11 Top family books like Desert Song by Laekan Zea Kemp

Cover of Desert Song by Laekan Zea Kemp

Desert Song

By: Laekan Zea Kemp

4.00

Format: None pages, None

A family joins the music of the Texas desert night in this tale of tradition and memory from Pura B…

If you liked the family plot in Desert Song by Laekan Zea Kemp , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of Giraffes Can't Dance by Guy Parker-Rees, Giles Andreae

1. Giraffes Can't Dance

By: Guy Parker-Rees , Giles Andreae

4.33

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Gerald the giraffe longs to dance, but his legs are too skinny and his neck is too long. At the Jun… read more

Similar categories in Guy Parker-Rees's Giraffes Can't Dance book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Desert Song

  • music
  • picture books
  • childrens
"We all can dance," he said, "when we find music that we love."

-Guy Parker-Rees, Giraffes Can't Dance

"But sometimes when you're different You just need a different song"

-Guy Parker-Rees, Giraffes Can't Dance

Cover of No Cats in the Library by Lauren Emmons

2. No Cats in the Library

By: Lauren Emmons

4.46

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A stray cat follows her love of books all the way to a new library home in this charming debut pict… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Emmons's No Cats in the Library book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Desert Song

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of The Teeny-Weeny Unicorn by Shawn Harris

3. 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 Laekan Zea Kemp's Desert Song

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
Cover of Bruce and the Legend of Soggy Hollow by Ryan T.  Higgins

4. Bruce and the Legend of Soggy Hollow

By: Ryan T. Higgins

4.13

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Celebrate all things scary with #1 New York Times best-selling author Ryan T. Higgins's beloved Mot… read more

Similar categories in Ryan T. Higgins's Bruce and the Legend of Soggy Hollow book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Desert Song

  • picture books
  • childrens
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5. Buffalo Fluffalo

By: Bess Kalb

4.16

Format: None pages, None

Introducing a sweet and silly buffalo who tries to bluff and fluff his way into being bigger than h… read more

Similar categories in Bess Kalb's Buffalo Fluffalo book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Desert Song

  • picture books
  • childrens
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6. Summer Is Here

By: Renée Watson

4.34

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling creators Renée Watson and Bea Jackson offer a picture book ode to a pict… read more

Similar categories in Renée Watson's Summer Is Here book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Desert Song

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
Cover of Ahoy! by Sophie Blackall

7. Ahoy!

By: Sophie Blackall

4.09

Format: 48 pages, Library Binding

Join a child captain and parent first mate as they embark on a wild high seas adventure…all without… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Blackall's Ahoy! book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Desert Song

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
Cover of Joyful Song: A Naming Story by Lesléa Newman

8. Joyful Song: A Naming Story

By: Lesléa Newman

4.30

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

What a happy day! Zachary’s baby sister will have her naming ceremony. In the temple! With his moms… read more

Similar categories in Lesléa Newman's Joyful Song: A Naming Story book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Desert Song

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
Cover of Ursula Upside Down by Corey R. Tabor

9. Ursula Upside Down

By: Corey R. Tabor

4.36

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Ursula the catfish finds confidence in seeing the world her own way in another innovative, flipped-… read more

Similar categories in Corey R. Tabor's Ursula Upside Down book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Desert Song

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature
Cover of Mani Semilla Finds Her Quetzal Voice by Anna Lapera

10. Mani Semilla Finds Her Quetzal Voice

By: Anna Lapera

4.23

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Donna Barba Higuera's Lupe Wong Won't Dance and Aida Salazar's The Moon Within, comes M… read more

Similar categories in Anna Lapera's Mani Semilla Finds Her Quetzal Voice book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Desert Song

  • childrens
Cover of If You Run Out of Words: A Picture Book by Felicita Sala

11. If You Run Out of Words: A Picture Book

By: Felicita Sala

4.12

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

In this imaginative bedtime adventure from award-winning artist Felicita Sala, a father reassures h… read more

Similar categories in Felicita Sala's If You Run Out of Words: A Picture Book book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Desert Song

