15 Top picture books books like My Worst Book Ever by Allan Ahlberg

Cover of My Worst Book Ever by Allan Ahlberg

My Worst Book Ever

By: Allan Ahlberg

3.65

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

A book about all the things that can go wrong when you try to write one, by the picture-book dream …

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Cover of The Dark by Lemony Snicket, Jon Klassen

1. The Dark

By: Lemony Snicket , Jon Klassen

4.08

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Laszlo is afraid of the dark. The dark is not afraid of Laszlo. Laszlo lives in a house. The da… read more

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  • childrens
"Without the dark, everything would be light, and you would never know if you needed a lightbulb."

-Lemony Snicket, The Dark

"You might be afraid of the dark, but the dark is not afraid of you. That’s why the dark is always close by."

-Lemony Snicket, The Dark

"You might be afraid of the dark, but the dark is not afraid of you. That's why the dark is always close by. The dark peeks around the corner and waits behind the door, and you can see the dark up in …"

-Lemony Snicket, The Dark

Cover of Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn

2. Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide

By: Nicholas D. Kristof , Sheryl WuDunn

4.28

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

From two of our most fiercely moral voices, a passionate call to arms against our era’s most pervas… read more

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"Even though we are peripheral to the slavery, our action is necessary to overcome a horrific evil."

-Nicholas D. Kristof, Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide

"...cultural barriers can be overcome relatively swiftly where there is the political will to do so."

-Nicholas D. Kristof, Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide

"Americans of faith should try as hard to save the lives of African women as the lives of unborn fetuses."

-Nicholas D. Kristof, Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide

"But they had learned an important lesson about how defeating poverty is more difficult than it seems at first."

-Nicholas D. Kristof, Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide

Cover of A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni

3. A Color of His Own

By: Leo Lionni

3.11

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Elephants are gray. Pigs are pink. Only the chameleon has no color of his own. He is purple like th… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of The Noisy Paint Box by Mary GrandPré, Barb Rosenstock

4. The Noisy Paint Box

By: Mary GrandPré , Barb Rosenstock

3.58

Format: 366 pages, Hardcover

In this exuberant celebration of creativity, Barb Rosenstock and Mary Grandpre tell the fascinating… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Anne of Green Gables: A Graphic Novel by Mariah Marsden, Brenna Thummler, Kendra Phipps, None

5. Anne of Green Gables: A Graphic Novel

By: Mariah Marsden , Brenna Thummler , Kendra Phipps , None

4.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

Schoolyard rivalries. Baking disasters. Puffed sleeves.Explore the violet vales and glorious green … read more

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  • childrens

6. Breaking Free: How I Escaped My Father-Warren Jeffs-Polygamy, and the FLDS Cult

By: None

4.58

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

In this searing memoir of survival in the spirit of Stolen Innocence, the daughter of Warren Jeffs,… read more

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7. Harold and the Purple Crayon

By: Crockett Johnson

4.50

Format: 60 pages, Hardcover

"One night, after thinking it over for some time, Harold decided to go for a walk in the moonlight.… read more

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8. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

By: Kate DiCamillo , Bagram Ibatoulline

4.38

Format: 228 pages, Hardcover

A timeless tale by the incomparable Kate DiCamillo, complete with stunning full-color plates by Bag… read more

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  • childrens
"I have been loved said Edward to the stars."

-Kate DiCamillo, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

"Someone will come for you, but first you must open your heart..."

-Kate DiCamillo, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

"He was agitated for some reason that he could not name. (page 35)"

-Kate DiCamillo, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

"But answer me this: how can a story end happily if there is no love?"

-Kate DiCamillo, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

9. I'm Not Reading!

By: Jonathan Allen

3.00

Format: 9 pages, Hardcover

Adorable, irresistible Baby Owl (I'm Not Sleepy!) is back! This time, he has a beloved book in hand… read more

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10. 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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11. 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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12. The Magic Fish

By: Trung Le Nguyen

4.51

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Tiến loves his family and his friends…but Tiến has a secret he's been keeping from them, and it mig… read more

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"To me, language is a map to help you figure out where you are. If you can't read the map, you're lost"

-Trung Le Nguyen, The Magic Fish

"The space between two shores is the ocean and being caught in between feels like drowning. And, really, what is the point of tears among so much salt water?"

