11 must-read picture books books like Waa'aka': The Bird Who Fell in Love with the Sun by Cindi Alvitre

Cover of Waa'aka': The Bird Who Fell in Love with the Sun by Cindi Alvitre

Waa'aka': The Bird Who Fell in Love with the Sun

By: Cindi Alvitre

4.41

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A dazzling, own-voice Native Californian creation story. "Waa'aka' was born when the earth was soft…

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1. Last Stop on Market Street

By: Matt de la Peña , Christian Robinson

4.30

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

"Sometimes when you're surrounded by dirt, CJ, you're a better witness for what's beautiful." CJ… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • storytime
"He wondered how his nana always found beautiful where he never even thought to look."

-Matt de la Peña, Last Stop on Market Street

"Sometimes when you're surrounded by dirt...you're a better witness for what's beautiful."

-Matt de la Peña, Last Stop on Market Street

"Nana, how come we don't got a car?' 'Boy, what do we need a car for? We got a bus that breathes fire, and old Mr. Daniels, who always has a trick for you."

-Matt de la Peña, Last Stop on Market Street

Cover of Stay Out of the Basement  (Goosebumps, #2) by R.L. Stine

2. Stay Out of the Basement (Goosebumps, #2)

By: R.L. Stine

3.69

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Dr. Brewer is doing a little plant-testing in his basement. Nothing to worry about. Harmless, he sa… read more

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  • childrens
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3. The Poet X

By: Elizabeth Acevedo

4.38

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Fans of Jacqueline Woodson, Meg Medina, and Jason Reynolds will fall hard for this astonishing New … read more

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"Pero, tú no eres fácil."

-Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X

"Just because your father's present, doesn't mean he isn't absent."

-Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X

"It's about any of the words that bring us together and how we can form a home in them."

-Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X

"I close my eyes and let myself find in music what I've always searched for: a way away."

-Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X

Cover of Say Cheese and Die! (Goosebumps, #4) by R.L. Stine

4. Say Cheese and Die! (Goosebumps, #4)

By: R.L. Stine

1.50

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Greg thinks there is something wrong with the old camera he found. The photos keep turning out . . … read more

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  • childrens
Cover of Welcome to Dead House (Goosebumps, #1) by R.L. Stine

5. Welcome to Dead House (Goosebumps, #1)

By: R.L. Stine

4.50

Format: 122 pages,

Amanda and Josh think the old house they have just moved into is weird. Spooky. Possibly haunted. A… read more

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  • childrens
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6. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

By: Judy Blume

4.05

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Margaret Simon, almost twelve, likes long hair, tuna fish, the smell of rain, and things that are p… read more

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  • childrens
Cover of The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein

7. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

By: Richard Rothstein

2.89

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In this groundbreaking history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein, a leading auth… read more

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8. My Favorite Thing Is Monsters

By: Emil Ferris

4.56

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late '60s Chicago, My Favorite Thing Is Monstersis… read more

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9. Counting Crows

By: Kathi Appelt , Rob Dunlavey

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Help hungry crows avoid a feline foe in this clever concept book from the author of The True Blue S… read more

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  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • birds
  • storytime
Cover of The Canary Caper (A to Z Mysteries, #3) by Ron Roy, John Steven Gurney

10. The Canary Caper (A to Z Mysteries, #3)

By: Ron Roy , John Steven Gurney

3.90

Format: 205 pages, Paperback

C is for Canary...Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose get an urgent call from Mrs. Davis. Her canary is missi… read more

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  • childrens

11. Tar Beach

By: Faith Ringgold

4.26

Format: None pages, Paperback

Illus. in full color. "Ringgold recounts the dream adventure of eight-year-old Cassie Louise Lightf… read more

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12. The Absent Author (A to Z Mysteries, #1)

By: Ron Roy , John Steven Gurney

5.00

Format: 36 pages, Paperback

A is for author.... Dink writes to his favorite author, mystery writer Wallis Wallace, and invites … read more

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13. The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (Goosebumps, #5)

By: R.L. Stine

3.27

Format: None pages, Paperback

Something dead has been here... Gabe just got lost - in a pyramid. One minute, his crazy cousin Sar… read more

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14. The Bald Bandit (A to Z Mysteries, #2)

By: Ron Roy , John Steven Gurney

3.96

Format: None pages, Paperback

Help Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose solve mysteries from A to Z! Kids love collecting the entire alphab… read more

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15. Noisy Night

By: Mac Barnett , Brian Biggs

1.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

It's a noisy night in this city building! The residents of each floor can hear their neighbors abov… read more

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16. William's Winter Nap

By: Chuck Groenink , Linda Ashman

3.95

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Just when William is ready to fall asleep in his cozy cabin, there is a tap on his window. A chilly… read more