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
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12. Finding Things

By: Kevin Henkes

3.51

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling husband-and-wife team Kevin Henkes and Laura Dronzek, Finding Things is a child-ce… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Henkes's Finding Things book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Desert Song

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of We Who Produce Pearls: An Anthem for Asian America by Joanna Ho

13. We Who Produce Pearls: An Anthem for Asian America

By: Joanna Ho

4.46

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Time s bestselling and award-winning author, Joanna Ho, comes an uplifting call t… read more

Similar categories in Joanna Ho's We Who Produce Pearls: An Anthem for Asian America book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Desert Song

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Mama in the Moon by Doreen Cronin

14. Mama in the Moon

By: Doreen Cronin

3.99

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

In this gentle and comforting bedtime book by two award-winning creators, a mama sloth helps her ba… read more

Similar categories in Doreen Cronin's Mama in the Moon book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Desert Song

  • nature
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
Cover of A Maleta Full of Treasures by Natalia Sylvester

15. A Maleta Full of Treasures

By: Natalia Sylvester

4.32

Format: None pages, None

From an award-winning author and illustrator, a warm, gentle ode to cherished visits from grandpare… read more

Similar categories in Natalia Sylvester's A Maleta Full of Treasures book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Desert Song

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
Cover of Two Together by Brendan Wenzel

16. Two Together

By: Brendan Wenzel

4.13

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

In this companion book to They All Saw a Cat and Inside Cat , a journey home leads to unexpected ad… read more

Similar categories in Brendan Wenzel's Two Together book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Desert Song

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of A Flicker of Hope: A Story of Migration by Cynthia Harmony

17. A Flicker of Hope: A Story of Migration

By: Cynthia Harmony

4.42

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A heartwarming tale of a girl waiting for her beloved Papá to return when the monarchs fly south to… read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Harmony's A Flicker of Hope: A Story of Migration book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Desert Song

  • nature
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
Cover of Home in a Lunchbox by Cherry Mo

18. Home in a Lunchbox

By: Cherry Mo

4.62

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Cherry Mo's stunning debut is about a young girl who immigrates to America and finds home in an une… read more

Similar categories in Cherry Mo's Home in a Lunchbox book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Desert Song

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
Cover of Life After Whale: The Amazing Ecosystem of a Whale Fall by Lynn Brunelle

19. Life After Whale: The Amazing Ecosystem of a Whale Fall

By: Lynn Brunelle

4.66

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Follow a blue whale’s enormous body to the bottom of the ocean, where it sets the stage for a bustl… read more

Similar categories in Lynn Brunelle's Life After Whale: The Amazing Ecosystem of a Whale Fall book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Desert Song

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature
Cover of A Love Letter to My Library by Lisa Katzenberger

20. A Love Letter to My Library

By: Lisa Katzenberger

4.44

Format: 38 pages, Kindle Edition

A heartwarming picture book love letter to libraries and all the moments that make them so special!… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Katzenberger's A Love Letter to My Library book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Desert Song

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Métis Like Me by Tasha Hilderman

21. Métis Like Me

By: Tasha Hilderman

4.40

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Whether or not you're Métis, there's so much to experience and learn about this amazing Indigenous … read more

Similar categories in Tasha Hilderman's Métis Like Me book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Desert Song

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Thomas Jefferson's Battle for Science: Bias, Truth, and a Mighty Moose! by Beth  Anderson

22. Thomas Jefferson's Battle for Science: Bias, Truth, and a Mighty Moose!

By: Beth Anderson

4.41

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Thomas Jefferson is one of the most famous founding fathers, but did you know that his mind was alw… read more

Similar categories in Beth Anderson's Thomas Jefferson's Battle for Science: Bias, Truth, and a Mighty Moose! book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Desert Song

  • picture books
Cover of Not-a-Box City by Antoinette Portis

23. Not-a-Box City

By: Antoinette Portis

3.72

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Don't miss the long-awaited companion to Not a Box, winner of a Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Award. T… read more

