6 Best nonfiction books like The Thing About Bees: A Love Letter by Shabazz Larkin

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The Thing About Bees: A Love Letter

By: Shabazz Larkin

4.27

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

"Sometimes bees can be a bit rude. They fly in your face and prance on your food." And yet... witho…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Thing About Bees: A Love Letter by Shabazz Larkin , here is a list of 6 books like this:

Cover of Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems

1. Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!

By: Mo Willems

4.33

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

When a bus driver takes a break from his route, a very unlikely volunteer springs up to take his pl… read more

Similar categories in Mo Willems's Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! book and Shabazz Larkin's The Thing About Bees: A Love Letter

  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • storytime
"I bet your mom would let me." -Pigeon, Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus-"

-Mo Willems, Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!

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2. Blue Sky White Stars

By: Kadir Nelson , Sarvinder Naberhaus

4.33

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

An inspiring and patriotic tribute to the beauty of the American flag, a symbol of America’s histor… read more

Similar categories in Kadir Nelson's Blue Sky White Stars book and Shabazz Larkin's The Thing About Bees: A Love Letter

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • storytime
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3. Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China

By: Ed Young

4.06

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Long, long ago a good woman lived contentedly with her three daughters—Shang, tao, and Paotze—in th… read more

Similar categories in Ed Young's Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China book and Shabazz Larkin's The Thing About Bees: A Love Letter

  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
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4. Hattie Ever After (Hattie, #2)

By: Kirby Larson

2.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

After leaving Uncle Chester's homestead claim, orphan Hattie Brooks throws a lasso around a new dre… read more

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5. Owl at Home

By: Arnold Lobel

3.77

Format: 341 pages, Paperback

Welcome to Owl's house! Owl lives all by himself in a cozy little house. But whether he's inviting … read more

Similar categories in Arnold Lobel's Owl at Home book and Shabazz Larkin's The Thing About Bees: A Love Letter

  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
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6. Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt

By: Kate Messner , Christopher Silas Neal

3.51

Format: 178 pages, Hardcover

In this exuberant and lyrical follow-up to the award-winning Over and Under the Snow, discover the … read more

Similar categories in Kate Messner's Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt book and Shabazz Larkin's The Thing About Bees: A Love Letter

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
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7. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, #1)

By: Judi Barrett , Ron Barrett

4.18

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

An imaginative story of amazing food weather that inspired the hit movie, Cloudy with a Chance of M… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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8. Little Bear

By: Else Holmelund Minarik , Maurice Sendak

3.10

Format: 151 pages, Paperback

Dem Kleinen Baren ist niemals langweilig, denn er erlebt immer neue Abenteuer. Eines Tages beschlie… read more

Similar categories in Else Holmelund Minarik's Little Bear book and Shabazz Larkin's The Thing About Bees: A Love Letter

  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family

9. Extra Yarn

By: Mac Barnett , Jon Klassen

3.88

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

This looks like an ordinary box full of ordinary yarn. But it turns out it isn't. read more

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10. Put Me in the Zoo

By: Robert Lopshire

4.07

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Spot, a polka-dot leopard who can change colors and even juggle his own spots, tries to convince tw… read more

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11. Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad

By: Kadir Nelson , Ellen Levine

3.57

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A stirring, dramatic story of a slave who mails himself to freedom by a Jane Addams Peace Award-win… read more

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12. Redwoods

By: Jason Chin

3.27

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

An ordinary train ride becomes and extraordinary trip to the great ancient forests A subway trip is… read more

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13. Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale (Knuffle Bunny, #1)

By: Mo Willems

4.50

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

Merging expressive cartoon network-esque illustrations with beautiful black and white photographs o… read more

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14. I Love You to the Moon and Back

By: Tim Warnes , Amelia Hepworth

4.56

Format: 28 pages, Board book

The sun rises, and a bear and cub begin their day together. They splash in the water, climb mountai… read more

Similar categories in Tim Warnes's I Love You to the Moon and Back book and Shabazz Larkin's The Thing About Bees: A Love Letter

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • family
  • storytime
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15. 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

Similar categories in Vashti Harrison's Big book and Shabazz Larkin's The Thing About Bees: A Love Letter

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • storytime
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16. 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

Similar categories in Christopher Denise's Knight Owl (The Knight Owl Series, 1) book and Shabazz Larkin's The Thing About Bees: A Love Letter

  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • storytime
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17. The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale

By: Jon Klassen

4.26

Format: 105 pages, None

Jon Klassen's retelling of a traditional Tyrolean folktale.In a big abandoned house, on a barren hi… read more

Similar categories in Jon Klassen's The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale book and Shabazz Larkin's The Thing About Bees: A Love Letter

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of There Was a Party for Langston by Jason Reynolds

18. There Was a Party for Langston

By: Jason Reynolds

4.48

Format: 56 pages, ebook

New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Jason Reynolds’s debut picture book is a snappy… read more

