15 must-read animals books like The Old Man and the Penguin: A True Story of True Friendship by Julie Abery

Cover of The Old Man and the Penguin: A True Story of True Friendship by Julie Abery

The Old Man and the Penguin: A True Story of True Friendship

By: Julie Abery

4.31

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Told in rhyming verse, this is the true story of an oil-soaked penguin, the man who rescues him and…

If you liked the animals plot in The Old Man and the Penguin: A True Story of True Friendship by Julie Abery , here is a list of 15 books like this:

Cover of I Wanna Iguana by David Catrow, Karen Kaufman Orloff

1. I Wanna Iguana

By: David Catrow , Karen Kaufman Orloff

4.21

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Alex just has to convince his mom to let him have an iguana, so he puts his arguments in writing. H… read more

Similar categories in David Catrow's I Wanna Iguana book and Julie Abery's The Old Man and the Penguin: A True Story of True Friendship

  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • storytime
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2. This Moose Belongs to Me

By: Oliver Jeffers

3.21

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Wilfred owned a moose. He hadn't always owned a moose. The moose came to him a while ago and he kne… read more

Similar categories in Oliver Jeffers's This Moose Belongs to Me book and Julie Abery's The Old Man and the Penguin: A True Story of True Friendship

  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • storytime

3. Afternoon on the Amazon (Magic Tree House, #6)

By: Mary Pope Osborne , Salvatore Murdocca

4.21

Format: None pages, Paperback

Jack and Annie are ready for their next fantasy adventure in the bestselling middle-grade series--t… read more

Similar categories in Mary Pope Osborne's Afternoon on the Amazon (Magic Tree House, #6) book and Julie Abery's The Old Man and the Penguin: A True Story of True Friendship

  • childrens

4. Quiet Girl in a Noisy World: An Introvert's Story

By: Debbie Tung

0.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Sweet, funny, and quietlypoignant, Debbie Tung's comics reveal the ups and downs of coming of age a… read more

Similar categories in Debbie Tung's Quiet Girl in a Noisy World: An Introvert's Story book and Julie Abery's The Old Man and the Penguin: A True Story of True Friendship

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5. 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 Julie Abery's The Old Man and the Penguin: A True Story of True Friendship

  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • storytime
Cover of Kelab dalam Swalayan by Abi Ardianda

6. Kelab dalam Swalayan

By: Abi Ardianda

4.20

Format: 283 pages, Paperback

Biar kuberitahu beberapa hal mengenai penari telanjang yang tidak sengaja kutemui usai menghadiri b… read more

Similar categories in Abi Ardianda's Kelab dalam Swalayan book and Julie Abery's The Old Man and the Penguin: A True Story of True Friendship

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7. The Bad Seed (The Food Group #1)

By: Jory John

4.33

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

This is a book about a bad seed. A baaaaaaaaaad seed. How bad? Do you really want to know? He has a… read more

Similar categories in Jory John's The Bad Seed (The Food Group #1) book and Julie Abery's The Old Man and the Penguin: A True Story of True Friendship

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • storytime
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8. Someone Builds the Dream

By: Lisa Wheeler

4.37

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Buildings, bridges, and books don't exist without the laborers who are often invisible in the final… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Wheeler's Someone Builds the Dream book and Julie Abery's The Old Man and the Penguin: A True Story of True Friendship

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • storytime
  • science
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9. Birdsong

By: Julie Flett

4.27

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

When Katherena and her mother move to a small town, Katherena feels lonely and out of place. But wh… read more

Similar categories in Julie Flett's Birdsong book and Julie Abery's The Old Man and the Penguin: A True Story of True Friendship

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature
Cover of Amara and the Bats by Emma  Reynolds

10. Amara and the Bats

By: Emma Reynolds

4.34

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Environmental activism gets a nocturnal twist in this utterly charming picture book about a young g… read more

Similar categories in Emma Reynolds's Amara and the Bats book and Julie Abery's The Old Man and the Penguin: A True Story of True Friendship

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • nature
  • science
Cover of Butterflies Are Pretty ... Gross! (Nature's Top Secrets) by Rosemary Mosco

