9 Best nonfiction books like A Child Through Time: The Book of Children's History (DK Panorama) by Philip Wilkinson

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A Child Through Time: The Book of Children's History (DK Panorama)

By: Philip Wilkinson

4.42

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

This original look at history profiles 30 children from different eras, inviting children of today …

If you liked the nonfiction plot in A Child Through Time: The Book of Children's History (DK Panorama) by Philip Wilkinson , here is a list of 9 books like this:

Cover of The Librarian Who Measured the Earth by Kathryn Lasky, Kevin Hawkes

1. The Librarian Who Measured the Earth

By: Kathryn Lasky , Kevin Hawkes

4.20

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A perfect introduction to mathematical concepts for young readers, written by a Newbery honor-winni… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • childrens
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2. Wishtree

By: Katherine Applegate , Charles Santoso

4.29

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Trees can't tell jokes, but they can certainly tell stories. . . . Red is an oak tree who is man… read more

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  • childrens
"Here's an idea for you: ideas are a bad idea"

-Katherine Applegate, Wishtree

"I'm not just a tree. I'm a home. A community. - Red"

-Katherine Applegate, Wishtree

"Hollows are proof that something bad can become something good with enough time and care and hope."

-Katherine Applegate, Wishtree

"My point," Bongo continued, "is that the world's a tough place. Doesn't matter if you're a bunny or a lizard or a kid."

-Katherine Applegate, Wishtree

Cover of D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths by Ingri d'Aulaire, Edgar Parin d'Aulaire

3. D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths

By: Ingri d'Aulaire , Edgar Parin d'Aulaire

4.42

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Here are the gods, goddesses, and legendary figures of ancient Greece--mighty Zeus, with his fistfu… read more

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  • childrens
Cover of From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg

4. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

By: E.L. Konigsburg

3.76

Format: None pages,

When suburban Claudia Kincaid decides to run away, she knows she doesn't just want to run from some… read more

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  • childrens
Cover of Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile by Tomie dePaola

5. Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile

By: Tomie dePaola

3.84

Format: 179 pages, Paperback

It's a new school year, and Bill and Pete are back in a new adventure. Their teacher, Ms. Ibis, is … read more

Similar categories in Tomie dePaola's Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile book and Philip Wilkinson's A Child Through Time: The Book of Children's History (DK Panorama)

  • history
  • childrens
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6. Du Iz Tak?

By: Carson Ellis

4.12

Format: None pages,

The creator of Home turns a droll eye to the natural world, with gorgeous art and a playful invente… read more

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  • childrens
Cover of Children Just Like Me: A new celebration of children around the world by Catherine Saunders, Sam Priddy, Katy Lennon

7. Children Just Like Me: A new celebration of children around the world

By: Catherine Saunders , Sam Priddy , Katy Lennon

3.93

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A favorite in classrooms, libraries, and homes, Children Just Like Meis a comprehensive view of int… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • childrens
  • reference

8. Nim's Island (Nim #1)

By: Wendy Orr , Kerry Millard

3.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

A girl. An iguana. An island. And e-mail. Meet Nim-a modern-day Robinson Crusoe! She can chop down … read more

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  • childrens
Cover of Redwall (Redwall, #1) by Brian Jacques

9. Redwall (Redwall, #1)

By: Brian Jacques

4.14

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A quest to recover a legendary lost weapon by bumbling young apprentice monk, mouse Matthias. R… read more

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  • childrens
"I am that is, my sword shall wield for me."

-Brian Jacques, Redwall (Redwall, #1)

"All work and no play makes Matthias a dull mouse."

-Brian Jacques, Redwall (Redwall, #1)

"Err, sorry Father Abbot. I tripped y'see. Trod on my Abbot, Father Habit. Oh dear, I mean...."

-Brian Jacques, Redwall (Redwall, #1)

"Who knows, my friend? Maybe the sword does have some magic. Personally, I think it's the warrior who wields it."

-Brian Jacques, Redwall (Redwall, #1)

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10. Fantastic Mr. Fox

By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

4.08

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

Fantastic Mr. Fox is on the run! The three meanest farmers around are out to get him. Fat Boggis, s… read more

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  • childrens
"I dare not do that, said Mr. Fox, because this place I am hoping to get is so marvelous that if I described it to you now you would go crazy with excitement"

-Roald Dahl, Fantastic Mr. Fox

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11. The Silk Route: 7,000 Miles of History

By: John S. Major , Stephen Fieser

2.74

Format: None pages, Paperback

A fascinating and accessible historical picture book about commerce, trade, and cultural exchange, … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • childrens
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12. The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome

By: Susan Wise Bauer

3.42

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

This is the first volume in a bold new series that tells the stories of all peoples, connecting his… read more

Similar categories in Susan Wise Bauer's The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome book and Philip Wilkinson's A Child Through Time: The Book of Children's History (DK Panorama)

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • world history

13. The Modern Age: From Victoria's Empire to the End of the USSR (The Story of the World #4)

By: Susan Wise Bauer

3.74

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Where was the Crystal Palace? Who was the Sick Man of Europe? And how did cow fat start a revolutio… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • childrens

14. Early Modern Times: From Elizabeth the First to the Forty-Niners (The Story of the World #3)

By: Susan Wise Bauer

3.74

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Now more than ever, other cultures are affecting our everyday lives--and our children need to learn… read more

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  • history
  • childrens
  • world history
  • historical
  • nonfiction

15. Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale

By: John Steptoe

4.03

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A Caldecott Honor and Reading Rainbow book, this memorable retelling of Cinderella is perfect for i… read more

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16. Heidi

By: Johanna Spyri , Beverly Cleary , None

4.03

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Little orphan Heidi goes to live high in the Alps with her gruff grandfather and brings happiness t… read more

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  • historical
  • childrens
"...if you take big steps and climb with all your little might!"

