23 must-read picture books books like Star: The Bird Who Inspired Mozart by Mireille Messier

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Star: The Bird Who Inspired Mozart

By: Mireille Messier

3.66

Format: 36 pages, Hardcover

A chance encounter with a starling inspires Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in this picture book based on a…

If you liked the picture books plot in Star: The Bird Who Inspired Mozart by Mireille Messier , here is a list of 23 books like this:

1. Ragged Company

By: Richard Wagamese

4.18

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Four chronically homeless people-Amelia One Sky, Timber, Double Dick and Digger-seek refuge in a wa… read more

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2. A Tree Is Nice

By: Marc Simont , Janice May Udry

4.08

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Trees are very nice," says Janice May Udry in her first book for children. She goes on to explain … read more

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3. Triangle

By: Mac Barnett , Jon Klassen

4.40

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Multi-award-winning, New York Times best-selling duo Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen conspire again on … read more

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4. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to School...

By: Benjamin Chaud , Davide Calì

3.62

Format: None pages, Hardcover

First, some giant ants steal breakfast. Then there are the evil ninjas, massive ape, mysterious mol… read more

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5. Strictly No Elephants

By: Lisa Mantchev , Taeeun Yoo

4.67

Format: None pages, Hardcover

When the local Pet Club won't admit a boy's tiny pet elephant, he finds a solution--one that involv… read more

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6. Little Blue and Little Yellow

By: Leo Lionni

3.26

Format: None pages,

Little blue and little yellow share wonderful adventures. One day, they can't find one another. Whe… read more

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7. 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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8. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)

By: Alan Bradley

3.82

Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition

It is the summer of 1950–and at the once-grand mansion of Buckshaw, young Flavia de Luce, an aspiri… read more

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"Simple pleasures are best."

-Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)

"It was as black in the closet as old blood."

-Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)

"...silence is sometimes the most costly of commodities."

-Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)

"I was me, I was Flavia. And I loved myself, even if no one else did."

-Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)

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9. Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story

By: Kevin Noble Maillard

4.42

Format: 42 pages, Hardcover

Fry bread is food. It is warm and delicious, piled high on a plate. Fry bread is time. It brin… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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10. Birdsong

By: Julie Flett

4.27

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

When Katherena and her mother move to a small town, Katherena feels lonely and out of place. But wh… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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11. An American Story (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner)

By: Kwame Alexander

4.63

Format: 56 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times Bestselling and award-winning author  of  The Undefeated , Kwame Alexander, pens … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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12. We Dream of Space

By: Erin Entrada Kelly

4.12

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

It's January 1986. The launch of the Challenger is just weeks away, and Cash, Fitch, and Bird Nelso… read more

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  • childrens
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13. I Am Quiet: A Story for the Introvert in All of Us

By: Andie Powers

4.16

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Emile is not shy—he is quiet. Emile may seem timid and shy on the outside, but on the inside … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
"Strength can be quiet. Answers can be quiet. Friendship can be quiet."

-Andie Powers, I Am Quiet: A Story for the Introvert in All of Us

"l am quiet on the outside, but not on the inside. On the inside, my imagination shouts loudly and runs wild."

-Andie Powers, I Am Quiet: A Story for the Introvert in All of Us

"My mother says that "if you hold a shell close to your ear and are very quiet, you can hear the entire ocean sing."

-Andie Powers, I Am Quiet: A Story for the Introvert in All of Us

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14. 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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  • picture books
  • childrens
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15. Acorn Was a Little Wild

By: Jen Arena

4.20

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Jory John’s Bad Seed series meets After the Fall by Dan Santat in this charming picture book about … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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16. Arthur Who Wrote Sherlock (Who Wrote Classics)

By: Linda Bailey

4.34

Format: 56 pages, Hardcover

The adventures of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of the legendary Sherlock Holmes , come to life i… read more

Similar categories in Linda Bailey's Arthur Who Wrote Sherlock (Who Wrote Classics) book and Mireille Messier's Star: The Bird Who Inspired Mozart

  • biography
  • picture books
  • childrens
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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

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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18. The Loud Librarian

By: Jenna Beatrice

4.06

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

A little librarian with a larger-than-life voice finds her place in this sweet and uproarious pictu… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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19. What the Road Said

By: Cleo Wade

4.44

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Which way do I go? That is your choice to make, said the Road. But what if I go the wrong way?T… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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20. I Love Strawberries!

