10 best-selling nonfiction books like The Girl Who Could Fix Anything: Beatrice Shilling, World War II Engineer by Mara Rockliff

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The Girl Who Could Fix Anything: Beatrice Shilling, World War II Engineer

By: Mara Rockliff

4.26

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

This true story of a woman whose brilliance and mechanical expertise helped Britain win World War I…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Girl Who Could Fix Anything: Beatrice Shilling, World War II Engineer by Mara Rockliff , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. The William Hoy Story: How a Deaf Baseball Player Changed the Game

By: Jez Tuya , Nancy Churnin

4.41

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Winner - 2017 Storytelling World Resource Award Honor BookFinalist - 2017 North Texas Book Festival… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • childrens
  • historical
  • picture books
  • nonfiction

2. A Library Book for Bear

By: Bonny Becker , Kady MacDonald Denton

4.43

Format: 85 pages, Paperback

Bear does notwant to go to the library. He is quite sure he already has all the books he will ever … read more

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3. The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors

By: Adam Rex , Drew Daywalt

5.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

You've played the game. Now read the legend of how it all began . . . Long ago, in an ancient and d… read more

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4. Because

By: Mo Willems

4.31

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Mo Willems, a number one New York Times best-selling author and illustrator, composes a powerful sy… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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5. A Rover's Story

By: Jasmine Warga

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade novel about the journey of a fictional Mars rover. Meet Resilience, a Mars rover… read more

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  • childrens
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6. Allergic

By: Megan Wagner Lloyd

4.25

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A coming-of-age middle-grade graphic novel featuring a girl with severe allergies who just wants to… read more

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  • childrens
"Your heart’s expanded enough, Mom! Let’s go!"

-Megan Wagner Lloyd, Allergic

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7. The Undefeated

By: Kwame Alexander

4.66

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

This poem is a love letter to black life in the United States. It highlights the unspeakable trauma… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • childrens
  • historical
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
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8. Celia Planted a Garden: The Story of Celia Thaxter and Her Island Garden

By: Phyllis Root

4.07

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From an all-star team comes a lyrical picture-book biography about a writer and master gardener who… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • biography
  • childrens
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9. Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion

By: Shannon Stocker

4.50

Format: 40 pages, Paperback

This picture book tells the true story of world-famous deaf percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie. T… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
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10. Gladys the Magic Chicken

By: Adam Rubin

4.11

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A picture book about a chicken who unexpectedly finds herself on an epic journey during Ancient Tim… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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11. Glitch

By: Laura Martin

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A whirlwind adventure about a pair of kids who must break all the rules of time travel. Regan Fi… read more

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  • childrens
"Albert Einstein one said that everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it would spend its whole life believing it's stupid."

-Laura Martin, Glitch

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12. Stormy: A Story about Finding a Forever Home

By: Guojing

4.64

Format: 34 pages, Hardcover

In this wordless picture book a woman visits a park and discovers a pup hiding under a bench--scruf… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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13. Runaway: The Daring Escape of Ona Judge

By: Ray Anthony Shepard

4.34

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Runaway is a powerful, lyrical OwnVoices picture book about the enslavement of Ona Judge and her se… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • childrens
  • historical
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
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14. Worst-Case Collin

By: Rebecca Caprara

4.42

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

This poignant middle grade novel in verse follows twelve-year-old Collin who manages his anxiety by… read more

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  • childrens
"Gravity might always win, but I've got a choice: fall or dive. And I choose to dive."

-Rebecca Caprara, Worst-Case Collin

"Discovery is a messy process, Mom would say. Your father works best in a state of creative chaos."

-Rebecca Caprara, Worst-Case Collin

"there is space inside the human heart for infinite love and infinite sadness and all the messiness in between."

-Rebecca Caprara, Worst-Case Collin

"Back then, our house felt full. Bursting, even. But never crowded, cluttered, claustrophobic. Because Love doesn't take up too much room."

-Rebecca Caprara, Worst-Case Collin

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15. Bartali's Bicycle: The True Story of Gino Bartali, Italy's Secret Hero

By: Megan Hoyt

4.53

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

The true story of Gino Bartali, an Italian cyclist and secret champion in the fight for Jewish live… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • childrens
  • war
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
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16. The Girl Who Could Fix Anything: Beatrice Shilling, World War II Engineer

By: Mara Rockliff

4.26

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

This true story of a woman whose brilliance and mechanical expertise helped Britain win World War I… read more

Similar categories in Mara Rockliff's The Girl Who Could Fix Anything: Beatrice Shilling, World War II Engineer book and Mara Rockliff's The Girl Who Could Fix Anything: Beatrice Shilling, World War II Engineer

  • biography
  • history
  • childrens
  • historical
  • feminism
  • picture books
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • womens
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17. Aven Green Baking Machine (Aven Green, #2)

By: Dusti Bowling

4.05

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Aven is an expert baker of cakes and cookies. She’s been baking with her mom for a really long time… read more

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  • childrens
Cover of Guitar Genius: How Les Paul Engineered the Solid-Body Electric Guitar and Rocked the World by Kim Tomsic

18. Guitar Genius: How Les Paul Engineered the Solid-Body Electric Guitar and Rocked the World

By: Kim Tomsic

4.38

Format: 56 pages, Hardcover

"An exuberant introduction to a musician and creative genius." –Kirkus ReviewsA beautifully-illustr… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • childrens
  • historical
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
Cover of Pura's Cuentos: How Pura Belpré Reshaped Libraries with Her Stories by Annette Bay Pimentel

19. Pura's Cuentos: How Pura Belpré Reshaped Libraries with Her Stories

By: Annette Bay Pimentel

4.26

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A lyrical, vibrant tribute to the amazing life and legacy of Pura Belpré, a lauded storyteller, lib… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • womens
Cover of What Isabella Wanted: Isabella Stewart Gardner Builds a Museum by Candace Fleming

20. What Isabella Wanted: Isabella Stewart Gardner Builds a Museum

By: Candace Fleming

3.98

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From multiple award-winning author Candace Fleming and Caldecott Medalist Matthew Cordell comes the… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • childrens
  • historical
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • womens
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21. Making Happy

By: Sheetal Sheth

4.22

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

When Leila's mother gets sick, lots of things change for her family. But one important thing stays … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens

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