-Trung Le Nguyen, The Magic Fish

Cover of The Bad Seed (The Food Group #1) by Jory John

13. 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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  • humor
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Fight Right: How Successful Couples Turn Conflict Into Connection by Julie Schwartz Gottman

14. Fight Right: How Successful Couples Turn Conflict Into Connection

By: Julie Schwartz Gottman

4.57

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

LEARN THE 5 SECRETS OF SUCCESSFUL COUPLES Conflict is the top reason couples seek help—but it's al… read more

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Cover of The Wild Robot Protects (The Wild Robot #3) by Peter  Brown

15. The Wild Robot Protects (The Wild Robot #3)

By: Peter Brown

4.20

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The action-packed third installment in Peter Brown's internationally bestselling The Wild Robot ser… read more

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  • childrens
Cover of Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki

16. Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me

By: Mariko Tamaki

3.86

Format: 289 pages, Hardcover

All Freddy Riley wants is for Laura Dean to stop breaking up with her. The day they got together… read more

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"Have faith in yourself to know what's right for you. Whatever answer you need, it's inside you somewhere."

-Mariko Tamaki, Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me

"It's true that giving can be a part of love. But, contrary to popular belief, love should never take from you, Freddy."

-Mariko Tamaki, Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me

"Of course, I know there are LGBTQIA activists out there who fought for centuries for me to have the right to fuck up like this"

-Mariko Tamaki, Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me

"Polyamorous or monogamous, your love should be a thing that brings something to you. It’s true that giving can be a part of love, but contrary to popular belief, your love should never take from you."

-Mariko Tamaki, Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me

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17. Not Quite Snow White

By: Ashley Franklin

4.43

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Tameika is an African American girl who loves musical and dreams of starring in one as a princess o… read more

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  • childrens
Cover of Milo Imagines the World by Matt de la Peña

18. Milo Imagines the World

By: Matt de la Peña

4.49

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Milo is on a long subway ride with his older sister. To pass the time, he studies the faces around … read more

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  • childrens
Cover of More Than a Body: Your Body Is an Instrument, Not an Ornament by Lexie Kite

19. More Than a Body: Your Body Is an Instrument, Not an Ornament

By: Lexie Kite

4.18

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

"An indispensable resource for women of all ages, this is a guide to help us better connect to ours… read more

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"Beauty doesn’t make you, so it can’t break you, either."

-Lexie Kite, More Than a Body: Your Body Is an Instrument, Not an Ornament

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20. A Walk in the Words

By: Hudson Talbott

4.33

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

When Hudson Talbott was a little boy, he loved drawing, and it came naturally to him. But reading? … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • writing
  • books about books
Cover of Lift by Minh Lê

21. Lift

By: Minh Lê

4.37

Format: 56 pages, Hardcover

When Iris's elevator button-pushing is disrupted by a new member of the family, she's pretty put ou… read more

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  • humor
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee by Carole Boston Weatherford

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

By: Carole Boston Weatherford

4.44

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book From a multi-award-winning pair comes a deeply affecting … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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23. Starfish

By: Lisa Fipps

4.46

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Ellie is tired of being fat-shamed and does something about it in this debut novel-in-verse. Eve… read more

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  • childrens
"I'm a starfish, taking p all the room I want."

-Lisa Fipps, Starfish

"I'm a starfish, taking up all the room I want."

-Lisa Fipps, Starfish

"DNA doesn't make you family. Love does. Actions do."

-Lisa Fipps, Starfish

"No matter what others say or do, embrace what makes you, you."

-Lisa Fipps, Starfish

Cover of The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness by Robert Waldinger

24. The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness

By: Robert Waldinger

4.16

Format: 352 pages, ebook

What makes for a happy life, a fulfilling life? A good life? In their book, the directors of the Ha… read more

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Cover of The Secret Garden: A Graphic Novel by Mariah Marsden

25. The Secret Garden: A Graphic Novel

By: Mariah Marsden

3.80

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Green-growing secrets and magic await you at Misselthwaite Manor, now reimagined in this graphic no… read more

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  • childrens
Cover of Just Because by Matthew McConaughey

26. Just Because

By: Matthew McConaughey

4.09

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

The debut picture book by Academy Award-winning actor and #1 New York Times bestselling author Matt… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of The Sad Ghost Club, Vol. 3 by Lize Meddings

27. The Sad Ghost Club, Vol. 3

By: Lize Meddings

4.01

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

'We wanted to create a space where anyone who is feeling sad or alone could come and feel ... well,… read more

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

28. 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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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You by Sonia Sotomayor

29. Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You

By: Sonia Sotomayor

4.49

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Feeling different, especially as a kid, can be tough. But in the same way that different types of p… read more

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  • childrens
Cover of I Have a Superpower by Stephen  Curry

30. I Have a Superpower

By: Stephen Curry

3.53

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

I Have a Superpower is a story that teaches kids you don't have to be the strongest, fastest, or ev… read more

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  • childrens
Cover of My Worst Book Ever by Allan Ahlberg

31. My Worst Book Ever

By: Allan Ahlberg

3.65

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

A book about all the things that can go wrong when you try to write one, by the picture-book dream … read more

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  • picture books
  • writing
  • books about books

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4.08

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3.11

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3.58

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3.61

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Alice Oseman

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