By: Shannon Anderson

4.25

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Jolie LOVES strawberries - and she’s on an unstoppable (and hilarious) mission to grow her own food… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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21. The Old Truck

By: Jarrett Pumphrey

4.04

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A young girl turns her imagination into action in this beautifully crafted and intricately designed… read more

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  • childrens
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22. My Baba's Garden

By: Jordan Scott

4.35

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

The bond between a child and his grandmother grows as they tend her garden together. A young boy… read more

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  • childrens
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23. My Self, Your Self

By: Esmé Shapiro

4.20

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Follow along with lovable forest creatures as they discover what is a self and what makes each of u… read more

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  • childrens
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24. Dazzlin' Dolly: The Songwriting, Hit-Singing, Guitar-Picking Dolly Parton

By: Suzanne Slade

4.11

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

This inspirational and dazzlin’ story of Dolly Parton—noted singer, songwriter, and humanitarian—fo… read more

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  • music
  • biography
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25. Where's Baby?

By: Anne Hunter

3.80

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Papa Fox is looking for Baby Fox, who is just out of his sight . . . but not ours! An adorable, int… read more

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  • childrens
Cover of Flowers Are Pretty ... Weird! (Nature's Top Secrets) by Rosemary Mosco

26. Flowers Are Pretty ... Weird! (Nature's Top Secrets)

By: Rosemary Mosco

4.07

Format: 36 pages, Hardcover

Warning -- this book contains top-secret information about flowers! Prepare to be shocked and weird… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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27. The Coat

By: Séverine Vidal

4.17

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Ah, the coat. So warm, so beautiful, so red. It's all Elise has really wanted, and she's been waiti… read more

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  • childrens
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28. Star: The Bird Who Inspired Mozart

By: Mireille Messier

3.66

Format: 36 pages, Hardcover

A chance encounter with a starling inspires Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in this picture book based on a… read more

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  • music
  • biography
  • picture books
  • childrens
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29. The Family Tree

By: Sean Dixon

4.30

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A family tree assignment leads an adopted girl to discover the different ways to be a family. Wh… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Eleanor Roosevelt: Her Path to Kindness by Helaine Becker

30. Eleanor Roosevelt: Her Path to Kindness

By: Helaine Becker

3.63

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Discover the early years of Eleanor Roosevelt and how her childhood inspired a life devoted to comp… read more

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  • biography
  • picture books
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31. Hedge Lion

By: Robyn Wilson-Owen

3.83

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Discover your inner-roar with Ida, and your inner kindness with Hedge Lion! Ida sees Hedge Lion eve… read more

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23 must-read childrens books like Star: The Bird Who Inspired Mozart by Mireille Messier

Transform Your Habits

Big

Vashti Harrison

4.66

Transform Your Habits

Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story

Kevin Noble Maillard

4.42

Transform Your Habits

Birdsong

Julie Flett

4.27

Transform Your Habits

An American Story (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner)

Kwame Alexander

4.63

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7 Best history books like Dazzlin' Dolly: The Songwriting, Hit-Singing, Guitar-Picking Dolly Parton by Suzanne Slade

Transform Your Habits

An American Story (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner)

Kwame Alexander

4.63

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How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee

Carole Boston Weatherford

4.44

Transform Your Habits

Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky

Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond

4.42

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Jovita Wore Pants

Aida Salazar

4.20

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