24 must-read fiction books like The Fastest Tortoise in Town by Howard Calvert

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The Fastest Tortoise in Town

By: Howard Calvert

4.04

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

The fable of the tortoise and the hare receives a charming new spin in this wonderfully illustrated…

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Cover of Big by Vashti Harrison

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

Similar categories in Vashti Harrison's Big book and Howard Calvert's The Fastest Tortoise in Town

  • storytime
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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2. 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 Howard Calvert's The Fastest Tortoise in Town

  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
  • storytime
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3. No Cats in the Library

By: Lauren Emmons

4.46

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A stray cat follows her love of books all the way to a new library home in this charming debut pict… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Emmons's No Cats in the Library book and Howard Calvert's The Fastest Tortoise in Town

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
  • storytime
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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
  • fiction
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5. The Book That Did Not Want To Be Read

By: David Sundin

3.94

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling Swedish children's book of 2020, translated by B. J. Woodstein, with graphic design… read more

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  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • storytime
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6. 100 Mighty Dragons All Named Broccoli

By: David LaRochelle

4.19

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

"A nonstop dragon party . . . Irresistible." —Publishers Weekly This wacky counting adventure by G… read more

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  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • storytime
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7. This is a Story

By: John Schu

4.34

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Children’s literacy advocate John Schu and Caldecott Honor recipient Lauren Castillo celebrate the … read more

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  • storytime
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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8. Mr. S: A First Day of School Book

By: Monica Arnaldo

4.21

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

It was the first day of school. But even the kindergarteners of room 2B could tell something was se… read more

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  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • storytime
Cover of How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? by Mac Barnett

9. How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?

By: Mac Barnett

4.26

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

The beloved, multi-award-winning duo of Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen tackle a perennial question. … read more

Similar categories in Mac Barnett's How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? book and Howard Calvert's The Fastest Tortoise in Town

  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • storytime
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10. Oh No, the Aunts Are Here

By: Adam Rex

3.67

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Every family has its special aunt: the cool aunt, the wacky aunt, the scary aunt. But this family h… read more

Similar categories in Adam Rex's Oh No, the Aunts Are Here book and Howard Calvert's The Fastest Tortoise in Town

  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • storytime
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11. How Dinosaurs Went Extinct: A Safety Guide

By: Ame Dyckman

3.87

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From author Ame Dyckman and illustrator Jenn Harney comes a faux-cautionary tale featuring dad joke… read more

Similar categories in Ame Dyckman's How Dinosaurs Went Extinct: A Safety Guide book and Howard Calvert's The Fastest Tortoise in Town

  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
  • storytime
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12. One Chicken Nugget

By: Tadgh Bentley

4.06

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by the classic folktale "One Grain of Rice," One Chicken Nugget is a monstrously funny new… read more

Similar categories in Tadgh Bentley's One Chicken Nugget book and Howard Calvert's The Fastest Tortoise in Town

  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • storytime
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13. A Very Cranky Book

By: Angela DiTerlizzi

3.44

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

The first picture book collaboration from bestselling husband-and-wife team Tony and Angela DiTerli… read more

Similar categories in Angela DiTerlizzi's A Very Cranky Book book and Howard Calvert's The Fastest Tortoise in Town

  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • storytime
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14. The Loud Librarian

By: Jenna Beatrice

4.06

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

A little librarian with a larger-than-life voice finds her place in this sweet and uproarious pictu… read more

Similar categories in Jenna Beatrice's The Loud Librarian book and Howard Calvert's The Fastest Tortoise in Town

  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • storytime
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15. Frank and Bert

By: Chris Naylor-Ballesteros

4.31

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

A hilarious new picture book from author of The Suitcase, Chris Naylor-Ballesteros - with neon ink … read more

Similar categories in Chris Naylor-Ballesteros's Frank and Bert book and Howard Calvert's The Fastest Tortoise in Town

  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
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16. The Duck Never Blinks

By: Alex Latimer

3.90

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Can you make a duck blink? Probably not. But you can try, in this irreverent and hilarious starin… read more

Similar categories in Alex Latimer's The Duck Never Blinks book and Howard Calvert's The Fastest Tortoise in Town

  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
  • storytime
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17. Spider in the Well

By: Jess Hannigan

4.09

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

This cheeky picture book debut from author-illustrator Jess Hannigan tells the darkly dry and utter… read more

Similar categories in Jess Hannigan's Spider in the Well book and Howard Calvert's The Fastest Tortoise in Town

  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
  • storytime
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18. Fish and Crab

By: Marianna Coppo

4.08

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A humorous and clever picture book about the importance of sharing big feelings with someone you tr… read more

Similar categories in Marianna Coppo's Fish and Crab book and Howard Calvert's The Fastest Tortoise in Town

  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
  • storytime
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19. Punky Aloha

By: Shar Tuiasoa

4.12

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Meet Punky Aloha: a girl who uses the power of saying "aloha" to experience exciting and unexpecte… read more