Similar categories in Antoinette Portis's Not-a-Box City book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Desert Song

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of That Always Happens Sometimes by Kiley Frank

24. That Always Happens Sometimes

By: Kiley Frank

4.06

Format: 42 pages, Library Binding

Max is not exactly a perfect kid. From sunup through his school day and right until bedtime, he’s g… read more

Similar categories in Kiley Frank's That Always Happens Sometimes book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Desert Song

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Desert Song by Laekan Zea Kemp

25. Desert Song

By: Laekan Zea Kemp

4.00

Format: None pages, None

A family joins the music of the Texas desert night in this tale of tradition and memory from Pura B… read more

Similar categories in Laekan Zea Kemp's Desert Song book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Desert Song

  • music
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • nature
Cover of Daughter of the Light-Footed People: The Story of Indigenous Marathon Champion Lorena Ramírez by Belen Medina

26. Daughter of the Light-Footed People: The Story of Indigenous Marathon Champion Lorena Ramírez

By: Belen Medina

4.29

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Meet Lorena Ramírez, an Indigenous Rarámuri athlete from Mexico who is internationally known for wi… read more

Similar categories in Belen Medina's Daughter of the Light-Footed People: The Story of Indigenous Marathon Champion Lorena Ramírez book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Desert Song

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Cesaria Feels the Beat by Denise Rosario Adusei

27. Cesaria Feels the Beat

By: Denise Rosario Adusei

4.17

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

In this powerful and inspiring picture book, a deaf girl stands up for herself and takes off her sh… read more

Similar categories in Denise Rosario Adusei's Cesaria Feels the Beat book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Desert Song

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of The Dictionary Story by Sam Winston

28. The Dictionary Story

By: Sam Winston

4.35

Format: 56 pages, Hardcover

The much-anticipated new picture book from the best-selling, award-winning creators of A Child of B… read more

Similar categories in Sam Winston's The Dictionary Story book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Desert Song

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Big Bear and Little Bear Go Fishing by Amy Hest

29. Big Bear and Little Bear Go Fishing

By: Amy Hest

4.10

Format: None pages, None

An unhurried fishing trip, with blueberry scones in tow, introduces a new bear duo sure to charm fa… read more

Similar categories in Amy Hest's Big Bear and Little Bear Go Fishing book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Desert Song

  • nature
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
Cover of Barrio Rising: The Protest that Built Chicano Park by María Dolores Águila

30. Barrio Rising: The Protest that Built Chicano Park

By: María Dolores Águila

4.25

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A vivid historical fiction account of the community activism behind San Diego's Chicano Park—home t… read more

Similar categories in María Dolores Águila's Barrio Rising: The Protest that Built Chicano Park book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Desert Song

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of The Bakery Dragon by Devin Elle Kurtz

31. The Bakery Dragon

By: Devin Elle Kurtz

4.64

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

The heroic tale of a tiny dragon with a heart of gold and a taste for baked treats! A scrumptious p… read more

Similar categories in Devin Elle Kurtz's The Bakery Dragon book and Laekan Zea Kemp's Desert Song

  • picture books
  • childrens

30 must-read childrens books like Desert Song by Laekan Zea Kemp

Transform Your Habits

Giraffes Can't Dance

Guy Parker-Rees , Giles Andreae

4.33

Transform Your Habits

No Cats in the Library

Lauren Emmons

4.46

Transform Your Habits

The Teeny-Weeny Unicorn

Shawn Harris

3.76

Transform Your Habits

Bruce and the Legend of Soggy Hollow

Ryan T. Higgins

4.13

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21 Top childrens books like Life After Whale: The Amazing Ecosystem of a Whale Fall by Lynn Brunelle

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No Cats in the Library

Lauren Emmons

4.46

Transform Your Habits

Plain Jane and the Mermaid

Vera Brosgol

4.38

Transform Your Habits

Luigi, the Spider Who Wanted to Be a Kitten

Michelle Knudsen

4.43

Transform Your Habits

The Last Zookeeper

Aaron Becker

4.24

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