19 Best childrens books like When Sparks Fly: The True Story of Robert Goddard, the Father of US Rocketry by Kristen Fulton

Cover of When Sparks Fly: The True Story of Robert Goddard, the Father of US Rocketry by Kristen Fulton

When Sparks Fly: The True Story of Robert Goddard, the Father of US Rocketry

By: Kristen Fulton

3.89

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Blast off with this picture book biography about Robert Goddard, the inventor of US rocket science!…

If you liked the childrens plot in When Sparks Fly: The True Story of Robert Goddard, the Father of US Rocketry by Kristen Fulton , here is a list of 19 books like this:

Cover of Stuck by Oliver Jeffers

1. Stuck

By: Oliver Jeffers

4.24

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

From the illustrator of the #1 smash The Day the Crayons Quit comes another bestseller--a giggle-in… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Lincoln Tells a Joke: How Laughter Saved the President by Kathleen Krull, Paul  Brewer, Stacy Innerst

2. Lincoln Tells a Joke: How Laughter Saved the President

By: Kathleen Krull , Paul Brewer , Stacy Innerst

3.95

Format: 161 pages, Hardcover

Poor Abraham Lincoln! His life was hardly fun at all. A country torn in two by war, citizens who di… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
Cover of April Foolishness by Nadine Bernard Westcott, Teresa Bateman

3. April Foolishness

By: Nadine Bernard Westcott , Teresa Bateman

4.25

Format: None pages, Hardcover

It's a spring morning on Grandpa's farm and the grandkids are visiting. When his grandson reports t… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Homer Price by Robert McCloskey

4. Homer Price

By: Robert McCloskey

4.09

Format: 149 pages, Paperback

Welcome to Centerburg! Where you can win a hundred dollars by eating all the doughnuts you want; wh… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
"By the time Uncle Ulysses and the sheriff arrived and pushed through the crowd, the lunchroom was a calamity of doughnuts! Doughnuts in the window, doughnuts piled high on the shelves, doughnuts stac…"

-Robert McCloskey, Homer Price

"Homer got down from the chair and pushed a button on the machine marked, "start". Rings of batter started dropping into the hot fat. After a ring of batter was cooked on one side, an automatic gadget…"

-Robert McCloskey, Homer Price

5. Apples to Oregon: Being the (Slightly) True Narrative of How a Brave Pioneer Father Brought Apples, Peaches, Pears, Plums, Grapes, and Cherries (and Children) Across the Plains

By: Deborah Hopkinson , Nancy Carpenter

3.80

Format: 25 pages, Paperback

Apples, ho! When Papa decides to pull up roots and move from Iowa to Oregon, he can't bear to leave… read more

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6. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Young Readers Edition

By: William Kamkwamba , Bryan Mealer

3.50

Format: 24 pages, Hardcover

The New York Timesbestselling memoir of the heroic young inventor who brought electricity to his Ma… read more

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7. Unspoken: A Story from the Underground Railroad

By: Henry Cole

4.75

Format: 2112 pages, Hardcover

A young girl's courage is tested in this haunting, wordless story. When a farm girl discovers a run… read more

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8. Duck for President

By: Doreen Cronin , Betsy Lewin

3.94

Format: 256 pages,

My fellow Americans:It is our pleasure, our honor, our duty as citizens to present to you Duck for … read more

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9. Officer Buckle & Gloria

By: Peggy Rathmann

3.94

Format: 322 pages,

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10. Miss Brooks Loves Books!

By: Barbara Bottner , Michael Emberley

3.71

Format: None pages,

With the help of Miss Brooks, Missy's classmates all find books they love in the library--books abo… read more

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11. Christian, the Hugging Lion

By: Amy June Bates , Justin Richardson , Peter Parnell

4.27

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

When John and Ace found a lion cub for sale at Harrods, they knew that a department store was no pl… read more

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12. Locomotive

By: Brian Floca

3.62

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

The Caldecott Medal Winner, Sibert Honor Book, and New York Timesbestseller Locomotiveis a rich and… read more

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13. Ben Rides On

By: None

3.46

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Ben loves his new bike. In fact, he loves it so much he even likes riding to school (especially if … read more

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14. Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky

By: Faith Ringgold

5.00

Format: 30 pages, Paperback

Illus. in full color. Cassie, who flew above New York in Tar Beach, soars into the sky once more. T… read more

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15. The Rock from the Sky

By: Jon Klassen

4.19

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

Look up! Turtle really likes standing in his favorite spot. He likes it so much that he asks his… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of All Along the River by Magnus Weightman

16. All Along the River

By: Magnus Weightman

4.47

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Bunny Rabbit has lost her toy duck! So Bunny and her brothers jump in their boat and head down the… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of I Am Picky: Confessions of a Fussy Eater by Kristen Tracy