Similar categories in Jason Reynolds's There Was a Party for Langston book and Shabazz Larkin's The Thing About Bees: A Love Letter

  • poetry
  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
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19. The Teeny-Weeny Unicorn

By: Shawn Harris

3.76

Format: 48 pages, Library Binding

Meet Teeny-Weeny! A pint-sized unicorn in this funny, modern fairy tale about perception and self-c… read more

Similar categories in Shawn Harris's The Teeny-Weeny Unicorn book and Shabazz Larkin's The Thing About Bees: A Love Letter

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • family
  • storytime
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20. The Fort

By: Gordon Korman

4.31

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of RESTART, the story of a middle-school "band of brothers" -- five fri… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's The Fort book and Shabazz Larkin's The Thing About Bees: A Love Letter

  • childrens
  • family
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21. The Rough Patch

By: Brian Lies

4.41

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Evan and his dog do everything together, from eating ice cream to caring for their award-winning ga… read more

Similar categories in Brian Lies's The Rough Patch book and Shabazz Larkin's The Thing About Bees: A Love Letter

  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature
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22. In Every Life

By: Marla Frazee

4.28

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A simple and profound meditation on the many wonders of life from two-time Caldecott Honor recipien… read more

Similar categories in Marla Frazee's In Every Life book and Shabazz Larkin's The Thing About Bees: A Love Letter

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • nature
Cover of Outside In by Deborah Underwood

23. Outside In

By: Deborah Underwood

4.24

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Outside is waiting, the most patient playmate of all. The most generous friend. The most miraculous… read more

Similar categories in Deborah Underwood's Outside In book and Shabazz Larkin's The Thing About Bees: A Love Letter

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • environment
  • storytime
  • nature
Cover of Buzzing with Questions: The Inquisitive Mind of Charles Henry Turner by Janice N. Harrington

24. Buzzing with Questions: The Inquisitive Mind of Charles Henry Turner

By: Janice N. Harrington

4.18

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

The curiosity of the first African American entomologist Charles Henry Turner--a scientist who stud… read more

Similar categories in Janice N. Harrington's Buzzing with Questions: The Inquisitive Mind of Charles Henry Turner book and Shabazz Larkin's The Thing About Bees: A Love Letter

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
Cover of Bright Star by Yuyi Morales

25. Bright Star

By: Yuyi Morales

4.10

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Yuyi Morales weaves the tale of a fawn making her way through a landscape that is dangerous, beauti… read more

Similar categories in Yuyi Morales's Bright Star book and Shabazz Larkin's The Thing About Bees: A Love Letter

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • family
  • nature
Cover of Diana Dances by Luciano Lozano

26. Diana Dances

By: Luciano Lozano

3.77

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A picture book star is born!   Diana is struggling in school. She’s bored. She can’t concentrate. A… read more

Similar categories in Luciano Lozano's Diana Dances book and Shabazz Larkin's The Thing About Bees: A Love Letter

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Kaia and the Bees by Maribeth Boelts

27. Kaia and the Bees

By: Maribeth Boelts

3.87

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

The author of Those Shoes and an award-winning illustrator team up for the story of a girl who trie… read more

Similar categories in Maribeth Boelts's Kaia and the Bees book and Shabazz Larkin's The Thing About Bees: A Love Letter

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • family
  • storytime
  • nature
  • science
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28. Home

By: Tonya K. Lippert

4.17

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

In the brown house, Claire and Wes were home. But home turned to nowhere and nowhere turned to anyw… read more

Similar categories in Tonya K. Lippert's Home book and Shabazz Larkin's The Thing About Bees: A Love Letter

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
Cover of The Ofrenda That We Built by Jolene Gutiérrez

29. The Ofrenda That We Built

By: Jolene Gutiérrez

4.80

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Learn about and celebrate the Day of the Dead! With warmth and energy, this spirited picture book i… read more

Similar categories in Jolene Gutiérrez's The Ofrenda That We Built book and Shabazz Larkin's The Thing About Bees: A Love Letter

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of The Thing About Bees: A Love Letter by Shabazz Larkin

30. The Thing About Bees: A Love Letter

By: Shabazz Larkin

4.27

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

"Sometimes bees can be a bit rude. They fly in your face and prance on your food." And yet... witho… read more

Similar categories in Shabazz Larkin's The Thing About Bees: A Love Letter book and Shabazz Larkin's The Thing About Bees: A Love Letter

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • environment
  • nonfiction
  • family
  • storytime
  • nature
  • science
Cover of That's Not My Name! by Anoosha Syed

31. That's Not My Name!

By: Anoosha Syed

4.38

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

A debut picture book about loving your name, finding your voice, and standing up for yourself from … read more

Similar categories in Anoosha Syed's That's Not My Name! book and Shabazz Larkin's The Thing About Bees: A Love Letter

  • storytime
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family

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4.33

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