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17. Garlic and the Vampire

By: Bree Paulsen

4.30

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

A farm-fresh debut graphic novel starring a heroine who is braver than she realizes. Garlic feel… read more

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  • childrens
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18. Aquicorn Cove

By: Kay O'Neill

4.18

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

When Lana and her father return to their seaside hometown to help clear the debris of a storm, the … read more

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  • childrens
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19. Dreamers

By: Yuyi Morales

4.43

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Yuyi Morales tells her own immigration story in this picture-book tribute to the transformative pow… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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20. Grumpy Monkey

By: Suzanne Lang

4.39

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A hilarious picture book about dealing with unexplained feelings…and the danger in suppressing them… read more

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  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • storytime
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21. We Are Water Protectors: (Caldecott Medal Winner)

By: Carole Lindstrom

4.51

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by the many Indigenous-led movements across North America, We Are Water Protectors issues … read more

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  • childrens
  • picture books
  • native american
  • indigenous
  • nature
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22. The House of Hidden Meanings

By: RuPaul

3.84

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing and persona… read more

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"We all have that magic within us - But it's the faculty to harness it - to turn something seemingly meaningless into something special, to be loose and spontaneous with it - that makes life most wort…"

-RuPaul, The House of Hidden Meanings

"But in that time the RuPaul idea was born, and people outside of my world were inspired to talk about me and androgyny and drag in a way that was unprecedented. Not long after that, the questions cam…"

-RuPaul, The House of Hidden Meanings

"Life is full of dualities: night and day, black and white, yin and yang, good and evil, birth and death, love and fear. You can't have one without the other. It takes two to create the magnetic pull …"

-RuPaul, The House of Hidden Meanings

"There are ideological precepts that people will fight or even kill for. But those things are never really what they seem to be. As much as people will claim a hard moral line, that line becomes very …"

-RuPaul, The House of Hidden Meanings

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23. Are You a Cheeseburger?

By: Monica Arnaldo

4.12

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Laugh-out-loud humor and a tender friendship blossom in author-illustrator Monica Arnaldo’s charmin… read more

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  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • storytime
  • nature
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24. The Soul of a Woman

By: Isabel Allende

4.03

Format: 174 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Petal of the Sea comes a passionate and inspir… read more

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"I was a voracious reader and what I had learned in books confirmed that the world changes constantly and humanity evolves, but the changes are only obtained after much struggle."

-Isabel Allende, The Soul of a Woman

"This is what women want: to be safe, to be valued, to live in peace, to have their own resources, to be connected, to have control over their bodies and lives, and above all, to be loved."

-Isabel Allende, The Soul of a Woman

"Since my daughter died I am perfectly aware of death's proximity; and now, in my seventies, death is my friend. It's not true that she looks like a skeleton armed with a scythe and trailed by a rotte…"

-Isabel Allende, The Soul of a Woman

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25. Garlic and the Witch

By: Bree Paulsen

4.36

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Bree Paulsen's brave little protagonist, Garlic, is back in this charmingly illustrated standalone … read more

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  • childrens
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26. Julián Is a Mermaid

By: Jessica Love

4.51

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

In an exuberant picture book, a glimpse of costumed mermaids leaves one boy flooded with wonder and… read more

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  • childrens
  • storytime
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27. Pink Is for Boys

By: Robb Pearlman

4.04

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

An empowering and educational picture book that proves colors are for everyone, regardless of gende… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • storytime
Cover of Season of Love (Carrigan’s Christmasland, #1) by Helena Greer

28. Season of Love (Carrigan’s Christmasland, #1)

By: Helena Greer

3.70

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Buzzfeed’s Most Anticipated LGBTQ Romances of 2022 Miriam Blum has no choice but to face the pas… read more

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"It was so freeing to have someone else be righteously indignant on her behalf. She'd never given herself the space to feel that anger. Somehow, Noelle doing it let her move out of the flashback into …"

-Helena Greer, Season of Love (Carrigan’s Christmasland, #1)

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29. How Do I Love Thee?

By: Jennifer Adams

3.72

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A gorgeous reinvention of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's famous "Sonnet 43" from the bestselling auth… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • storytime
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30. The Wolf Suit

By: Sid Sharp

4.28

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

Bellwether Riggwelter is, once again, out of blackberries. This time, rather than tiptoe through a … read more

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  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Waa'aka': The Bird Who Fell in Love with the Sun by Cindi Alvitre

31. Waa'aka': The Bird Who Fell in Love with the Sun

By: Cindi Alvitre

4.41

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A dazzling, own-voice Native Californian creation story. "Waa'aka' was born when the earth was soft… read more

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  • picture books
  • animals
  • native american
  • indigenous
  • folklore
  • birds
  • storytime
  • nature

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3.89

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David A. Kelly , Mark Meyers

4.03

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