6 Top animals books like The Phoenix of Persia by Sally Pomme Clayton

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The Phoenix of Persia

By: Sally Pomme Clayton

4.13

Format: 36 pages, Hardcover

In a bustling marketplace in Iran, a traditional storyteller regales her audience with the tale of …

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1. Gingerbread Baby

By: Jan Brett

4.21

Format: 32 pages, Library Binding

Remember how the Gingerbread Boy is eaten by the fox? Well, not this Gingerbread Baby in a deliciou… read more

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  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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2. Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile

By: Tomie dePaola

3.84

Format: 179 pages, Paperback

It's a new school year, and Bill and Pete are back in a new adventure. Their teacher, Ms. Ibis, is … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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3. Redwall (Redwall, #1)

By: Brian Jacques

4.14

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A quest to recover a legendary lost weapon by bumbling young apprentice monk, mouse Matthias. R… read more

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  • animals
  • fantasy
  • childrens
  • fiction
"I am that is, my sword shall wield for me."

-Brian Jacques, Redwall (Redwall, #1)

"All work and no play makes Matthias a dull mouse."

-Brian Jacques, Redwall (Redwall, #1)

"Err, sorry Father Abbot. I tripped y'see. Trod on my Abbot, Father Habit. Oh dear, I mean...."

-Brian Jacques, Redwall (Redwall, #1)

"Who knows, my friend? Maybe the sword does have some magic. Personally, I think it's the warrior who wields it."

-Brian Jacques, Redwall (Redwall, #1)

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4. The Swiss Family Robinson

By: Arthur Pober , Johann David Wyss , Scott McKowen

3.91

Format: 345 pages, Hardcover

The Swiss Family Robinson (German: Der Schweizerische Robinson) is a novel by Johann David Wyss, fi… read more

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  • childrens
  • fiction
"It was one of those happy days that God grants us sometimes on earth to give us an idea of the bliss of heaven."

-Arthur Pober, The Swiss Family Robinson

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5. Planting a Rainbow

By: Lois Ehlert

4.26

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

This educational and enjoyable book helps children understand how to plant bulbs, seeds, and seedli… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature
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6. The Hat

By: Jan Brett

4.28

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

In Jan Brett's well-loved book, The Hat, Hedgie the hedgehog discovers the wisdom of the adage "Don… read more

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  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
  • fantasy

7. Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper

By: Charles Perrault , Marcia Brown

3.76

Format: 205 pages, Hardcover

Brown's illustrated translation of Perrault's tale in which Cinderella leaves behind a glass slippe… read more

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8. Japanese Fairy Tales

By: Yei Theodora Ozaki

3.22

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

English translation of 22 tales include ghouls, goblins and ogres; sea serpents and sea kings; kind… read more

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9. A Boy and a Jaguar

By: Catia Chien , Alan Rabinowitz

3.43

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

Alan loves animals, but the great cat house at the Bronx Zoo makes him sad. Why are they all alone … read more

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10. The Grand Mosque of Paris: A Story of How Muslims Saved Jews During the Holocaust

By: Karen Gray Ruelle , Deborah Durland DeSaix

3.19

Format: None pages, Hardcover

When the Nazis occupied Paris, no Jew was safe from arrest and deportation. Few Parisians were will… read more

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11. Puss in Boots

By: Charles Perrault , Fred Marcellino , None

3.12

Format: 56 pages, Paperback

Charles Perrault's Puss in Boots has been an irresistible magnet for countless illustrators ever si… read more

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12. 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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13. Moloka'i

By: Alan Brennert

3.78

Format: None pages,

This richly imagined novel, set in Hawai'i more than a century ago, is an extraordinary epic of a l… read more

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14. Trombone Shorty

By: Bryan Collier , None

3.87

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A 2016 Caldecott Honor Book and Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Award Winner Hailing from the Trem… read more

