5 Top science books like The Night Flower by Lara Hawthorne

Cover of The Night Flower by Lara Hawthorne

The Night Flower

By: Lara Hawthorne

4.15

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

As the summer sun sets over the Arizonan desert, wildlife gathers to witness a very special annual …

If you liked the science plot in The Night Flower by Lara Hawthorne , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of Stella Brings the Family by Miriam B. Schiffer, Holly Clifton-Brown

1. Stella Brings the Family

By: Miriam B. Schiffer , Holly Clifton-Brown

4.05

Format: 36 pages, Hardcover

Stella's class is having a Mother's Day celebration, but what's a girl with two daddies to do? It's… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of The Seed & the Giant Saguaro by Jennifer Ward, None, Mike K. Rangner

2. The Seed & the Giant Saguaro

By: Jennifer Ward , None , Mike K. Rangner

3.85

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A packrat inadvertently spreads a cactus's seeds. read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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3. Big

By: Vashti Harrison

4.66

Format: 60 pages, Kindle Edition

This deeply moving story shares valuable lessons about fitting in, standing out, and the beauty of … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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4. Watercress

By: Andrea Wang

4.53

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Gathering watercress by the side of the road brings a girl closer to her family's Chinese Heritage.… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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5. Stars in Your Eyes

By: Kacen Callender

3.80

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The National Book Award-winning author of  Felix Ever After  delivers a beautifully tender story of… read more

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6. The Truth About Dragons

By: Julie Leung

4.38

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

An unforgettable lyrical picture book that celebrates biracial identity from the award-winning auth… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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7. The Teeny-Weeny Unicorn

By: Shawn Harris

3.76

Format: 48 pages, Library Binding

Meet Teeny-Weeny! A pint-sized unicorn in this funny, modern fairy tale about perception and self-c… read more

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  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Love Makes a Garden Grow by Taeeun Yoo

8. Love Makes a Garden Grow

By: Taeeun Yoo

4.20

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling illustrator of Strictly No Elephants comes a sweetly personal and stunningly i… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature
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9. 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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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2) by Dan Gemeinhart

10. Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

By: Dan Gemeinhart

4.54

Format: 282 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Times-bestselling author Dan Gemeinhart comes a standalone companion to the critic… read more

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  • childrens
"But it's not the sandwich that matter Coyote. It's someone bringing you the sandwich."

-Dan Gemeinhart, Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

"I'm gonna go ahead a fast-forward the story a bit here. Because, basically some boring stuff happened and then some very exciting stuff happened, and I think it's best to just skip the crust and go s…"

-Dan Gemeinhart, Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

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11. What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds

By: Jennifer Ackerman

4.16

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An instant New York Times bestseller! From the author of The Genius of Birds and The Bird Way, a… read more

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  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • science nature
  • nature
  • science
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12. The Ogress and the Orphans

By: Kelly Barnhill

4.28

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

A fantasy about the power of generosity and love, and how a community suffers when they disappear. … read more

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  • childrens
"The antidote to anger is tenderness, and the antidote to discord is reconciliation."

-Kelly Barnhill, The Ogress and the Orphans

"Life is long, after all. And over time, the paths we take tend to intertwine and overlap."

-Kelly Barnhill, The Ogress and the Orphans

"Books are funny things. The ideas and knowledge contained inside their pages have mass and velocity and gravity. They bend both space and time. They have minds of their own. There is a power in a boo…"

-Kelly Barnhill, The Ogress and the Orphans

"So maybe the Reading Room is magic because books really are magic. I read once that books bend both space and time, and the more books you have in one place, the more space and time will bend and twi…"

-Kelly Barnhill, The Ogress and the Orphans

Cover of Lore Olympus: Volume Seven (Lore Olympus, #7) by Rachel  Smythe

13. Lore Olympus: Volume Seven (Lore Olympus, #7)

By: Rachel Smythe

4.49

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Scandalous gossip, wild parties, and forbidden love—the Greek tale of Hades and Persephone gets a r… read more

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14. Zonia's Rain Forest

By: Juana Martinez-Neal

4.09

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A heartfelt, visually stunning picture book from the Caldecott Honor and Sibert Medal Winner illumi… read more

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  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature
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15. The Getaway List

By: Emma Lord

3.58

Format: 314 pages, Hardcover

The day of her high school graduation, Riley realizes two things: One, that she has spent the last … read more

