5 Best realistic fiction books like Grandpa's Top Threes by Wendy Meddour

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Grandpa's Top Threes

By: Wendy Meddour

4.47

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A young boy's original game coaxes a grieving grandpa to reconnect with the world in a touching int…

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in Grandpa's Top Threes by Wendy Meddour , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of What Do You Do with a Problem? by Kobi Yamada, Mae Besom

1. What Do You Do with a Problem?

By: Kobi Yamada , Mae Besom

4.83

Format: 28 pages, Hardcover

From the same author and illustrator as our #1 nationally best-selling What Do You Do With an Idea?… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • emotion
Cover of Each Peach Pear Plum by Allan Ahlberg, Janet Ahlberg

2. Each Peach Pear Plum

By: Allan Ahlberg , Janet Ahlberg

4.35

Format: None pages, Board book

Each Peach Pear Plum - the classic picture book by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. Each Peach Pear Plum is… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction

3. Beverly

By: Nick Drnaso

3.88

Format: None pages, Paperback

Nick Drnaso's comics mercilessly reveal the sterile sameness of the suburbs. Connected by a series … read more

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4. El Deafo

By: Cece Bell , None

4.20

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Starting at a new school is scary, even more so with a giant hearing aid strapped to your chest! At… read more

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5. October, October

By: Katya Balen

4.38

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A classic in the making for anyone who ever longed to be WILD. October and her dad live in the w… read more

Similar categories in Katya Balen's October, October book and Wendy Meddour's Grandpa's Top Threes

  • family
  • childrens
  • fiction
"It is my story and it is our story and it isn't perfect and it isn't finished but it is whole."

-Katya Balen, October, October

Cover of The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale by Jon Klassen

6. 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
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7. The Puppets of Spelhorst

By: Kate DiCamillo

4.19

Format: 149 pages, Hardcover

From master storyteller Kate DiCamillo comes an original fairy tale—with enchanting illustrations b… read more

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  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"The moon has no master," said the owl. "The moon is its own king." "Or queen," said the girl. The moon rose higher."

-Kate DiCamillo, The Puppets of Spelhorst

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8. Odder

By: Katherine Applegate

4.25

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Meet Odder, the Queen of Play: Nobody has her moves. She doesn't just swim to the bottom, s… read more

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  • realistic fiction
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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9. It Fell from the Sky

By: Terry Fan

4.20

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A picture book about community, art, the importance of giving back—and the wonder that fell from th… read more

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  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • storytime
  • juvenile
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10. Acting Class

By: Nick Drnaso

4.19

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant and suspenseful follow-up to the Booker-nominated graphic novel Sabrina."Every single p… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Little Wooden Robot and the Log Princess by Tom Gauld

11. The Little Wooden Robot and the Log Princess

By: Tom Gauld

4.30

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

In acclaimed graphic novelist Tom Gauld's first picture book for children, a little wooden robot em… read more

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  • family
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Un jeudi saveur chocolat by Michiko Aoyama

12. Un jeudi saveur chocolat

By: Michiko Aoyama

3.97

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Une habituée d'un petit café sur les bords de la rivière Meguro est surnommée gentiment Mme Cacao p… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? by Mac Barnett

13. 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

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  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • storytime
  • juvenile
Cover of Julián Is a Mermaid by Jessica     Love

14. Julián Is a Mermaid

By: Jessica Love

4.51

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

In an exuberant picture book, a glimpse of costumed mermaids leaves one boy flooded with wonder and… read more

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • storytime
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15. The Suitcase

By: Chris Naylor-Ballesteros

4.41

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Bir gün, yamacın dibindeki küçük kasabaya, elinde bavuluyla bir yabancı çıkageldi. Kasaba sakinle… read more

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  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • storytime
  • juvenile
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16. Once Upon a Book

By: Grace Lin

4.21

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From Caldecott and Newbery Honoree Grace Lin and bestselling author Kate Messner comes a modern fol… read more

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  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • storytime
  • juvenile
Cover of The Valley of Lost Secrets by Lesley Parr

17. The Valley of Lost Secrets

By: Lesley Parr

4.36

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

September 1939. When Jimmy is evacuated to a small village in Wales, it couldn't be more differe… read more

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  • childrens
  • fiction
"It's wrong to tar everyone in a family with the same brush."

-Lesley Parr, The Valley of Lost Secrets

"It's a weak adult who gets their power from hitting a child."

