10 must-read biography books like Daughter of the Light-Footed People: The Story of Indigenous Marathon Champion Lorena Ramírez by Belen Medina

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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…

If you liked the biography plot in Daughter of the Light-Footed People: The Story of Indigenous Marathon Champion Lorena Ramírez by Belen Medina , here is a list of 10 books like this:

Cover of There’s No Such Thing as Vegetables by Kyle Lukoff

1. There’s No Such Thing as Vegetables

By: Kyle Lukoff

4.03

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A hilarious new picture book that exposes vegetables for what they truly are―leaves, roots, flowers… read more

Similar categories in Kyle Lukoff's There’s No Such Thing as Vegetables book and Belen Medina's Daughter of the Light-Footed People: The Story of Indigenous Marathon Champion Lorena Ramírez

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

2. 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 Belen Medina's Daughter of the Light-Footed People: The Story of Indigenous Marathon Champion Lorena Ramírez

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile
Cover of My Lost Freedom: A Japanese American World War II Story by George Takei

3. My Lost Freedom: A Japanese American World War II Story

By: George Takei

4.47

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A moving, beautifully illustrated true story for children ages 6 to 9 about growing up in Japanese … read more

Similar categories in George Takei's My Lost Freedom: A Japanese American World War II Story book and Belen Medina's Daughter of the Light-Footed People: The Story of Indigenous Marathon Champion Lorena Ramírez

  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • biography
  • childrens
Cover of The Perfect Place by Matt de la Peña

4. The Perfect Place

By: Matt de la Peña

3.96

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

From the Newbery Medal-winning author of Last Stop on Market Street comes this moving picture book … read more

Similar categories in Matt de la Peña's The Perfect Place book and Belen Medina's Daughter of the Light-Footed People: The Story of Indigenous Marathon Champion Lorena Ramírez

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

5. 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 Belen Medina's Daughter of the Light-Footed People: The Story of Indigenous Marathon Champion Lorena Ramírez

  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of One Day This Tree Will Fall by Leslie Barnard Booth

6. One Day This Tree Will Fall

By: Leslie Barnard Booth

4.50

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Discover how a tree’s wounds and decay bring new life to the forest ecosystem in this lyrical nonfi… read more

Similar categories in Leslie Barnard Booth's One Day This Tree Will Fall book and Belen Medina's Daughter of the Light-Footed People: The Story of Indigenous Marathon Champion Lorena Ramírez

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

7. 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 Belen Medina's Daughter of the Light-Footed People: The Story of Indigenous Marathon Champion Lorena Ramírez

  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • biography
Cover of Ode to Grapefruit: How James Earl Jones Found His Voice by Kari Lavelle

8. Ode to Grapefruit: How James Earl Jones Found His Voice

By: Kari Lavelle

4.46

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Before legendary actor James Earl Jones was recognized for his memorable, smooth voice, he was just… read more

Similar categories in Kari Lavelle's Ode to Grapefruit: How James Earl Jones Found His Voice book and Belen Medina's Daughter of the Light-Footed People: The Story of Indigenous Marathon Champion Lorena Ramírez

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • picture books
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9. Prunella

By: Beth Ferry

4.26

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Beth Ferry comes a fantastical and unforgettable picture boo… read more

Similar categories in Beth Ferry's Prunella book and Belen Medina's Daughter of the Light-Footed People: The Story of Indigenous Marathon Champion Lorena Ramírez

  • picture books
  • childrens
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10. 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 Belen Medina's Daughter of the Light-Footed People: The Story of Indigenous Marathon Champion Lorena Ramírez

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

11. 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 Belen Medina's Daughter of the Light-Footed People: The Story of Indigenous Marathon Champion Lorena Ramírez

  • biography
  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • picture books
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • native americans
Cover of Mr. Pei’s Perfect Shapes: The Story of Architect I. M. Pei by Julie Leung

12. Mr. Pei’s Perfect Shapes: The Story of Architect I. M. Pei

By: Julie Leung

4.09

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From APALA Award–winning author Julie Leung comes the inspirational story of Chinese American archi… read more

Similar categories in Julie Leung's Mr. Pei’s Perfect Shapes: The Story of Architect I. M. Pei book and Belen Medina's Daughter of the Light-Footed People: The Story of Indigenous Marathon Champion Lorena Ramírez

  • biography memoir
  • picture books
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Big Bear and Little Bear Go Fishing by Amy Hest

13. 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 Belen Medina's Daughter of the Light-Footed People: The Story of Indigenous Marathon Champion Lorena Ramírez

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile
Cover of A Plate of Hope: The Inspiring Story of Chef José Andrés and World Central Kitchen by Erin Frankel

14. A Plate of Hope: The Inspiring Story of Chef José Andrés and World Central Kitchen

By: Erin Frankel

4.28

Format: 48 pages, Kindle Edition

A moving picture book biography about chef José Andrés, who, along with his World Central Kitchen o… read more

