15 Best picture books books like The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota's Garden by Heather Smith

Cover of The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota's Garden by Heather   Smith

The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota's Garden

By: Heather Smith

4.49

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

When the tsunami destroyed Makio's village, Makio lost his father . . . and his voice. The entire v…

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Cover of Sidewalk Flowers by JonArno Lawson, Sydney Smith

1. Sidewalk Flowers

By: JonArno Lawson , Sydney Smith

2.50

Format: 62 pages, Hardcover

In this wordless picture book, a little girl collects wildflowers while her distracted father pays … read more

Similar categories in JonArno Lawson's Sidewalk Flowers book and Heather Smith's The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota's Garden

  • childrens
  • canada
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
Cover of Michael Rosen's Sad Book by Quentin Blake, Michael Rosen

2. Michael Rosen's Sad Book

By: Quentin Blake , Michael Rosen

3.77

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

With unmitigated honesty, a touch of humor, and sensitive illustrations by Quentin Blake, Michael R… read more

Similar categories in Quentin Blake's Michael Rosen's Sad Book book and Heather Smith's The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota's Garden

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
  • death

3. Victory

By: Joseph Conrad , Robert Hampson

3.47

Format: 1 pages, Paperback

Axel Heyst, a dreamer and a restless drifter, believes he can avoid suffering by cutting himself of… read more

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4. Quest (Journey Trilogy, #2)

By: Aaron Becker

3.89

Format: 575 pages, Hardcover

Aaron Becker, creator of Journey, a Caldecott Honor book, presents the next chapter in his stunning… read more

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5. Hot Dog

By: Doug Salati

4.29

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From a critically acclaimed creator comes this summery picture book featuring an overheated--and ov… read more

Similar categories in Doug Salati's Hot Dog book and Heather Smith's The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota's Garden

  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Knight Owl (The Knight Owl Series, 1) by Christopher Denise

6. 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

Similar categories in Christopher Denise's Knight Owl (The Knight Owl Series, 1) book and Heather Smith's The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota's Garden

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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7. The Storm Keeper's Island (Storm Keeper, #1)

By: Catherine Doyle

4.14

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

When Fionn Boyle sets foot on Arranmore Island, it begins to stir beneath his feet ... Once in a… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Doyle's The Storm Keeper's Island (Storm Keeper, #1) book and Heather Smith's The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota's Garden

  • childrens
  • fiction
"That is your greatest responsibility. To live a life of breathless wonder, so that when it begins to fade from you, you will feel the shadow of its happiness still inside you and the blissful sense t…"

-Catherine Doyle, The Storm Keeper's Island (Storm Keeper, #1)

"Fiona couldn't summon a smile. His grandfather sighed. 'If you insist on pity, then really you must pity yourself. Your head is still very empty.' Fionn frowned, indignation jostling the urge to cry …"

-Catherine Doyle, The Storm Keeper's Island (Storm Keeper, #1)

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8. 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
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of Love in the Library by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

9. 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

Similar categories in Maggie Tokuda-Hall's Love in the Library book and Heather Smith's The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota's Garden

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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10. Bathe the Cat

By: Alice B. McGinty

4.36

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Bathe the floor? Sweep the dishes? This riotous romp of a picture book follows a frantic family as … read more

Similar categories in Alice B. McGinty's Bathe the Cat book and Heather Smith's The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota's Garden

  • family
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are by Rebecca Boyle

11. Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are

By: Rebecca Boyle

3.95

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An intimate look at the Moon and its relationship to life on Earth--from the primordial soup to the… read more

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12. Farmhouse

By: Sophie Blackall

4.53

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Two-time Caldecott Medalist Sophie Blackall invites readers to peek through windows that shine like… read more

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  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of From the Tops of the Trees by Kao Kalia Yang

13. From the Tops of the Trees

By: Kao Kalia Yang

4.25

Format: 40 pages, ebook

Father, is all of the world a refugee camp? Young Kalia has never known life beyond the fences o… read more

Similar categories in Kao Kalia Yang's From the Tops of the Trees book and Heather Smith's The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota's Garden