-Lesley Parr, The Valley of Lost Secrets

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18. The Remember Balloons

By: Jessie Oliveros

4.72

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

James’s Grandpa has the best balloons because he has the best memories. He has balloons showing Dad… read more

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • emotion
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19. A Bear is a Bear

By: Karl Newson

3.75

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A funny rhyming romp about an adorably baffled bear with an identity crisis. When one sleepy bea… read more

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  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • storytime
  • juvenile
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20. The Artist

By: Ed Vere

3.90

Format: 32 pages, Library Binding

A brave little artist goes on an epic adventure to share her creativity with the world. read more

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  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • storytime
  • emotion
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21. Out of the Blue

By: Robert Tregoning

4.38

Format: None pages, Hardcover

ONLY BLUE ALLOWED, by Blue government demand. Anything that isn't blue, by colour law, is banned… read more

Similar categories in Robert Tregoning's Out of the Blue book and Wendy Meddour's Grandpa's Top Threes

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of In the Night Garden by Carin Berger

22. In the Night Garden

By: Carin Berger

4.07

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A gentle, collage-illustrated bedtime read about the often mysterious and always beautiful experien… read more

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  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • storytime
  • juvenile
Cover of Beau Is Non-Binary of Everything by Lady's Lady

23. Beau Is Non-Binary of Everything

By: Lady's Lady

4.27

Format: 84 pages, Paperback

‘โบ และทุกสิ่งที่มิอาจแบ่งแยก.. แด่การโอบกอดไขว่คว้า ในวันที่ข้าพเจ้าละทิ้ง’ ฉันว่ามนุษย์ประหลาด พวกเขาใช้ชีวิ… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of King of the Ice (Miles Lewis #1) by Kelly Starling Lyons

24. King of the Ice (Miles Lewis #1)

By: Kelly Starling Lyons

3.77

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

From the award-winning author of the Jada Jones chapter books comes an illustrated spinoff series p… read more

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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25. Ergo

By: Alexis Deacon

4.09

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

The creative team behind I Am Henry Finch offers a picture book Plato for little ones, as Ergo the … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • storytime
Cover of Bumble and Snug and the Angry Pirates (Bumble and Snug, #1) by Mark   Bradley

26. Bumble and Snug and the Angry Pirates (Bumble and Snug, #1)

By: Mark Bradley

4.30

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Best friends Bumble and Snug are Bugbops - little monsters filled with BIG feelings! Join them on i… read more

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  • childrens
Cover of Are You Eating Candy without Me? by Draga Jenny Malesevic

27. Are You Eating Candy without Me?

By: Draga Jenny Malesevic

3.66

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Readers explore the original FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) as four children imagine what wild, zany, a… read more

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  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • storytime
  • juvenile
Cover of Grandpa's Top Threes by Wendy Meddour

28. Grandpa's Top Threes

By: Wendy Meddour

4.47

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A young boy's original game coaxes a grieving grandpa to reconnect with the world in a touching int… read more

Similar categories in Wendy Meddour's Grandpa's Top Threes book and Wendy Meddour's Grandpa's Top Threes

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • death
  • fiction
  • family
  • storytime
  • emotion
  • juvenile
Cover of The Frost Goblin by Abi Elphinstone

29. The Frost Goblin

By: Abi Elphinstone

3.89

Format: 48 pages, Kindle Edition

“The deepest frost has the power to rekindle hope in anyone who’s lost it…” In Bertie Crash-Wallop'… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of The Path by Bob Staake

30. The Path

By: Bob Staake

3.72

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

From New Yorker cover artist Bob Staake, this inspirational guide to finding your authentic self th… read more

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  • storytime
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of A Song in the Mist by Corrinne Averiss

31. A Song in the Mist

By: Corrinne Averiss

4.10

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Chi is a panda who loves to listen. Being silent brings sounds to her ears: the swish of bamboo, th… read more

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  • picture books

24 Best fiction books like Grandpa's Top Threes by Wendy Meddour

Transform Your Habits

What Do You Do with a Problem?

Kobi Yamada , Mae Besom

4.83

Transform Your Habits

Each Peach Pear Plum

Allan Ahlberg , Janet Ahlberg

4.35

Transform Your Habits

October, October

Katya Balen

4.38

Transform Your Habits

The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale

Jon Klassen

4.26

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20 Top fiction books like Are You Eating Candy without Me? by Draga Jenny Malesevic

Transform Your Habits

Thank You, Thanksgiving

David Milgrim

3.48

Transform Your Habits

Creepy Carrots!

None , Peter Brown

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Knight Owl (The Knight Owl Series, 1)

Christopher Denise

4.51

Transform Your Habits

No Cats in the Library

Lauren Emmons

4.46

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