-Johanna Spyri, Heidi

"Let's enjoy the beautiful things we can see, my dear, and not think about those we cannot."

-Johanna Spyri, Heidi

"we could not pray for anything any more, because we would feel that He always knows of something better."

-Johanna Spyri, Heidi

"God does not give us what we ask for, even when we pray and pray and pray, if He knows there is something better for us."

-Johanna Spyri, Heidi

17. Dragon Pearl

By: Yoon Ha Lee

4.75

Format: 118 pages,

Space opera based on Korean mythology. A standalone middle grade novel starring Min, a teenage fox … read more

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18. Chengli and the Silk Road Caravan

By: Hildi Kang

4.48

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Chengli is an orphaned errand boy who lives in Chang'an China in 630 A.D. His mother has died from … read more

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19. Knock at a Star: A Child's Introduction to Poetry

By: X.J. Kennedy , Dorothy M. Kennedy , None

3.96

Format: 236 pages, Paperback

The perfect classic anthology of poetry for today's young readers. A classic poetry anthology, Knoc… read more

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20. The Random House Book of Fairy Tales

By: Amy Ehrlich

4.60

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

A lush treasury of 19 fairy tales that generations of children have grown up on, lushly illustrated… read more

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21. Hieroglyphs

By: Charles Micucci , Joyce Milton

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

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22. The Witch's Heart

By: Genevieve Gornichec

4.05

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

When a banished witch falls in love with the legendary trickster Loki, she risks the wrath of the g… read more

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"I can’t believe,"

-Genevieve Gornichec, The Witch's Heart

"We're odd. She's odd. She fits right in, does she not?"

-Genevieve Gornichec, The Witch's Heart

"They say a witch used to live in these woods, a long long time ago,"

-Genevieve Gornichec, The Witch's Heart

"My heart is so much more than it once was, even if it now beats outside my chest."

-Genevieve Gornichec, The Witch's Heart

Cover of Maybe: A Story About the Endless Potential in All of Us by Kobi Yamada

23. Maybe: A Story About the Endless Potential in All of Us

By: Kobi Yamada

4.65

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

You are the only you there ever has been or ever will be. You are unique in all the universe. Just … read more

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  • childrens
"There will be struggles, there will be fears, and it won't always be easy. At times it will feel really hard. And you might make a mess of things. You may fall down. You may fail. But you will also g…"

-Kobi Yamada, Maybe: A Story About the Endless Potential in All of Us

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24. A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)

By: Madeleine L'Engle

3.98

Format: 218 pages, Paperback

It was a dark and stormy night. Out of this wild night, a strange visitor comes to the Murry hou… read more

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  • childrens
"Wild nights are my glory!"

-Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)

"Believing takes practice."

-Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)

"People are more than just the way they look."

-Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)

"I do not know everything; still many things I understand."

-Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)

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25. Keeper of the Lost Cities The Graphic Novel Part 1: Volume 1

By: Celina Frenn

4.12

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The first book in the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling Keeper of the Lost Cities series is … read more

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  • childrens
Cover of Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava, #1) by Roshani Chokshi

26. Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava, #1)

By: Roshani Chokshi

4.09

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Aru Shah has a tendency to stretch the truth in order to fit in at school. While he… read more

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  • childrens
"It is not failure to fail."

-Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava, #1)

"Words had their own power."

-Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava, #1)

"Love looked different to everyone."

-Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava, #1)

"The world had a tendency to trick people."

-Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava, #1)

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27. 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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  • 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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28. History Quest: Early Times

By: Lisa Hawkins

4.37

Format: 531 pages, Kindle Edition

Through an exciting and rich narrative, History Early Times takes you on a journey into the past t… read more

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  • history
  • childrens
Cover of Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly

29. Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

By: Margot Lee Shetterly

4.44

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden were good at math...really g… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • childrens
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30. The Usborne Science Encyclopedia

By: Laura Howell

4.34

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Presents information about the sciences, including such newly prominent fields as genetic engineeri… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • childrens
  • reference
Cover of A Child Through Time: The Book of Children's History (DK Panorama) by Philip Wilkinson

31. A Child Through Time: The Book of Children's History (DK Panorama)

By: Philip Wilkinson

4.42

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

This original look at history profiles 30 children from different eras, inviting children of today … read more

Similar categories in Philip Wilkinson's A Child Through Time: The Book of Children's History (DK Panorama) book and Philip Wilkinson's A Child Through Time: The Book of Children's History (DK Panorama)

  • history
  • childrens
  • world history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • reference

9 must-read history books like A Child Through Time: The Book of Children's History (DK Panorama) by Philip Wilkinson

Transform Your Habits

The Librarian Who Measured the Earth

Kathryn Lasky , Kevin Hawkes

4.20

Transform Your Habits

Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile

Tomie dePaola

3.84

Transform Your Habits

The Silk Route: 7,000 Miles of History

John S. Major , Stephen Fieser

2.74

Transform Your Habits

The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome

Susan Wise Bauer

3.42

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Transform Your Habits

Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization

Paul Kriwaczek

3.91

Transform Your Habits

The Punic Wars

Adrian Goldsworthy

4.19

Transform Your Habits

SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

Mary Beard

3.59

Transform Your Habits

The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome

Susan Wise Bauer

3.42

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