5 must-read emotion books like Same Love, Different Hug by Sarah Hovorka

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Same Love, Different Hug

By: Sarah Hovorka

4.11

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A sensitive and honest picture book that celebrates the different ways in which we can show each ot…

If you liked the emotion plot in Same Love, Different Hug by Sarah Hovorka , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. 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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  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • storytime
  • emotion
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2. There Was a Party for Langston

By: Jason Reynolds

4.48

Format: 56 pages, ebook

New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Jason Reynolds’s debut picture book is a snappy… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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3. Black Girls: A celebration of you!

By: Dominique Furukawa

4.49

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A joyful love letter to every Black girl everywhere. In an upbeat and rhythmic ode, Dominique Furuk… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • storytime
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4. Cape

By: Kevin Johnson

4.54

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A young child learns that even superheroes hurt too in this heartrending story about loss and love,… read more

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  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • emotion
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5. Very Good Hats

By: Emma Straub

4.02

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

The first picture book by bestselling novelist Emma Straub, this joyous and inventive read-aloud wi… read more

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  • storytime
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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6. Woo Hoo! You're Doing Great!

By: Sandra Boynton

4.48

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times bestseller! Beloved author Sandra Boynton—and a very exuberant chicken!—have an im… read more

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  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • storytime
  • emotion
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7. Goodbye: A First Conversation About Grief (First Conversations)

By: Megan Madison

4.40

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A picture book edition of the board book about grief, offering adults the opportunity to begin impo… read more

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  • picture books
  • parenting
  • childrens
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8. I'm Going to Build a Snowman

By: Jashar Awan

4.23

Format: 48 pages, ebook

In this sparkling picture book celebration of winter and creativity, a boy’s snow day efforts show … read more

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  • storytime
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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9. Once Upon a Book

By: Grace Lin

4.21

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From Caldecott and Newbery Honoree Grace Lin and bestselling author Kate Messner comes a modern fol… read more

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  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • storytime
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10. Animals in Pants: A Poetry Picture Book

By: Suzy Levinson

4.33

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Author Suzy Levinson and artists Kristen and Kevin Howdeshell present an irreverently illustrated p… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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11. 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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  • parenting
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • storytime
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12. The Words We Share

By: Jack Wong

4.39

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A young girl helps her dad navigate life in a new country where she understands the language more t… read more

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  • family
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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13. This Little Kitty

By: Karen Obuhanych

4.00

Format: 32 pages, Library Binding

With a bold, graphic style and a bouncy, rhyming text, this picture book catches rascally kittens b… read more

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  • storytime
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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14. The Wishing Flower

By: A.J. Irving

4.12

Format: 32 pages, Library Binding

An LGBTQ-inclusive story about understanding your peers, your feelings, and yourself, The Wishing F… read more

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  • love
  • childrens
  • lgbt
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • storytime
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15. When You Can Swim

By: Jack Wong

4.15

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Picture Book Award A reverent celebration of learning to s… read more

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  • family
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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16. Just a Worm

By: Marie Boyd

4.19

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Upset at being called "just a worm," worm sets out around the garden to find out what the other ins… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • storytime
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17. Too Much!: An Overwhelming Day

By: Jolene Gutiérrez

4.61

Format: 32 pages, Kindle Edition

A reassuring rhyming picture book about sensory overload and what you can do when everything is too… read more

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  • parenting
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • emotion
"When feelings go on overload, I pause and breathe and all is . . . slowed."

-Jolene Gutiérrez, Too Much!: An Overwhelming Day

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18. Plátanos are Love

By: Alyssa Reynoso-Morris

4.54

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A delicious picture book about the ways plantains shape Latinx culture, community, and family, told… read more

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  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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19. This Baby. That Baby.

By: Cari Best

3.88

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

In this bouncy, playful picture book for very young listeners, follow two baby friends who live in … read more

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  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • family
  • storytime
Cover of Bábo: A Tale of Armenian Rug-Washing Day by Astrid Kamalyan

20. Bábo: A Tale of Armenian Rug-Washing Day

By: Astrid Kamalyan

4.26

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Join Tato and her family as they help Bábo (grandmother) on rug-washing day, in this sweet and play… read more

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  • family
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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21. Same Love, Different Hug

By: Sarah Hovorka

4.11

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A sensitive and honest picture book that celebrates the different ways in which we can show each ot… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Hovorka's Same Love, Different Hug book and Sarah Hovorka's Same Love, Different Hug

  • parenting
  • love
  • childrens
  • lgbt
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • storytime
  • emotion
Cover of Benita and the Night Creatures by Mariana Llanos

22. Benita and the Night Creatures

By: Mariana Llanos

4.28

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Benita loves to read in bed but keeps getting interrupted by a whistling Tunche, a scary Supay and … read more

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  • storytime
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Giraffe Is Too Tall for This Book by D.K. Ryland

23. Giraffe Is Too Tall for This Book

By: D.K. Ryland

4.22

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Furry, feathered, and scaled―all our animal friends are ready to read. But there’s just one big Gi… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • storytime
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24. The Planet We Call Home

By: Aimee Isaac

4.39

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A lyrical and loving ode to Planet Earth and the ways in which its many features are interconnected… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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25. Free to Be Fabulous

By: David McMullin

4.27

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

An exuberant and affirming picture book about self-expression, allyship, and celebrating difference… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • lgbt
Cover of Popi's All Souls Song by C.K. Malone

26. Popi's All Souls Song

By: C.K. Malone

4.91

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A gorgeously illustrated story about loss, community, and bringing comfort to others. Every year on… read more

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  • picture books
  • family
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27. Brazil

By: Ana Siqueira

4.62

Format: 20 pages, Hardcover

Let's spend a day in Brazil! Ride the ônibus to the beach, drink sugar cane juice at the feira and … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of The Boo Crew Needs YOU! by Vicky Fang

28. The Boo Crew Needs YOU!

By: Vicky Fang

3.98

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Trouble's come to Monster Town, and emergencies abound! There's no time to wait around... get the B… read more

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  • storytime
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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29. Only for a Little While

By: Gabriela Orozco Belt

4.38

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A heartwarming picture book with Spanish words woven in, about a father helping his daughter adjust… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
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30. AlphaBot

By: Vicky Fang

4.68

Format: 24 pages, Hardcover

Even the youngest robotocists will love flipping the flaps to create their own robot—while explorin… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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31. Patterns Everywhere

By: Lisa Varchol Perron

4.38

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Look around and discover patterns in the natural world! You might see them in leaf veins, in coral … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens

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