15 best-selling picture books books like In the Half Room by Carson Ellis

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In the Half Room

By: Carson Ellis

3.32

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

From the Caldecott Honor–winning creator of Home and Du Iz Tak? comes a gorgeous and quirky tale of…

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Cover of Flora and the Flamingo by Molly Idle

1. Flora and the Flamingo

By: Molly Idle

4.06

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

In this innovative wordless picture book with interactive flaps, Flora and her graceful flamingo fr… read more

Similar categories in Molly Idle's Flora and the Flamingo book and Carson Ellis's In the Half Room

  • art
  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
  • kids
  • fantasy
Cover of Sidewalk Flowers by JonArno Lawson, Sydney Smith

2. 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 Carson Ellis's In the Half Room

  • art
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction

3. Goliath

By: Tom Gauld

3.32

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A master of striped-down, powerful storytelling reworks the David-and-Goliath myth. Goliath of Gath… read more

Similar categories in Tom Gauld's Goliath book and Carson Ellis's In the Half Room

  • fiction
Cover of Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri

4. Dragons Love Tacos

By: Adam Rubin , Daniel Salmieri

4.19

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

This scrumptious New York Times bestseller has a whole lot of kick!Dragons love tacos. They love ch… read more

Similar categories in Adam Rubin's Dragons Love Tacos book and Carson Ellis's In the Half Room

  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
  • kids
  • fantasy
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5. They All Saw a Cat

By: Brendan Wenzel

3.13

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

The cat walked through the world, with its whiskers, ears, and paws . . . In this celebration of ob… read more

Similar categories in Brendan Wenzel's They All Saw a Cat book and Carson Ellis's In the Half Room

  • art
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
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6. Through the Woods

By: Emily Carroll

3.94

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

'It came from the woods. Most strange things do.' Five mysterious, spine-tingling stories follow… read more

Similar categories in Emily Carroll's Through the Woods book and Carson Ellis's In the Half Room

  • fantasy
  • fiction
"you must be lucky to avoid the wolf every time... but the wolf... the wolf only needs enough luck to find you once."

-Emily Carroll, Through the Woods

"Oh, but you must travel through those woods again and again... said a shadow at the window... and you must be lucky to avoid the wolf every time... But the wolf... the wolf only needs enough luck to …"

-Emily Carroll, Through the Woods

"But the worst kind of monster was the BURROWING KIND. The sort that crawled into you and made a home there. The sort you couldn't name, the sort you couldn't see. The monster that ate you alive from …"

-Emily Carroll, Through the Woods

"I married my love in the springtime, but by summer he'd locked me away. He'd murdered me dead by the autumn, & by winter I was naught but decay. It's cold where I am and so lonely, but in loneliness …"

-Emily Carroll, Through the Woods

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7. I Want My Hat Back

By: Jon Klassen

4.35

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A picture-book delight by a rising talent tells a cumulative tale with a mischievous twist. The … read more

Similar categories in Jon Klassen's I Want My Hat Back book and Carson Ellis's In the Half Room

  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
  • kids
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
"What if I never see it again? What if nobody ever finds it? My poor hat. I miss it so much."

-Jon Klassen, I Want My Hat Back

Cover of Hot Dog by Doug Salati

8. 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 Carson Ellis's In the Half Room

  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale by Jon Klassen

9. 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

Similar categories in Jon Klassen's The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale book and Carson Ellis's In the Half Room

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
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10. The Tradition

By: Jericho Brown

4.24

Format: 77 pages, Paperback

Jericho Brown’s daring new book The Tradition details the normalization of evil and its history at … read more

Similar categories in Jericho Brown's The Tradition book and Carson Ellis's In the Half Room

  • fiction
"The opposite of rape is understanding."

-Jericho Brown, The Tradition

"Nobody in this nation feels safe, and I'm still a reason why."

-Jericho Brown, The Tradition

"There is the happiness you have And the happiness you deserve."

-Jericho Brown, The Tradition

"We few left who listen to the radio leave Ourselves available to surprise."

-Jericho Brown, The Tradition

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11. The Many Deaths of Laila Starr

By: Ram V.

4.30

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Humanity is on the verge of discovering immortality, which means the avatar of Death is out of a jo… read more

Similar categories in Ram V.'s The Many Deaths of Laila Starr book and Carson Ellis's In the Half Room

  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Perhaps it is enough to remember at story's end the miracle that it was simply to have lived."

-Ram V., The Many Deaths of Laila Starr

"If life's an exercise in making memories...no one really goes away as long as they are remembered."

