5 must-read realistic fiction books like Sadie and the Silver Shoes by Jane Godwin

Cover of Sadie and the Silver Shoes by Jane Godwin

Sadie and the Silver Shoes

By: Jane Godwin

4.07

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

When shoes are the only thing you get to pick out yourself, what happens when you lose one of them?…

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in Sadie and the Silver Shoes by Jane Godwin , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems

1. Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!

By: Mo Willems

4.33

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

When a bus driver takes a break from his route, a very unlikely volunteer springs up to take his pl… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • storytime
"I bet your mom would let me." -Pigeon, Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus-"

-Mo Willems, Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!

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2. The Man Who Loved Libraries: The Story of Andrew Carnegie

By: Andrew Larsen , Katty Maurey

4.16

Format: 84 pages, Hardcover

When he was a child in the 1840s, Andrew Carnegie and his family immigrated to America in search of… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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3. 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

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
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4. Little Dog Poems

By: Kristine O'Connell George , June Otani

0.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From cold-nose wake-up to bedtime with a Little Dog-shaped lump under the covers, a day that a litt… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens

5. My Special One and Only

By: Joe Berger

4.30

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A screwball-sweet story that asks, what if you lost your favorite toy, and someone elsecalled it th… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens

6. Betty Bunny Didn't Do It

By: Stéphane Jorisch , Michael B. Kaplan

3.49

Format: 182 pages, Hardcover

The value of honesty as seen through the eyes of a lovably precocious preschooler. When Betty Bunny… read more

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7. Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs: A Tale from the Brothers Grimm

By: Randall Jarrell , Nancy Ekholm Burkert

3.49

Format: 182 pages, Paperback

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8. If You Give a Moose a Muffin

By: Laura Joffe Numeroff , Felicia Bond

2.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

If a big hungry moose comes to visit, you might give him a muffin to make him feel at home. If you … read more

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9. A Bad Case of Stripes

By: David Shannon

3.75

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

"What we have here is a bad case of stripes. One of the worst I've ever seen!" Camilla Cream loves … read more

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10. Where the Forest Meets the Sea

By: Jeannie Baker

3.67

Format: 348 pages, Hardcover

My father says there has been a forest here for over a hundred million years," Jeannie Baker's youn… read more

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11. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

By: Lois Ehlert , Bill Martin Jr. , John Archambault

3.79

Format: 477 pages, Paperback

The 26 characters in this rhythmic, rhyming baby book are a lowercase alphabet with attitude. "A to… read more

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12. Between Earth Sky: Legends of Native American Sacred Places

By: Joseph Bruchac , Thomas Locker

3.53

Format: None pages, Paperback

The silent stories of our ancient land and its native peoples are given voice in reverential prose … read more

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13. 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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14. Dinosaurs to the Rescue

By: Marc Brown , Laurene Krasny Brown

4.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

Text and illustrations of dinosaur characters introduce the earth's major environmental problems an… read more

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15. Big Snow

By: Jonathan Bean

3.82

Format: 4 pages, Hardcover

"An excited and frustrated boy watches hopefully as wintry weather develops slowly into a 'big snow… read more

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16. So Many Cats!

By: Beatrice Schenk de Regniers

3.62

Format: 171 pages, Paperback

A counting story in verse shows how easily one sad and lonely cat can turn into twelve. read more

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17. Stellaluna

By: Janell Cannon

3.62

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Stellalunais the tender story of a lost young bat who finally finds her way safely home to her moth… read more

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18. Pomelo Begins to Grow

By: Ramona Badescu , Benjamin Chaud , None

4.07

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

What happens as a little one begins to grow? Do parts of the body grow unequally? If the outside gr… read more

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19. The Duckling Gets a Cookie!?

By: Mo Willems

3.57

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

Much to the chagrin of Pigeon, little Duckling uses very polite manners to request a cookie, and ac… read more

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20. The Snowy Day

By: Ezra Jack Keats

3.33

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Winner of the 1963 Caldecott Medal! No book has captured the magic and sense of possibility of the … read more

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21. Attack of the Black Rectangles

By: Amy Sarig King

4.21

Format: 258 pages, Hardcover

When Mac first opens his classroom copy of Jane Yolen's The Devil's Arithmetic and finds some words… read more

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  • family
  • realistic fiction
  • childrens
  • school
"Why do they treat kids like we don't mean anything?"

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

"If you're comfortable learning history, it's the wrong history."

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

"I love banned books. I used to read as many to you as I could when you were little, Mac."

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

"But if we want to change the world so it's good for everyone, it's important to talk about the truth."

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

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22. Farmhouse

By: Sophie Blackall

4.53

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Two-time Caldecott Medalist Sophie Blackall invites readers to peek through windows that shine like… read more

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  • storytime
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
Cover of Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks by Jason Reynolds

23. Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks

By: Jason Reynolds

3.94

Format: 204 pages, Kindle Edition

From National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds comes a nove… read more

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  • family
  • realistic fiction
  • childrens
  • school
"Got it. Here's the thing. Kenzi here got a big heart. But that big heart happens to be in a small body. Now, I don't know about you, but I would hate for that heart to be broken because that body was…"

-Jason Reynolds, Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks

"Difference: Then I think about Ms Broome's assignment. What could I be? What do I wish I could become to change the world? I think about telling Benni I might want to be wet cement to fill the cracks…"

-Jason Reynolds, Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks

"A school bus is many things. A school bus is a substitute for a limousine. More class. A school bus is a classroom with a substitute teacher. A school bus is the students' version of a teachers' loun…"

-Jason Reynolds, Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks

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24. Just Try One Bite

By: Adam Mansbach

3.63

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Go the **** to Sleep and healthy eating advocate Camila Alves McCona… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
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25. Time for Bed, Old House

By: Janet Costa Bates

4.17

Format: None pages, ebook

Isaac is excited about having a sleepover at Grandpop’s house, but he’s a little nervous about bein… read more

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • family
  • storytime
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26. Once Upon a Goat

By: Dan Richards

4.17

Format: 34 pages, Hardcover

A twisted fairy tale about a king and queen who wish for a child of their own…and end up with a bab… read more

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  • storytime
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
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27. Frank’s Red Hat

By: Sean E. Avery

4.30

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A story about never giving up on your talents, because even though what you do may not be appreciat… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Danbi Leads the School Parade by Anna  Kim

28. Danbi Leads the School Parade

By: Anna Kim

4.21

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Meet Danbi, the new girl at school! Danbi is thrilled to start her new school in America. But a … read more

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  • storytime
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • school
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29. Layla's Happiness

By: Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie

4.20

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Seven-year-old Layla loves life! So she keeps a happiness book. What is happiness for her? For you?… read more

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • family
  • storytime
Cover of Sadie and the Silver Shoes by Jane Godwin

30. Sadie and the Silver Shoes

By: Jane Godwin

4.07

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

When shoes are the only thing you get to pick out yourself, what happens when you lose one of them?… read more

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  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • family
  • 1st grade
  • storytime
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31. Ellie's Dragon

By: Bob Graham

3.83

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From master storyteller Bob Graham comes an adorable and affecting tale about imaginary friends and… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens

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