26 must-read picture books books like The Aquanaut by Jill Heinerth

Cover of The Aquanaut by Jill Heinerth

The Aquanaut

By: Jill Heinerth

3.83

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Written by an award-winning aquanaut and with art by a #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator, t…

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1. The Crossover

By: Kwame Alexander

4.24

Format: 245 pages, ebook

"With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . .The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING. Stop all t… read more

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"Basketball Rule #5 When you stop playing your game you've already lost."

-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover

"He's no longer listening to music, but his tears are loud enough to dance to."

-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover

"Basketball Rule #4 If you miss enough of life's free throws you will pay in the end."

-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover

"Silence doesn't mean we have run out of things to say, only that we are trying not to say them."

-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover

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2. The Velveteen Rabbit

By: Margery Williams Bianco , William Nicholson

4.30

Format: 40 pages, Paperback

Nursery magic is very strange and wonderful, and only those playthings that are old and wise and ex… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
"When you are Real you don't mind being hurt."

-Margery Williams Bianco, The Velveteen Rabbit

"...because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand."

-Margery Williams Bianco, The Velveteen Rabbit

"When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real."

-Margery Williams Bianco, The Velveteen Rabbit

"He didn't mind how he looked to other people, because the nursery magic had made him Real, and when you are Real shabbiness doesn't matter."

-Margery Williams Bianco, The Velveteen Rabbit

Cover of The Very Fluffy Kitty, Papillon (Papillon, #1) by A.N. Kang

3. The Very Fluffy Kitty, Papillon (Papillon, #1)

By: A.N. Kang

3.85

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Papillon is a very fluffy kitty. So fluffy that he's lighter than air! His owner tries to weigh him… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens

4. Brown Girl Dreaming

By: Jacqueline Woodson

4.27

Format: 412 pages, Hardcover

Jacqueline Woodson, one of today's finest writers, tells the moving story of her childhood in mesme… read more

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5. Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type

By: Doreen Cronin , Betsy Lewin

3.90

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

Farmer Brownhas a problem. His cows like to type. All day long he hears Click, clack, MOO. Click, c… read more

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6. The Runaway Bunny

By: Margaret Wise Brown , Clement Hurd

4.62

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A little bunny keeps running away from his mother in an imaginative and imaginary game of verbal hi… read more

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7. Hot Dog

By: Doug Salati

4.29

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From a critically acclaimed creator comes this summery picture book featuring an overheated--and ov… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature
  • adventure
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8. Knight Owl (The Knight Owl Series, 1)

By: Christopher Denise

4.51

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A Caldecott Honor Winner and  New York Times  Bestseller!  A determined Owl builds strength and … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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9. The Bad Seed (The Food Group #1)

By: Jory John

4.33

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

This is a book about a bad seed. A baaaaaaaaaad seed. How bad? Do you really want to know? He has a… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • adventure
Cover of The Cool Bean (The Food Group #3) by Jory John

10. The Cool Bean (The Food Group #3)

By: Jory John

4.41

Format: 33 pages, Hardcover

Everyone knows the cool beans. They’re sooooo cool. And then there’s the uncool has-bean . . . … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
"Throughout all of this, I realised that it's not about how you look or any of that other silly stuff. It's about a wink or nod or a smile at just the right moment. It's about dusting somebody off, he…"

-Jory John, The Cool Bean (The Food Group #3)

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11. Invasion of the Unicorns

By: David Biedrzycki

4.23

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

He's just a cute little unicorn who wants to take over the world. Special Agent Bubble07 is unde… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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12. The Good Egg (The Food Group #2)

By: Jory John

4.35

Format: 36 pages, Hardcover

In this follow-up to Jory John and Pete Oswald’s popular picture book The Bad Seed, meet the next b… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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13. Change Sings: a Children's Anthem

By: Amanda Gorman

4.56

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A lyrical picture book debut from Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman and illustrator Loren Long … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
"I can hear change humming In its loudest, proudest song. I don’t fear change coming, And so I sing along."

-Amanda Gorman, Change Sings: a Children's Anthem

"I hum with a hundred hearts, Each of us lifting a hand. I use my strengths and my smarts, Take a knee to make a stand."