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15. Gilgamesh the Hero

By: David Parkins , Geraldine McCaughrean

4.00

Format: 258 pages, Hardcover

This is one of the oldest stories in the world, and it's about things that still matter to us today… read more

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16. The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors

By: Adam Rex , Drew Daywalt

5.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

You've played the game. Now read the legend of how it all began . . . Long ago, in an ancient and d… read more

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17. How the Sphinx Got to the Museum

By: Jessie Hartland

4.00

Format: 290 pages, Hardcover

Acclaimed author and illustrator, Jessie Hartland, beautifully presents this informative and fascin… read more

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18. Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre

By: Carole Boston Weatherford

4.48

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A look at the Tulsa Race Massacre, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in US history. The… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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19. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1

By: Beth Brower

4.31

Format: 121 pages, Paperback

“I’ve arrived in London without incident. There are few triumphs in my recent life, but I count thi… read more

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  • fiction
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20. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 3

By: Beth Brower

4.67

Format: 229 pages, Kindle Edition

"It has been a day ordained by the fates, for how else could one explain the wholly cursed chain of… read more

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  • fiction
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21. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Volume 2

By: Beth Brower

4.63

Format: 162 pages, Kindle Edition

“I was sitting at my desk reading, with a cup of tea, my windows flung open, when I heard The Tenan… read more

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  • fiction
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22. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 5

By: Beth Brower

4.79

Format: 247 pages, Paperback

I took Treasure Island to church with me as a talisman. “What a lovely bible,” Mrs. Tribly said. … read more

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  • fiction
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23. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 4

By: Beth Brower

4.75

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

"It all began very innocently. Truly." The Year is 1883 and Emma M. Lion has returned to her Lon… read more

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  • fiction
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24. Thank You, Omu! (Caldecott Honor Book)

By: Oge Mora

4.44

Format: 36 pages, Hardcover

A generous woman is rewarded by her community in this remarkable author-illustrator debut that's pe… read more

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  • family
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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25. Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued

By: Peter Sís

4.48

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

In 1938, twenty-nine-year-old Nicholas Winton saved the lives of almost 700 children trapped in Naz… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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26. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

By: Lisa See

4.09

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

In nineteenth-century China, in a remote Hunan county, a girl named Lily, at the tender age of seve… read more

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  • fiction
"Read a thousand books, and your words will flow like a river."

-Lisa See, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

"The problem with living so long is that you see too many people pass before you."

-Lisa See, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

"It took me me many years to realize that my perceptions at this time was completely wrong."

-Lisa See, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

"You may be desperate, but never let anyone see you as anything less than a cultivated woman."

-Lisa See, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

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27. Ocean Meets Sky

By: Terry Fan

4.30

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Finn lives by the sea and the sea lives by him. Every time he looks out his window it’s a constant … read more

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  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • family
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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28. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 6 (The Unselected Journals, #6)

By: Beth Brower

4.79

Format: 249 pages, Kindle Edition

There is bedlam, and there is delightful bedlam.This afternoon touched on the second, much to my pl… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Dinosaur Lady: The Daring Discoveries of Mary Anning, the First Paleontologist by Linda Skeers

29. Dinosaur Lady: The Daring Discoveries of Mary Anning, the First Paleontologist

By: Linda Skeers

4.52

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

This is the story of a woman who dared to dig, explore, and discover. This is the story of Dinosaur… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature
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30. When Sue Found Sue: Sue Hendrickson Discovers Her T. Rex

By: Toni Buzzeo

4.11

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

From a very young age, Sue Hendrickson was meant to find things: lost coins, perfume bottles, even … read more

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  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
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31. The Phoenix of Persia

By: Sally Pomme Clayton

4.13

Format: 36 pages, Hardcover

In a bustling marketplace in Iran, a traditional storyteller regales her audience with the tale of … read more

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  • music
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • magic
  • fiction
  • family
  • iran
  • fantasy
  • nature

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4.21

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4.14

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3.91

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4.33

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