Similar categories in Erin Frankel's A Plate of Hope: The Inspiring Story of Chef José Andrés and World Central Kitchen book and Belen Medina's Daughter of the Light-Footed People: The Story of Indigenous Marathon Champion Lorena Ramírez

  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • biography
  • childrens
Cover of Mushrooms Know: Wisdom From Our Friends the Fungi by Kallie George

15. Mushrooms Know: Wisdom From Our Friends the Fungi

By: Kallie George

4.19

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

An adorable, STEM-themed picture book for kids 4 to 8 that reveals the wisdom mushrooms have to tea… read more

Similar categories in Kallie George's Mushrooms Know: Wisdom From Our Friends the Fungi book and Belen Medina's Daughter of the Light-Footed People: The Story of Indigenous Marathon Champion Lorena Ramírez

  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Up, Up, Ever Up! Junko Tabei: A Life in the Mountains by Anita Yasuda

16. Up, Up, Ever Up! Junko Tabei: A Life in the Mountains

By: Anita Yasuda

4.79

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

The grit of  How to Solve a Problem  meets the lyricism of  Drum Dream Girl  in Anita Yasuda’s evoc… read more

Similar categories in Anita Yasuda's Up, Up, Ever Up! Junko Tabei: A Life in the Mountains book and Belen Medina's Daughter of the Light-Footed People: The Story of Indigenous Marathon Champion Lorena Ramírez

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • picture books
Cover of As the Seas Rise: Nicole Hernández Hammer and the Fight for Climate Justice by Angela Quezada Padron

17. As the Seas Rise: Nicole Hernández Hammer and the Fight for Climate Justice

By: Angela Quezada Padron

4.63

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

This inspiring picture book biography introduces environmental scientist Nicole Hernández Hammer, w… read more

Similar categories in Angela Quezada Padron's As the Seas Rise: Nicole Hernández Hammer and the Fight for Climate Justice book and Belen Medina's Daughter of the Light-Footed People: The Story of Indigenous Marathon Champion Lorena Ramírez

  • picture books
  • biography
Cover of Planting Hope: A Portrait of Photographer Sebastião Salgado by Philip Hoelzel

18. Planting Hope: A Portrait of Photographer Sebastião Salgado

By: Philip Hoelzel

4.41

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A gorgeously illustrated picture book biography about Brazilian photojournalist, humanitarian, and … read more

Similar categories in Philip Hoelzel's Planting Hope: A Portrait of Photographer Sebastião Salgado book and Belen Medina's Daughter of the Light-Footed People: The Story of Indigenous Marathon Champion Lorena Ramírez

  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • biography
  • childrens
Cover of Noodles on a Bicycle by Kyo Maclear

19. Noodles on a Bicycle

By: Kyo Maclear

4.28

Format: 40 pages, Library Binding

A vibrant historical picture book about Tokyo's bicycle food deliverers, or demae, who balanced tow… read more

Similar categories in Kyo Maclear's Noodles on a Bicycle book and Belen Medina's Daughter of the Light-Footed People: The Story of Indigenous Marathon Champion Lorena Ramírez

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of The Soldier's Friend: Walt Whitman's Extraordinary Service in the American Civil War by Gary Golio

20. The Soldier's Friend: Walt Whitman's Extraordinary Service in the American Civil War

By: Gary Golio

4.33

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Walt Whitman is celebrated as an iconic American poet, but few know of the crucial and heroic role … read more

Similar categories in Gary Golio's The Soldier's Friend: Walt Whitman's Extraordinary Service in the American Civil War book and Belen Medina's Daughter of the Light-Footed People: The Story of Indigenous Marathon Champion Lorena Ramírez

  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • biography
  • childrens
Cover of They Call Me Teach: Lessons in Freedom by Lesa Cline-Ransome

21. They Call Me Teach: Lessons in Freedom

By: Lesa Cline-Ransome

4.39

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

In this stirring and powerfully illustrated story, an enslaved young man uses his ability to read a… read more

Similar categories in Lesa Cline-Ransome's They Call Me Teach: Lessons in Freedom book and Belen Medina's Daughter of the Light-Footed People: The Story of Indigenous Marathon Champion Lorena Ramírez

  • picture books
  • childrens

16 best-selling childrens books like Daughter of the Light-Footed People: The Story of Indigenous Marathon Champion Lorena Ramírez by Belen Medina

Transform Your Habits

There’s No Such Thing as Vegetables

Kyle Lukoff

4.03

Transform Your Habits

Ursula Upside Down

Corey R. Tabor

4.36

Transform Your Habits

My Lost Freedom: A Japanese American World War II Story

George Takei

4.47

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The Perfect Place

Matt de la Peña

3.96

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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

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The Last Zookeeper

Aaron Becker

4.24

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