-Amanda Gorman, Change Sings: a Children's Anthem

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14. See the Cat: Three Stories About a Dog

By: David LaRochelle

4.40

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

Move over, Spot. . . . spoofing classic primers, Max the Dog talks back to the book in a twist in t… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Does a Bulldozer Have a Butt? by Derick Wilder

15. Does a Bulldozer Have a Butt?

By: Derick Wilder

3.75

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Green Eggs and Ham meets Everyone Poops in this laugh-out-loud story that asks—and answers—the burn… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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16. I Go Quiet

By: David Ouimet

4.25

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

How do you find your voice, when no one seems to be listening? A young girl struggles to make herse… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of I Won’t Give Up My Rubber Band by Shinsuke Yoshitake

17. I Won’t Give Up My Rubber Band

By: Shinsuke Yoshitake

4.08

Format: 52 pages, Hardcover

An everyday object (the endlessly versatile rubber band) becomes an invitation to imagine new possi… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of The Creature of Habit (A Creature of Habit Story) by Jennifer E. Smith

18. The Creature of Habit (A Creature of Habit Story)

By: Jennifer E. Smith

4.15

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A story for creatures of habit big and small who might be surprised by the joy of trying something … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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19. Our Table

By: Peter H. Reynolds

4.25

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Creative visionary of The Word Collector, Happy Dreamer, and The Dot, #1 New York Times bestseller … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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20. The Lost Package

By: Richard Ho

4.06

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

The story of a package that gets lost, then found and an in-depth behind the scenes look at what ha… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • adventure
Cover of The New Friend: A Picture Book by Charlotte Zolotow

21. The New Friend: A Picture Book

By: Charlotte Zolotow

3.15

Format: 44 pages, Hardcover

A Kirkus Best Picture Book of the Year, author Charlotte Zolotow and award-winning illustrator Benj… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature
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22. Count Me In

By: Varsha Bajaj

4.10

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

An uplifting story, told through the alternating voices of two middle-schoolers, in which a communi… read more

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  • childrens
Cover of Big and Small and In-Between by Carter Higgins

23. Big and Small and In-Between

By: Carter Higgins

4.16

Format: 102 pages, Hardcover

You Are (Not) Small meets The Quiet Book in this beautiful compilation of all the little things tha… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature
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24. Let's Do Everything and Nothing

By: Julia Kuo

4.06

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Let's Do Everything and Nothing is a lush and lyrical picture book from Julia Kuo celebrating speci… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature
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25. Lost Cat!

By: Jacqueline K. Rayner

3.53

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

The saga of a cat who doesn't show up for dinner and the little girl who wishes she knew where he m… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • adventure
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26. Eggasaurus

By: Jennifer Wagh

4.11

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

In this funny and winsome epistolary picture book, a young boy who orders a dinosaur egg ends up wi… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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27. Crocodile Hungry

By: Eija Sumner

4.02

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A hilarious story about a hungry and hapless crocodile, for fans of How to Give Your Cat a Bath and… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of The Aquanaut by Jill Heinerth

28. The Aquanaut

By: Jill Heinerth

3.83

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Written by an award-winning aquanaut and with art by a #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator, t… read more

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  • biography
  • childrens
  • canada
  • adventure
  • picture books
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • womens
  • nature
Cover of The Care and Keeping of Grandmas by Jennifer Mook-Sang

29. The Care and Keeping of Grandmas

By: Jennifer Mook-Sang

4.07

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

When grandma moves in, a precocious child shares her tips for making her feel at home in this funny… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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30. Out on a Limb

By: Jordan Morris

3.89

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

This picture book about a child with a broken leg explores the role of courage and patience in the … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Our Yard Is Full of Birds by Anne Rockwell

31. Our Yard Is Full of Birds

By: Anne Rockwell

3.92

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A little boy lovingly describes all the birds that reside in his backyard--from the wren living in … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens

27 Top childrens books like The Aquanaut by Jill Heinerth

Transform Your Habits

The Velveteen Rabbit

Margery Williams Bianco , William Nicholson

4.30

Transform Your Habits

The Very Fluffy Kitty, Papillon (Papillon, #1)

A.N. Kang

3.85

Transform Your Habits

Hot Dog

Doug Salati

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Knight Owl (The Knight Owl Series, 1)

Christopher Denise

4.51

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Transform Your Habits

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Vashti Harrison

4.66

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Doug Salati

4.29

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4.51

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Michaela Goade

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