Similar categories in Shar Tuiasoa's Punky Aloha book and Howard Calvert's The Fastest Tortoise in Town

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
  • storytime
Cover of Too Much!: An Overwhelming Day by Jolene Gutiérrez

20. 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

Similar categories in Jolene Gutiérrez's Too Much!: An Overwhelming Day book and Howard Calvert's The Fastest Tortoise in Town

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

-Jolene Gutiérrez, Too Much!: An Overwhelming Day

Cover of I'm Sticking with You--and the Chicken Too! by Smriti Prasadam-Halls

21. I'm Sticking with You--and the Chicken Too!

By: Smriti Prasadam-Halls

3.65

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

In this follow up to I’m Sticking with You, Bear and Squirrel are back, and they’re perfectly in tu… read more

Similar categories in Smriti Prasadam-Halls's I'm Sticking with You--and the Chicken Too! book and Howard Calvert's The Fastest Tortoise in Town

  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
  • storytime
Cover of Stinkbird Has a Superpower by Jill Esbaum

22. Stinkbird Has a Superpower

By: Jill Esbaum

4.04

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A hilarious and factual introduction to the Amazonian hoatzin--or stinkbird--and its surprising, in… read more

Similar categories in Jill Esbaum's Stinkbird Has a Superpower book and Howard Calvert's The Fastest Tortoise in Town

  • animals
  • humor
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of We Are Starlings: Inside the Mesmerizing Magic of a Murmuration by Robert Furrow

23. We Are Starlings: Inside the Mesmerizing Magic of a Murmuration

By: Robert Furrow

4.25

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A stunning picture book for young nature lovers about starlings and the fascinating phenomenon of m… read more

Similar categories in Robert Furrow's We Are Starlings: Inside the Mesmerizing Magic of a Murmuration book and Howard Calvert's The Fastest Tortoise in Town

  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Have You Seen My Invisible Dinosaur? by Helen Yoon

24. Have You Seen My Invisible Dinosaur?

By: Helen Yoon

3.89

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

The tale of a child’s special friend who goes missing after a bath—or does he? Help! This little… read more

Similar categories in Helen Yoon's Have You Seen My Invisible Dinosaur? book and Howard Calvert's The Fastest Tortoise in Town

  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
  • storytime
Cover of The Search for the Giant Arctic Jellyfish by Chloe Savage

25. The Search for the Giant Arctic Jellyfish

By: Chloe Savage

4.16

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

The tale of an Arctic expedition invites readers to discover an elusive creature. Dr. Morley abs… read more

Similar categories in Chloe Savage's The Search for the Giant Arctic Jellyfish book and Howard Calvert's The Fastest Tortoise in Town

  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • animals
  • storytime
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26. Our Dragon

By: Mem Fox

3.16

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Beloved picture book creator Mem Fox puts a fresh spin on a new baby book in this tender, funny sto… read more

Similar categories in Mem Fox's Our Dragon book and Howard Calvert's The Fastest Tortoise in Town

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • storytime
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27. How to Talk Like a Bear

By: Charlie Grandy

3.60

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Told in the same fourth-wall-breaking style of B. J. Novak's The Book With No Pictures, How to Talk… read more

Similar categories in Charlie Grandy's How to Talk Like a Bear book and Howard Calvert's The Fastest Tortoise in Town

  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
  • storytime
Cover of The Fastest Tortoise in Town by Howard Calvert

28. The Fastest Tortoise in Town

By: Howard Calvert

4.04

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

The fable of the tortoise and the hare receives a charming new spin in this wonderfully illustrated… read more

Similar categories in Howard Calvert's The Fastest Tortoise in Town book and Howard Calvert's The Fastest Tortoise in Town

  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • animals
  • racing
  • fiction
  • sports
  • storytime
Cover of Spreckle's Snack Surprise by Sandra Salsbury

29. Spreckle's Snack Surprise

By: Sandra Salsbury

4.26

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A celebration of found family, experimentation, disappointment, and delightful surprises, plus what… read more

Similar categories in Sandra Salsbury's Spreckle's Snack Surprise book and Howard Calvert's The Fastest Tortoise in Town

  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • animals
  • storytime
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30. Elijah's Easter Suit

By: Brentom Jackson

4.42

Format: 32 pages, Library Binding

In a story full of style, sass, and significance, a young boy goes on a quest for the perfect Easte… read more

Similar categories in Brentom Jackson's Elijah's Easter Suit book and Howard Calvert's The Fastest Tortoise in Town

  • picture books
  • childrens
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31. Sweet and Sour

By: Brian Yanish

3.56

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

Sweet and Sour is a dill-ightfully silly and heartfelt picture book about two rival pickles ferment… read more

Similar categories in Brian Yanish's Sweet and Sour book and Howard Calvert's The Fastest Tortoise in Town

  • picture books
  • childrens

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