10 must-read picture books books like The Storyteller's Handbook by Elise Hurst

Cover of The Storyteller's Handbook by Elise Hurst

The Storyteller's Handbook

By: Elise Hurst

4.75

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

This storybook is for the world builders, the inventors, and the artists. It contains an infinite n…

If you liked the picture books plot in The Storyteller's Handbook by Elise Hurst , here is a list of 10 books like this:

Cover of Shadow by Blaise Cendrars, Marcia Brown

1. Shadow

By: Blaise Cendrars , Marcia Brown

3.46

Format: 40 pages, Paperback

Discover the mingling of past and present in this rich African story following Shadow—featuring del… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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2. The Flowers' Festival

By: Elsa Beskow

3.51

Format: 178 pages, Hardcover

A lucky little girl is invited by the flower fairies to join them for their Midsummer festival. Gat… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fantasy
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3. Ben's Trumpet

By: Rachel Isadora

4.48

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

The story of Ben is fiction, but it could be the story of more than one jazz musician who grew up i… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens

4. The Book of Atrus (Myst, #1)

By: David Wingrove , Rand Miller , Robyn Miller

3.86

Format: 416 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Based on the best-selling CD-ROM game, a fantasy novel fills out the lives of the game's characters… read more

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5. Night of the Ninjas (Magic Tree House, #5)

By: Mary Pope Osborne , Salvatore Murdocca

5.00

Format: None pages,

Philipp und Anne konnen es kaum glauben: Dunkel vermummte Gestalten klettern zum magischen Baumhaus… read more

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6. Miss Rumphius

By: Barbara Cooney

4.45

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Alice made a promise to make the world a more beautiful place, then a seed of an idea is planted an… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • adventure

7. Friends With Boys

By: Faith Erin Hicks

3.66

Format: None pages,

After years of homeschooling, Maggie is starting high school. It's pretty terrifying. Maggie's big … read more

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8. The Garden of Abdul Gasazi

By: Chris Van Allsburg

3.88

Format: None pages, Hardcover

THE GARDEN OF ABDUL GASAZI, the imaginative Van Allsburg tale of a boy, a dog, a duck, and a nasty … read more

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9. Le premier jour du reste de ma vie

By: Virginie Grimaldi

4.71

Format: None pages,

Marie a tout prepare pour l'anniversaire de son mari : gateaux, invites, decoration de l'appartemen… read more

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10. 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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  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • picture books
  • fantasy
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11. Hungry Ghost

By: Victoria Ying

4.01

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A beautiful and heart-wrenching young adult graphic novel takes a look at eating disorders, family … read more

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  • graphic novels
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12. Creepy Cat, Vol. 1

By: Cotton Valent

3.86

Format: 132 pages, Paperback

A full-color young adult graphic novel series that originated as a webcomic about a beloved ghostly… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • fantasy
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13. The Year We Learned to Fly

By: Jacqueline Woodson

4.39

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Jacqueline Woodson and Rafael López’s highly anticipated companion to their #1 New York Times bests… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fantasy
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14. The Moth Keeper

By: Kay O'Neill

4.08

Format: 257 pages, Paperback

Being a Moth Keeper is a huge responsibility and a great honor, but what happens when the new Moth … read more

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  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
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15. Mascot

By: Charles Waters

4.02

Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition

What if a school's mascot is seen as racist, but not by everyone? In this compelling middle-grade n… read more

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  • middle grade
Cover of The Sprite and the Gardener by Rii Abrego

16. The Sprite and the Gardener

By: Rii Abrego

4.11

Format: 88 pages, Hardcover

Long, long ago, sprites were the caretakers of gardens. Every flower was grown by their hand. But w… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
"Oh, I wonder... I was trying to fix the whole thing at once... But maybe it needs to be done one step at a time? I can do this... I can do this!!"

-Rii Abrego, The Sprite and the Gardener

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17. A Gift for a Ghost

By: Borja González

3.27

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

An untalented punk band and a parallel dimension—what could go wrong?   In Borja González’s stunni… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • fantasy
"And the path is shorter if you know the destination."

-Borja González, A Gift for a Ghost

"If you were an artist, wouldn't you want to have your studio in the Louvre?"

-Borja González, A Gift for a Ghost

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18. The Well

By: Jake Wyatt

4.09

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

A fantasy graphic novel about Lizzy, a girl who gets cursed by a wishing well, and her adventure to… read more

Similar categories in Jake Wyatt's The Well book and Elise Hurst's The Storyteller's Handbook

  • graphic novels
  • fantasy
  • adventure
"You don't become wealthy unless you care about money. And you don't stop caring about money just because you're rich."

-Jake Wyatt, The Well

"People like to say that hard work makes you rich. That isn't true. But if you like the work, and it keeps you and yours fed and warm, it can make you happy."

-Jake Wyatt, The Well

"Did you think a wishing well would be full of noble feelings? A wish is pure desire, Lizzy. You're old enough to know that people seldom want what's good for them. Or anyone else, for that matter."