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"The longer I'm in New York, the more I get the impression that it isn't the shiny new universe I expected it to be. It's just the home of 100,000 little universes... that all exist rubbing up against…"

-Emma Lord, The Getaway List

Cover of The Boy Who Tried to Shrink His Name by Sandhya Parappukkaran

16. The Boy Who Tried to Shrink His Name

By: Sandhya Parappukkaran

4.27

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

When Zimdalamashkermishkada starts a new school, he knows he’s got to do something about his long n… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of The Good Little Mermaid's Guide to Bedtime by Eija Sumner

17. The Good Little Mermaid's Guide to Bedtime

By: Eija Sumner

4.09

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

This little mermaid is too FIERCE and SCARY and FEROCIOUS to follow The Good Little Mermaid's Guide… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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18. Like So

By: Ruth Forman

3.84

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling author Ruth Forman and Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Honoree Raissa Figuero… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature
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19. Billy and the Beast

By: Nadia Shireen

4.06

Format: 32 pages, Kindle Edition

While out on a lovely walk in the woods, Billy and her trusty sidekick Fatcat hear a terrible rumbl… read more

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  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Rainbow Shopping by Qing Zhuang

20. Rainbow Shopping

By: Qing Zhuang

4.10

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Sharing a delicious meal helps a child feel loved in this heartfelt tribute to Chinatown and spendi… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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21. When Moon Became the Moon

By: Rob Hodgson

3.94

Format: 65 pages, Kindle Edition

Meet Moon! Follow along as she guides us through her origin and her purpose in this charming and hu… read more

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  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • science nature
  • science
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22. The Wilderness

By: Steve McCarthy

4.24

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

This is a real adventure book, so be careful not to get too lost between its pages... The Vasylenk… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature
Cover of Stillwater and Koo Save the World (A Stillwater and Friends Book) by Jon J. Muth

23. Stillwater and Koo Save the World (A Stillwater and Friends Book)

By: Jon J. Muth

4.09

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Here is the first of four exciting new books for younger readers featuring the beloved Zen panda, S… read more

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  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of What's New, Daniel? by Micha Archer

24. What's New, Daniel?

By: Micha Archer

4.27

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Caldecott Honor winner Micha Archer’s gloriously detailed collages invite readers into Daniel’s blo… read more

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  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature
Cover of And J.J. Slept by Loretta Garbutt

25. And J.J. Slept

By: Loretta Garbutt

4.07

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

In this sweet tale of family life from the author of A Stopwatch from Grampa , a boisterous adoptiv… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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26. The Night Flower

By: Lara Hawthorne

4.15

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

As the summer sun sets over the Arizonan desert, wildlife gathers to witness a very special annual … read more

Similar categories in Lara Hawthorne's The Night Flower book and Lara Hawthorne's The Night Flower

  • art
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • plants
  • nonfiction
  • science nature
  • nature
  • science
Cover of Wake Up, Woodlands by Karen Jameson

27. Wake Up, Woodlands

By: Karen Jameson

4.23

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Celebrate the promise and potential of spring in this effervescent follow-up to Woodland Dreams . … read more

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  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature
Cover of One Day This Tree Will Fall by Leslie Barnard Booth

28. One Day This Tree Will Fall

By: Leslie Barnard Booth

4.50

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Discover how a tree’s wounds and decay bring new life to the forest ecosystem in this lyrical nonfi… read more

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  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
Cover of Flamingos Are Pretty Funky: A (Not So) Serious Guide by Abi Cushman

29. Flamingos Are Pretty Funky: A (Not So) Serious Guide

By: Abi Cushman

4.43

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Flamingos Are Pretty Funky introduces young readers to flamingos and their fantastic and (truly) fa… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • animals
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30. Prunella

By: Beth Ferry

4.26

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Beth Ferry comes a fantastical and unforgettable picture boo… read more

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  • plants
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature
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31. Home

By: Isabelle Simler

4.38

Format: 68 pages, Hardcover

A spectacular tour through the dwellings of twenty-seven different animals, from a hermit crab’s se… read more

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  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science

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Miriam B. Schiffer , Holly Clifton-Brown

4.05

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3.85

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Vashti Harrison

4.66

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Andrea Wang

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David Sedaris

3.55

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Shawn Harris

3.76

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Jess Hannigan

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