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
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14. I Talk Like a River

By: Jordan Scott

4.48

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Um retrato sensível do isolamento e do estigma sentido por uma criança com dificuldades de fala. … read more

Similar categories in Jordan Scott's I Talk Like a River book and Heather Smith's The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota's Garden

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
Cover of A Bright Heart (A Bright Heart, #1) by Kate Chenli

15. A Bright Heart (A Bright Heart, #1)

By: Kate Chenli

3.78

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

What if you could avenge your own murder? A brilliant young woman gets a second chance at life in t… read more

Similar categories in Kate Chenli's A Bright Heart (A Bright Heart, #1) book and Heather Smith's The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota's Garden

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs by Camilla Townsend

16. Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs

By: Camilla Townsend

4.10

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In November 1519, Hernando Cortés walked along a causeway leading to the capital of the Aztec kingd… read more

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"Letters and diaries sometimes bring us close to grand moments or touching scenes in the history of Euro-Americans, but harkening back to the thoughts and feelings of the less powerful, we meet only s…"

-Camilla Townsend, Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs

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17. Boxitects

By: Kim Smith

4.13

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

A STEAM-centered, adorably illustrated picture book about Meg, a brilliant and creative boxitect wh… read more

Similar categories in Kim Smith's Boxitects book and Heather Smith's The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota's Garden

  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile
Cover of Calling the Wind: A Story of Healing and Hope by Trudy Ludwig

18. Calling the Wind: A Story of Healing and Hope

By: Trudy Ludwig

4.32

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by the Wind Telephone in Japan, this poignant story explores the stages of grief, the heal… read more

Similar categories in Trudy Ludwig's Calling the Wind: A Story of Healing and Hope book and Heather Smith's The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota's Garden

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • death
  • fiction
  • family
  • japan
Cover of What's Inside a Caterpillar Cocoon?: And Other Questions About Moths & Butterflies by Rachel Ignotofsky

19. What's Inside a Caterpillar Cocoon?: And Other Questions About Moths & Butterflies

By: Rachel Ignotofsky

4.46

Format: 48 pages, Kindle Edition

With warm and heart-fluttering illustrations, discover the next nonfiction picture book about butte… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Ignotofsky's What's Inside a Caterpillar Cocoon?: And Other Questions About Moths & Butterflies book and Heather Smith's The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota's Garden

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile
Cover of The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota's Garden by Heather   Smith

20. The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota's Garden

By: Heather Smith

4.49

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

When the tsunami destroyed Makio's village, Makio lost his father . . . and his voice. The entire v… read more

Similar categories in Heather Smith's The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota's Garden book and Heather Smith's The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota's Garden

  • childrens
  • canada
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • death
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • japan
  • juvenile
Cover of Empty and Me: A Tale of Friendship and Loss (English and Persian Edition) by Azam Mahdavi

21. Empty and Me: A Tale of Friendship and Loss (English and Persian Edition)

By: Azam Mahdavi

4.23

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

In this bilingual Persian-English picture book, a little girl learns how to live with the gentle gi… read more

Similar categories in Azam Mahdavi's Empty and Me: A Tale of Friendship and Loss (English and Persian Edition) book and Heather Smith's The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota's Garden

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • death
  • family
  • fiction

13 must-read fiction books like The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota's Garden by Heather Smith

Transform Your Habits

Sidewalk Flowers

JonArno Lawson , Sydney Smith

2.50

Transform Your Habits

Hot Dog

Doug Salati

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Knight Owl (The Knight Owl Series, 1)

Christopher Denise

4.51

Transform Your Habits

The Storm Keeper's Island (Storm Keeper, #1)

Catherine Doyle

4.14

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18 Best fiction books like Knight Owl (The Knight Owl Series, 1) by Christopher Denise

Transform Your Habits

Big

Vashti Harrison

4.66

Transform Your Habits

Hot Dog

Doug Salati

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Knight Owl (The Knight Owl Series, 1)

Christopher Denise

4.51

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Berry Song

Michaela Goade

4.43

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