11. Butterflies Are Pretty ... Gross! (Nature's Top Secrets)

By: Rosemary Mosco

4.22

Format: 36 pages, Hardcover

Warning--this book contains top-secret information about butterflies! Prepare to be shocked and gro… read more

Similar categories in Rosemary Mosco's Butterflies Are Pretty ... Gross! (Nature's Top Secrets) book and Julie Abery's The Old Man and the Penguin: A True Story of True Friendship

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • storytime
  • nature
  • science
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12. Frizzy

By: Claribel A. Ortega

4.48

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A middle grade graphic novel about Marlene, a young girl who stops straightening her hair and embra… read more

Similar categories in Claribel A. Ortega's Frizzy book and Julie Abery's The Old Man and the Penguin: A True Story of True Friendship

  • childrens
"We learn things from our parents, who learn things from their parents, who learned that from their parents. It doesn't make those things okay to believe..."

-Claribel A. Ortega, Frizzy

Cover of We All Play by Julie Flett

13. We All Play

By: Julie Flett

4.20

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Animals and kids love to play! This book celebrates diversity and the interconnectedness of nature … read more

Similar categories in Julie Flett's We All Play book and Julie Abery's The Old Man and the Penguin: A True Story of True Friendship

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • storytime
  • nature
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14. Small in the City

By: Sydney Smith

4.21

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Ser pequeno em uma grande cidade pode ser um pouco assustador, mas talvez ajude saber que você não … read more

Similar categories in Sydney Smith's Small in the City book and Julie Abery's The Old Man and the Penguin: A True Story of True Friendship

  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Don't Hug Doug (He Doesn't Like It) by Carrie Finison

15. Don't Hug Doug (He Doesn't Like It)

By: Carrie Finison

4.39

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Meet Doug, an ordinary kid who doesn’t like hugs, in this fun and exuberant story which aims to spa… read more

Similar categories in Carrie Finison's Don't Hug Doug (He Doesn't Like It) book and Julie Abery's The Old Man and the Penguin: A True Story of True Friendship

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • storytime
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16. Evergreen

By: Matthew Cordell

4.30

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A picture book by Caldecott medal winner Matt Cordell about a timid squirrel who makes a brave jour… read more

Similar categories in Matthew Cordell's Evergreen book and Julie Abery's The Old Man and the Penguin: A True Story of True Friendship

  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature
Cover of Room for Everyone by Naaz Khan

17. Room for Everyone

By: Naaz Khan

4.40

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A young boy on a crowded bus discovers that, after some wiggles and giggles, there’s room for every… read more

Similar categories in Naaz Khan's Room for Everyone book and Julie Abery's The Old Man and the Penguin: A True Story of True Friendship

  • poetry
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • storytime
Cover of Fluffy McWhiskers Cuteness Explosion by Stephen W. Martin

18. Fluffy McWhiskers Cuteness Explosion

By: Stephen W. Martin

4.09

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Friendship is hard for Fluffy, a kitten so precious that anyone who looks at her explodes! Meet … read more

Similar categories in Stephen W. Martin's Fluffy McWhiskers Cuteness Explosion book and Julie Abery's The Old Man and the Penguin: A True Story of True Friendship

  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • storytime
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19. Ten Beautiful Things

By: Molly Beth Griffin

4.41

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A heartfelt story of changing perspectives, set in the Midwest. Ten Beautiful Things gently explore… read more

Similar categories in Molly Beth Griffin's Ten Beautiful Things book and Julie Abery's The Old Man and the Penguin: A True Story of True Friendship

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature
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20. AAAlligator!

By: Judith Henderson

4.01

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

When a hungry alligator moves to their town, the residents want him out . . . until they get to kno… read more

Similar categories in Judith Henderson's AAAlligator! book and Julie Abery's The Old Man and the Penguin: A True Story of True Friendship

  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
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21. XO, Exoplanet

By: Deborah Underwood

4.04

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

XO, EXOPLANET is about the planets of our solar system spotting another planet outside the system—a… read more

Similar categories in Deborah Underwood's XO, Exoplanet book and Julie Abery's The Old Man and the Penguin: A True Story of True Friendship

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • storytime
  • science
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22. The Mysterious Sea Bunny