-Jake Wyatt, The Well

"Courage is doing what is right and necessary, regardless of peril. Your parents were brave. Your grandmother was brave. Endangering yourself or others for the sake of wealth? Risking lives for a chan…"

-Jake Wyatt, The Well

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19. Plain Jane and the Mermaid

By: Vera Brosgol

4.38

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

From Eisner Award winner Vera Brosgol comes an instant classic about courage, confidence, and inner… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • fantasy
Cover of ダンジョン飯 7 [Dungeon Meshi 7] (Delicious in Dungeon, #7) by Ryoko Kui

20. ダンジョン飯 7 [Dungeon Meshi 7] (Delicious in Dungeon, #7)

By: Ryoko Kui

4.57

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

It's eat or be eaten...literally! Massive changes in the dungeon have drawn out new monsters for La… read more

Similar categories in Ryoko Kui's ダンジョン飯 7 [Dungeon Meshi 7] (Delicious in Dungeon, #7) book and Elise Hurst's The Storyteller's Handbook

  • graphic novels
  • fantasy
  • adventure
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21. We Are Not Strangers: A Graphic Novel

By: Josh Tuininga

4.35

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by a true story, this graphic novel follows a Jewish immigrant’s efforts to help his Japan… read more

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  • graphic novels
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22. 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 Elise Hurst's The Storyteller's Handbook

  • art
  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • picture books
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23. Trying

By: Kobi Yamada

4.59

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

How will you know what's possible if you don't try? This is a story for anyone who has ever felt… read more

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  • art
  • middle grade
  • picture books
  • childrens
"It was all I could think about. Even as I slept, I dreamt of creating beautiful things."

-Kobi Yamada, Trying

"I had already proven I couldn't do it. But if I was honest, I wanted to believe I could."

-Kobi Yamada, Trying

"The only way to get to where you want to go is to take a step in that direction. And the best way to do that is to begin."

-Kobi Yamada, Trying

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24. Brooms

By: Jasmine Walls

4.23

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

YALSA TOP 10 GREAT GRAPHIC NOVELS FOR TEENS BEST OF THE Booklist · Kirkus · Polygon · Chicago Publ… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • fantasy
Cover of ダンジョン飯 13 [Dungeon Meshi 13] (Delicious in Dungeon, #13) by Ryoko Kui

25. ダンジョン飯 13 [Dungeon Meshi 13] (Delicious in Dungeon, #13)

By: Ryoko Kui

4.72

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

世界を救え、ライオス! 迷宮から解放された悪魔・翼獅子が、世界を呑み込みはじめた。 世界中の人間の欲望を喰らおうとする最悪の存在を、 ライオス達は止められるのか!? 欲望を巡る物語。 read more

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  • graphic novels
  • fantasy
  • adventure
Cover of ダンジョン飯 14 [Dungeon Meshi 14] (Delicious in Dungeon, #14) by Ryoko Kui

26. ダンジョン飯 14 [Dungeon Meshi 14] (Delicious in Dungeon, #14)

By: Ryoko Kui

4.80

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

食べることは生きること 地上に生きる全ての生物の欲望を喰らおうとする悪魔。 止められるのは、ライオスのみ! 世界を救うための戦いの行方は!? 九井諒子描き下ろし漫画、10ページ収録の… read more

Similar categories in Ryoko Kui's ダンジョン飯 14 [Dungeon Meshi 14] (Delicious in Dungeon, #14) book and Elise Hurst's The Storyteller's Handbook

  • graphic novels
  • fantasy
  • adventure
Cover of Cross My Heart and Never Lie (Cross My Heart, #1) by Nora Dåsnes

27. Cross My Heart and Never Lie (Cross My Heart, #1)

By: Nora Dåsnes

4.34

Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition

In this fresh, sensitive, diary-style graphic novel, 12-year-old Tuva's questions about becoming a … read more

Similar categories in Nora Dåsnes's Cross My Heart and Never Lie (Cross My Heart, #1) book and Elise Hurst's The Storyteller's Handbook

  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
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28. Noticing

By: Kobi Yamada

4.51

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

This is a story about noticing the little things, the grand big things, the imaginary, and sometime… read more

Similar categories in Kobi Yamada's Noticing book and Elise Hurst's The Storyteller's Handbook

  • art
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of A Daughter of Fair Verona (Daughter of Montague, #1) by Christina Dodd

29. A Daughter of Fair Verona (Daughter of Montague, #1)

By: Christina Dodd

3.86

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Knives Out meets Bridgerton in Fair Verona, as New York Times bestselling author Christina Dodd kic… read more

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Cover of The Storyteller's Handbook by Elise Hurst

30. The Storyteller's Handbook

By: Elise Hurst

4.75

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

This storybook is for the world builders, the inventors, and the artists. It contains an infinite n… read more

Similar categories in Elise Hurst's The Storyteller's Handbook book and Elise Hurst's The Storyteller's Handbook

  • art
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • graphic novels
  • science fiction fantasy
  • picture books
  • middle grade
  • writing
  • fantasy
Cover of Dictionary of Fine Distinctions: Nuances, Niceties, and Subtle Shades of Meaning by Eli Burnstein

31. Dictionary of Fine Distinctions: Nuances, Niceties, and Subtle Shades of Meaning

By: Eli Burnstein

3.97

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Swamp or bog? Guilt or shame? Club soda or sparkling water? From food to fashion, ethics to archite… read more

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  • writing

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The Flowers' Festival

Elsa Beskow

3.51

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The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale

Jon Klassen

4.26

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Creepy Cat, Vol. 1

Cotton Valent

3.86

Transform Your Habits

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Jacqueline Woodson

4.39

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Transform Your Habits

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Will McPhail

4.38

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Veronica Raimo

3.03

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Eva Jurczyk

2.70

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