-Ram V., The Many Deaths of Laila Starr

"It’s what happens when things die. They go away, but you don’t realize all the parts of you that they were holding up until after."

-Ram V., The Many Deaths of Laila Starr

"And in the days that follow, the possibilities of what could've been begin to fall away. Leaving you with less, each time-- more precious, to be savored. Like a cigarette. The point of life, my frien…"

-Ram V., The Many Deaths of Laila Starr

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12. Big Tree

By: Brian Selznick

4.04

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

The fate of all life on Earth may depend on the bravery of two little seeds in this epic adventure … read more

Similar categories in Brian Selznick's Big Tree book and Carson Ellis's In the Half Room

  • fantasy
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of The Proudest Blue by Ibtihaj Muhammad

13. The Proudest Blue

By: Ibtihaj Muhammad

4.56

Format: 36 pages, Hardcover

A powerful, vibrantly illustrated story about the first day of school–and two sisters on one’s firs… read more

Similar categories in Ibtihaj Muhammad's The Proudest Blue book and Carson Ellis's In the Half Room

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of What You Need to Be Warm by Neil Gaiman

14. What You Need to Be Warm

By: Neil Gaiman

4.20

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

During the coldest season, when the world feels scary—what do you remember about being warm? Baked … read more

Similar categories in Neil Gaiman's What You Need to Be Warm book and Carson Ellis's In the Half Room

  • art
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile
Cover of Sir Simon: Super Scarer (Simon and Chester Book #.5) by Cale Atkinson

15. Sir Simon: Super Scarer (Simon and Chester Book #.5)

By: Cale Atkinson

4.32

Format: 46 pages, Hardcover

A delightful, funny story of friendship, ghost chores, a spooky house and a professional haunter. … read more

Similar categories in Cale Atkinson's Sir Simon: Super Scarer (Simon and Chester Book #.5) book and Carson Ellis's In the Half Room

  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Nigel and the Moon by Antwan Eady

16. Nigel and the Moon

By: Antwan Eady

4.31

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

From debut author Antwan Eady and artist Gracey Zhang comes a glowing tale about the young dreaming… read more

Similar categories in Antwan Eady's Nigel and the Moon book and Carson Ellis's In the Half Room

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of Beneath by Cori Doerrfeld

17. Beneath

By: Cori Doerrfeld

4.42

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

In this stunning story from New York Times bestselling creator Cori Doerrfeld, a child and their gr… read more

Similar categories in Cori Doerrfeld's Beneath book and Carson Ellis's In the Half Room

  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Postcolonial Love Poem by Natalie Díaz

18. Postcolonial Love Poem

By: Natalie Díaz

4.33

Format: 107 pages, Paperback

Natalie Diaz’s highly anticipated follow-up to When My Brother Was an Aztec, winner of an American … read more

Similar categories in Natalie Díaz's Postcolonial Love Poem book and Carson Ellis's In the Half Room

"Unsoothable thirst is one kind of haunting"

-Natalie Díaz, Postcolonial Love Poem

"In Mojave, our words for want and need are the same – because why would you want what you don’t need?"

-Natalie Díaz, Postcolonial Love Poem

"Maybe death is a way to clean the self, of the body, to finally celebrate it. A celebration should leave a mess."

-Natalie Díaz, Postcolonial Love Poem

"At the National Museum of the American Indian, 68 percent of the collection is from the United States. I am doing my best to not become a museum of myself. I am doing my best to breathe in and out."

-Natalie Díaz, Postcolonial Love Poem

Cover of Spider in the Well by Jess Hannigan

19. 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 Carson Ellis's In the Half Room

  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
  • kids
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
Cover of Mine! by Candace Fleming

20. Mine!

By: Candace Fleming

4.04

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

This rhythmic read-aloud about sharing by an award-winning author and a Caldecott medalist features… read more

Similar categories in Candace Fleming's Mine! book and Carson Ellis's In the Half Room

  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of In the Half Room by Carson Ellis

21. In the Half Room

By: Carson Ellis

3.32

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

From the Caldecott Honor–winning creator of Home and Du Iz Tak? comes a gorgeous and quirky tale of… read more

Similar categories in Carson Ellis's In the Half Room book and Carson Ellis's In the Half Room

  • art
  • childrens
  • mathematics
  • humor
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
  • kids
  • fantasy
  • juvenile

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Molly Idle

4.06

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2.50

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Tom Gauld

3.32

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Dragons Love Tacos

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4.19

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David Sedaris

3.55

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No Cats in the Library

Lauren Emmons

4.46

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Kate DiCamillo

4.37

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Greg Pizzoli

4.04

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