17. I Am Picky: Confessions of a Fussy Eater

By: Kristen Tracy

3.75

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A laugh-out-loud picture book about a self-proclaimed picky eater of a raccoon―perfect for human pi… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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18. Where Happiness Lives

By: Barry Timms

4.63

Format: 28 pages, Hardcover

Three little mice. Three very different houses. But which is the happiest home? read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of I Wanna Be a Cowgirl by Angela DiTerlizzi

19. I Wanna Be a Cowgirl

By: Angela DiTerlizzi

3.67

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Grab your boots and spurs and hat—it’s time to be a cowgirl! Way out west, the warm winds blow. … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of From Grapes to Jelly (Who Made My Lunch?) by Bridget Heos

20. From Grapes to Jelly (Who Made My Lunch?)

By: Bridget Heos

3.82

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

Ice cream might be your favorite dessert, but do you know how it's made? This new series explains j… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of When Pioneer Wagons Rumbled West by Christine Graham

21. When Pioneer Wagons Rumbled West

By: Christine Graham

3.83

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

As pioneers endure the difficult journey over rivers, through the dust, and across mountains, they … read more

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Cover of How Dinosaurs Went Extinct: A Safety Guide by Ame Dyckman

22. 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

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of One Chicken Nugget by Tadgh Bentley

23. 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

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Buffalo Fluffalo by Bess Kalb

24. Buffalo Fluffalo

By: Bess Kalb

4.16

Format: None pages, None

Introducing a sweet and silly buffalo who tries to bluff and fluff his way into being bigger than h… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Einstein: Die fantastische Reise einer Maus durch Raum und Zeit by Torben Kuhlmann

25. Einstein: Die fantastische Reise einer Maus durch Raum und Zeit

By: Torben Kuhlmann

4.56

Format: 121 pages, Hardcover

Time is relative! Award-winning, illustrator Torben Kuhlmann’s brilliant new book bends time and im… read more

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  • picture books
  • history
  • childrens
  • science
Cover of Hidden Hope: How a Toy and a Hero Saved Lives During the Holocaust by Elisa Boxer

26. Hidden Hope: How a Toy and a Hero Saved Lives During the Holocaust

By: Elisa Boxer

4.47

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

The remarkable true story of how a toy duck smuggled forged identity papers for Jewish refugees dur… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • historical
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
Cover of Monsters in the Briny by Lynn Becker

27. Monsters in the Briny

By: Lynn Becker

4.08

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

What do you do with a grumpy kraken, a sickly sea serpent, and a tearful gigantic tortoise? You sin… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of When Sparks Fly: The True Story of Robert Goddard, the Father of US Rocketry by Kristen Fulton

28. When Sparks Fly: The True Story of Robert Goddard, the Father of US Rocketry

By: Kristen Fulton

3.89

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Blast off with this picture book biography about Robert Goddard, the inventor of US rocket science!… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • historical
  • picture books
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • space
  • science
Cover of The Sound of Danger (Mac B., Kid Spy, #5) by Mac Barnett

29. The Sound of Danger (Mac B., Kid Spy, #5)

By: Mac Barnett

4.52

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Mac B. is on a secret mission to retrieve a stolen, priceless piece of history in this totally true… read more

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  • childrens
Cover of Free by Sam Usher

30. Free

By: Sam Usher

3.99

Format: 39 pages, Kindle Edition

Boy and Grandad take care of a little bird. When it gets better, Grandad puts it outside, but it ke… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of The Heroes of the Tuduma Forest by Deborah Pettit

31. The Heroes of the Tuduma Forest

By: Deborah Pettit

4.50

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Emma has the ability to throw light from her wings, yet fear often paralyzes her. It makes sense in… read more

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"The fairy realm Nala lived in lay deep inside the Tuduma Forest, a place bursting with evergreen thickets, Cape aloe, and rubber trees one hundred feet tall."

-Deborah Pettit, The Heroes of the Tuduma Forest

"In one shrub, a pair of eyes stared at them unyielding. It hopped and hopped and hopped. Out came a fuzzy brown bunny, twitching his nose. He spotted the girls and bounced away. They roared with laug…"

-Deborah Pettit, The Heroes of the Tuduma Forest

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Oliver Jeffers

4.24

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Lincoln Tells a Joke: How Laughter Saved the President

Kathleen Krull , Paul Brewer , Stacy Innerst

3.95

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April Foolishness

Nadine Bernard Westcott , Teresa Bateman

4.25

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Robert McCloskey

4.09

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Escargot

Sydney Hanson , Dashka Slater

3.83

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Bad Kitty

Nick Bruel

3.78

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Love Monster

Rachel Bright

3.85

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Jory John

4.31

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