By: Peter Raymundo

3.88

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

For fans of quirky and informative picture books such as Pink Is for Blobfish and Give Bees a Chanc… read more

Similar categories in Peter Raymundo's The Mysterious Sea Bunny book and Julie Abery's The Old Man and the Penguin: A True Story of True Friendship

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • storytime
  • nature
  • science
Cover of Time for Bed's Story by Monica Arnaldo

23. Time for Bed's Story

By: Monica Arnaldo

3.95

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

In this engaging, laugh-out-loud funny picture book, a child's bed tells it like it is.Bed has some… read more

Similar categories in Monica Arnaldo's Time for Bed's Story book and Julie Abery's The Old Man and the Penguin: A True Story of True Friendship

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • storytime
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24. Sloth and Squirrel in a Pickle

By: Cathy Ballou Mealey

4.04

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A speedy squirrel and a sleepy sloth try to get the job done in this funny, heartwarming tale of tw… read more

Similar categories in Cathy Ballou Mealey's Sloth and Squirrel in a Pickle book and Julie Abery's The Old Man and the Penguin: A True Story of True Friendship

  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • storytime
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25. These Olive Trees

By: Aya Ghanameh

4.64

Format: 40 pages, None

The story of a Palestinian family's ties to the land, and how one young girl finds a way to care fo… read more

Similar categories in Aya Ghanameh's These Olive Trees book and Julie Abery's The Old Man and the Penguin: A True Story of True Friendship

  • picture books
  • childrens
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26. A Map into the World

By: Kao Kalia Yang

4.23

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

"Paj Ntaub, a young Hmong American girl, spends a busy year with her family in their new home and s… read more

Similar categories in Kao Kalia Yang's A Map into the World book and Julie Abery's The Old Man and the Penguin: A True Story of True Friendship

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Claude: The True Story of a White Alligator by Emma Bland Smith

27. Claude: The True Story of a White Alligator

By: Emma Bland Smith

4.29

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Claude is the story of the California Academy of Sciences' beloved albino alligator, from his birth… read more

Similar categories in Emma Bland Smith's Claude: The True Story of a White Alligator book and Julie Abery's The Old Man and the Penguin: A True Story of True Friendship

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • storytime
  • nature
  • science
Cover of Ocean Speaks: How Marie Tharp Revealed the Ocean's Biggest Secret by Jess Keating

28. Ocean Speaks: How Marie Tharp Revealed the Ocean's Biggest Secret

By: Jess Keating

4.27

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Meet Marie Tharp (1920-2006), the first person to map the Earth's underwater mountain ridge, in thi… read more

Similar categories in Jess Keating's Ocean Speaks: How Marie Tharp Revealed the Ocean's Biggest Secret book and Julie Abery's The Old Man and the Penguin: A True Story of True Friendship

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
Cover of Seven Golden Rings: A Tale of Music and Math by Rajani LaRocca

29. Seven Golden Rings: A Tale of Music and Math

By: Rajani LaRocca

4.27

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

An Indian boy untangles a mathematical conundrum to win a place at the Rajah's court.In ancient Ind… read more

Similar categories in Rajani LaRocca's Seven Golden Rings: A Tale of Music and Math book and Julie Abery's The Old Man and the Penguin: A True Story of True Friendship

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • storytime
Cover of The Old Man and the Penguin: A True Story of True Friendship by Julie Abery

30. The Old Man and the Penguin: A True Story of True Friendship

By: Julie Abery

4.31

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Told in rhyming verse, this is the true story of an oil-soaked penguin, the man who rescues him and… read more

Similar categories in Julie Abery's The Old Man and the Penguin: A True Story of True Friendship book and Julie Abery's The Old Man and the Penguin: A True Story of True Friendship

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • brazil
  • picture books
  • animals
  • environment
  • nonfiction
  • storytime
  • nature
  • science
Cover of We Became Jaguars by Dave Eggers

31. We Became Jaguars

By: Dave Eggers

3.47

Format: 44 pages, Hardcover

When Grandma comes to visit and a young boy's parents leave, the rules of the house—and the world—c… read more

Similar categories in Dave Eggers's We Became Jaguars book and Julie Abery's The Old Man and the Penguin: A True Story of True Friendship

  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • storytime

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