

16. I Always Wanted One

By: Olivier Tallec

4.14

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

He had always wanted one ever since he was little… He might not be the one he would have picked him… read more

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  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • dogs
  • fiction
Cover of Can We Please Give the Police Department to the Grandmothers? by Junauda Petrus

17. Can We Please Give the Police Department to the Grandmothers?

By: Junauda Petrus

4.01

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Based on the viral poem by Coretta Scott King honoree Junauda Petrus, this picture book debut imagi… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of An Ordinary Day by Elana K. Arnold

18. An Ordinary Day

By: Elana K. Arnold

4.24

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

An ordinary day in an ordinary neighborhood turns out to be quite extraordinary in this story about… read more

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  • cultural
  • childrens
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • animals
  • dogs
  • death
  • fiction
  • family
Cover of The Story of a Story by Deborah Hopkinson

19. The Story of a Story

By: Deborah Hopkinson

3.93

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Help young readers become young writers with this sweet picture book about a child finding the word… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Grief Is an Elephant by Tamara Ellis Smith

20. Grief Is an Elephant

By: Tamara Ellis Smith

4.25

Format: 36 pages, Kindle Edition

An imaginative and heartfelt book that reminds us that there is no loss without love.When Grief fir… read more

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  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • death
Cover of The Bright Side by Chad Otis

21. The Bright Side

By: Chad Otis

3.82

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

This endearing picture book about making the most of any situation is also a heartfelt and meaningf… read more

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction

17 must-read fiction books like An Ordinary Day by Elana K. Arnold

Transform Your Habits

The Kissing Hand

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

2.00

Transform Your Habits

Big

Vashti Harrison

4.66

Transform Your Habits

All the Ways to be Smart

Davina Bell

4.37

Transform Your Habits

The Year We Learned to Fly

Jacqueline Woodson

4.39

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8 must-read fiction books like The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn, Ruth E. Harper, Nancy M. Leak

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Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!

Mo Willems

4.33

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There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly

Simms Taback

4.24

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Llama Llama Red Pajama

Anna Dewdney

4.30

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The Rainbow Fish

Marcus Pfister , J. Alison James

2.67

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