10 must-read juvenile books like The Boy and the Sea by Camille Andros

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The Boy and the Sea

By: Camille Andros

4.18

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A picture book meditation on curiosity, wonder, and finding one’s way In this picture book, readers…

If you liked the juvenile plot in The Boy and the Sea by Camille Andros , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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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 Camille Andros's The Boy and the Sea

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
"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. We Should Hang Out Sometime: Embarrassingly, a True Story

By: Josh Sundquist

3.81

Format: 215 pages, Hardcover

A bright, poignant, and deeply funny autobiographical account of coming of age as an amputee cancer… read more

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3. If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho

By: Sappho , Anne Carson

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

From poet and classicist Anne Carson comes this translation of the work of Sappho, together with th… read more

Similar categories in Sappho's If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho book and Camille Andros's The Boy and the Sea

  • poetry
  • fiction
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4. Love

By: Matt de la Peña , Loren Long

4.26

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

From Newbery Medal-winning author Matt de la Pena and bestselling illustrator Loren Long comes a st… read more

Similar categories in Matt de la Peña's Love book and Camille Andros's The Boy and the Sea

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • family

5. Maddi's Fridge

By: Vin Vogel , None

4.06

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Winner of: 2014 Christopher Award, Books for Young People 2014 ILA Primary Fiction Award 2015 MLA M… read more

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6. This is Not My Hat

By: Jon Klassen

3.91

Format: 631 pages, Hardcover

When a tiny fish shoots into view wearing a round blue topper (which happens to fit him perfectly),… read more

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7. Unoffendable: How Just One Change Can Make All of Life Better

By: Brant Hansen

4.11

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Not entitled to get angry? Really? It's a radical, provocative idea: We're not entitled to get offe… read more

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8. Tops & Bottoms

By: Janet Stevens

4.32

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Hare solves his family's problems by tricking rich and lazy Bear in this funny, energetic version o… read more

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9. The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes

By: Mark Pett , Gary Rubinstein

3.82

Format: 160 pages,

Beatrice Bottomwell has NEVER (not once!) made a mistake... Meet Beatrice Bottomwell: a nine-year-o… read more

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10. Hot Dog

By: Doug Salati

4.29

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From a critically acclaimed creator comes this summery picture book featuring an overheated--and ov… read more

Similar categories in Doug Salati's Hot Dog book and Camille Andros's The Boy and the Sea

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • nature
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11. 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 Camille Andros's The Boy and the Sea

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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12. Watercress

By: Andrea Wang

4.53

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Gathering watercress by the side of the road brings a girl closer to her family's Chinese Heritage.… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Wang's Watercress book and Camille Andros's The Boy and the Sea

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
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13. Here and Now

By: Julia Denos

3.97

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

From the team behind Ezra Jack Keats Honor winner  Windows  comes  Here and Now . At turns wise and… read more

Similar categories in Julia Denos's Here and Now book and Camille Andros's The Boy and the Sea

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • nature
  • juvenile
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14. Big Panda & Tiny Dragon (Big Panda & Tiny Dragon, #1)

By: James Norbury

4.40

Format: 94 pages, Hardcover

Joing Big Panda & Tiny Dragon on their travels. They often get lost and make a lot of mistakes. … read more

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  • poetry
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
"Time doing nothing is never wasted."

-James Norbury, Big Panda & Tiny Dragon (Big Panda & Tiny Dragon, #1)

"Incluso un árbol herido puede florecer de la forma más bella."

-James Norbury, Big Panda & Tiny Dragon (Big Panda & Tiny Dragon, #1)

"Intenta sacar tiempo para las pequeñas cosas, a menudo son lo más importante."

-James Norbury, Big Panda & Tiny Dragon (Big Panda & Tiny Dragon, #1)

"A cherry tree doesn't compare itself to other trees,' said Big Panda, 'it just blossoms."

-James Norbury, Big Panda & Tiny Dragon (Big Panda & Tiny Dragon, #1)

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15. The Lost Year

By: Katherine Marsh

4.50

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A middle-grade survival story that traces a family secret back to the Holodomor, a terrible famine … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Marsh's The Lost Year book and Camille Andros's The Boy and the Sea

  • family
  • realistic fiction
  • childrens
  • fiction
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16. The Real Story

By: Sergio Ruzzier

3.88

Format: 32 pages, Kindle Edition

A full-color picture book from award-winning creator Sergio Ruzzier, The Real Story is a hilarious,… read more

Similar categories in Sergio Ruzzier's The Real Story book and Camille Andros's The Boy and the Sea

  • picture books
  • childrens
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17. The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip

By: Sara Brunsvold

4.37

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Aidyn Kelley is talented, ambitious, and ready for a more serious assignment than the fluff pieces … read more

Similar categories in Sara Brunsvold's The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip book and Camille Andros's The Boy and the Sea

  • fiction
"Ours is a God of new life~Mrs. Kip"

-Sara Brunsvold, The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip

"Keep the fight in your veins, honey. Never let it fade."

-Sara Brunsvold, The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip

"Hard things usually end in the biggest blessings. ~Mrs. Kip"

-Sara Brunsvold, The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip

"Lord, you are so good, and your love holds everything together."

-Sara Brunsvold, The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip

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18. Mel Fell

By: Corey R. Tabor

4.47

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A tale about self-confidence and taking a leap of faith, starring a kingfisher. Sometimes, you m… read more

Similar categories in Corey R. Tabor's Mel Fell book and Camille Andros's The Boy and the Sea

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • nature
  • juvenile
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19. A Rover's Story

By: Jasmine Warga

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade novel about the journey of a fictional Mars rover. Meet Resilience, a Mars rover… read more

Similar categories in Jasmine Warga's A Rover's Story book and Camille Andros's The Boy and the Sea

  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of What We'll Build: Plans for Our Together Future by Oliver Jeffers

20. What We'll Build: Plans for Our Together Future

By: Oliver Jeffers

4.16

Format: 42 pages, Hardcover

What shall we build, you and I? We'll build a watch to keep our time. I'll build your future and… read more

Similar categories in Oliver Jeffers's What We'll Build: Plans for Our Together Future book and Camille Andros's The Boy and the Sea

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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21. If I Built a School (If I Built Series)

By: Chris Van Dusen

4.31

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

In this exuberant companion to If I Built a Car, a boy fantasizes about his dream school--from clas… read more

Similar categories in Chris Van Dusen's If I Built a School (If I Built Series) book and Camille Andros's The Boy and the Sea

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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22. Do You Remember?

By: Sydney Smith

4.26

Format: 45 pages, Kindle Edition

From the creator of Small in the City and the illustrator of Town Is by the Sea and Sidewalk Flower… read more

Similar categories in Sydney Smith's Do You Remember? book and Camille Andros's The Boy and the Sea

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
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23. Nell Plants a Tree

By: Anne Wynter

4.31

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

This gorgeous picture book shows how one little girl’s careful tending of a pecan tree creates the… read more

Similar categories in Anne Wynter's Nell Plants a Tree book and Camille Andros's The Boy and the Sea

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • nature
  • juvenile
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24. Floof

By: Heidi McKinnon

4.21

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

The text says one thing and the illustrations say quite another in this darling picture book where … read more

Similar categories in Heidi McKinnon's Floof book and Camille Andros's The Boy and the Sea

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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25. 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

Similar categories in Matthew McConaughey's Just Because book and Camille Andros's The Boy and the Sea

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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26. Along Came Holly

By: Codi Hall

3.60

Format: 10 pages, Audible Audio

Listening Length: 9 hours and 24 minutes How can Holly Winters, the Queen of Christmas Cheer, st… read more

Similar categories in Codi Hall's Along Came Holly book and Camille Andros's The Boy and the Sea

  • fiction
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27. A Walk in the Woods

By: Nikki Grimes

4.43

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

In this moving account of loss, a boy takes a walk in the woods and makes a discovery that changes … read more

Similar categories in Nikki Grimes's A Walk in the Woods book and Camille Andros's The Boy and the Sea

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • nature
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28. I Promise

By: LeBron James

4.24

Format: 36 pages, Hardcover

NBA champion and superstar LeBron James pens a slam-dunk picture book inspired by his foundation’s … read more

Similar categories in LeBron James's I Promise book and Camille Andros's The Boy and the Sea

  • poetry
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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29. The Boy and the Sea

By: Camille Andros

4.18

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A picture book meditation on curiosity, wonder, and finding one’s way In this picture book, readers… read more

Similar categories in Camille Andros's The Boy and the Sea book and Camille Andros's The Boy and the Sea

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • family
  • nature
  • juvenile
Cover of My Grandfather's Song by Phùng Nguyên Quang

30. My Grandfather's Song

By: Phùng Nguyên Quang

3.97

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

A stunning picture book about a family's connection to their land, their home, and each other--from… read more

Similar categories in Phùng Nguyên Quang's My Grandfather's Song book and Camille Andros's The Boy and the Sea

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • nature
Cover of Quiet Please, Owen McPhee! by Trudy Ludwig

31. Quiet Please, Owen McPhee!

By: Trudy Ludwig

3.77

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From the author-illustrator team who brought you The Invisible Boy comes the story of a boy who won… read more

Similar categories in Trudy Ludwig's Quiet Please, Owen McPhee! book and Camille Andros's The Boy and the Sea

  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction

24 Best fiction books like The Boy and the Sea by Camille Andros

Transform Your Habits

Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!

Mo Willems

4.33

Transform Your Habits

If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho

Sappho , Anne Carson

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Love

Matt de la Peña , Loren Long

4.26

Transform Your Habits

Hot Dog

Doug Salati

4.29

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24 Top fiction books like I Promise by LeBron James

Transform Your Habits

Ish (Creatrilogy)

Peter H. Reynolds

4.39

Transform Your Habits

Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut

Derrick Barnes , Gordon C. James

4.38

Transform Your Habits

First Day Jitters

Judy Love , Julie Danneberg

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Good Night, Little Blue Truck

Alice Schertle

4.40

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