7 Best nonfiction books like The Heroic Symphony by Anna Harwell Celenza

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The Heroic Symphony

By: Anna Harwell Celenza

4.03

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Discover the little-known story of Beethoven's beloved masterwork.  As the best pianist in Vienna,…

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1. On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4)

By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

4.22

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The adventures of Laura Ingalls and her family continue as they leave their little house on the pra… read more

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  • childrens
"Mary was too scared to move. Laura was too scared to stand to still."

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4)

"Snow as fine and grainy as sugar covered the windows in and sifted off to the floor and did not melt."

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4)

"When gloomy clouds across the sky Cast shadows o'er the land, Bright rays of hope illumine my path, For Jesus holds my hand."

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4)

"All day the storm lasted. The windows were white and the wind never stopped howling and screaming. It was pleasant in the warm house. Laura and Mary did their lessons, then Pa played the fiddle while…"

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4)

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2. The Bears on Hemlock Mountain

By: Helen Sewell , Alice Dalgliesh

3.81

Format: 58 pages, Paperback

Are there bears on Hemlock Mountain? One boy is about to find out in this classic tale. People hav… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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3. Follow the Drinking Gourd

By: Jeanette Winter

3.94

Format: None pages,

Illus. in full color. "Winter's story begins with a peg-leg sailor who aids slaves on their escape … read more

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  • music
  • picture books
  • childrens
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4. Frightful's Mountain (Mountain, #3)

By: Jean Craighead George

3.80

Format: 319 pages, Paperback

Can frightful survive alone? Sam Gribley has been told that it is illegal to harbor an endangered b… read more

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  • childrens
Cover of Because of an Acorn by Lola M. Schaefer, None, Frann Preston-Gannon, Adam Schaefer

5. Because of an Acorn

By: Lola M. Schaefer , None , Frann Preston-Gannon , Adam Schaefer

5.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Because of an acorn, a tree grows, a bird nests, a seed becomes a flower. Enchanting die-cuts illus… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
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6. The Tower Treasure (The Hardy Boys, #1)

By: Franklin W. Dixon , Leslie McFarlane

3.92

Format: 214 pages, Hardcover

The first of an enduring series. The Hardy Boys will soon celebrate their 100th anniversary, but… read more

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  • childrens
"There is no such thing as a clever crook. If he was really that clever he wouldn’t be a crook at all."

-Franklin W. Dixon, The Tower Treasure (The Hardy Boys, #1)

7. Rechenka's Eggs

By: Patricia Polacco

3.80

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A warm tale of love and and the unexpected from the bestselling author of The Keeping Quilt. Old Ba… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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8. The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome

By: Susan Wise Bauer

3.42

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

This is the first volume in a bold new series that tells the stories of all peoples, connecting his… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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9. A Seed Is Sleepy

By: Sylvia Long , Dianna Hutts Aston

4.10

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning artist Sylvia Long and author Dianna Hutts Aston have teamed up again to create this … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
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10. The Rough-Face Girl

By: Rafe Martin , David Shannon

4.10

Format: None pages, Paperback

This moving adaptation of the classic children's story Cinderella tells how a disfigured Algonquin … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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11. The Ugly Vegetables

By: Grace Lin

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

It's easy to appreciate a garden exploding with colorful flowers and fragrances, but what do you do… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens

12. Song of the Swallows

By: Leo Politi

3.69

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Every summer, the swallows leave San Juan Capistrano and fly far away, to a peaceful green island-b… read more

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13. Stuart Little

By: E.B. White , Garth Williams

3.90

Format: 131 pages, Paperback

E.B. White's classic novel about one small mouse on a very big adventure! Stuart Little is no o… read more

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  • childrens
"Well,"

-E.B. White, Stuart Little

"Very fine law,"

-E.B. White, Stuart Little

"(Not every doctor can look into a mouse's ear without laughing)"

-E.B. White, Stuart Little

"A shaft of sunlight at the end of a dark afternoon, a note of music, and the way the back of a baby’s neck smells if it’s mother keeps it tidy,"

-E.B. White, Stuart Little

14. The Fourth of July Story

By: Marie Nonnast , Alice Dalgliesh

4.12

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

What happened on the Fourth of July long before there were fireworks and parades? Alice Dalgliesh t… read more

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15. The Tale of Despereaux

By: Kate DiCamillo , Timothy Basil Ering

3.49

Format: 465 pages,

A brave mouse, a covetous rat, a wishful serving girl, and a princess named Pea come together in Ka… read more

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16. By the Shores of Silver Lake (Little House, #5)

By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

3.61

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

Laura and her family are head to the Dakota Territory for a chance to own their own land--and stop … read more

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17. A Picture Book of Lewis and Clark

By: David A. Adler

3.73

Format: None pages, Paperback

An introduction to the lives of Lewis and Clark and to the exploratory expedition they led from St.… read more

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18. Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin

By: Marjorie Priceman , Lloyd Moss

3.40

Format: None pages,

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19. The Long Winter (Little House, #6)

By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

4.17

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

On the empty winter prairie, gray clouds to the northwest meant only one thing: a blizzard was seco… read more

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  • childrens
"Politicians, they take pleasure a-prying into a man's affairs and I aimed to please 'em."

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, The Long Winter (Little House, #6)

"These times are too progressive. Everything has changed too fast. Railroads and telegraphs and kerosene and coal stoves -- they're good to have but the trouble is, folks get to depend on 'em."

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, The Long Winter (Little House, #6)

"Beyond them the darkness was like a mist thickening over a flat, white world. Stars twinkled far away around part of its rim. Before him, the black storm climbed rapidly up the sky and in silence des…"

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, The Long Winter (Little House, #6)

"Laura said faintly, 'I thought God takes care of us.' 'He does,' Pa said, 'so far as we do what's right. And He gives us a conscience and brains to know what's right. But He leaves it to us to do as …"

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, The Long Winter (Little House, #6)

20. The Tale of Three Trees

By: Angela Elwell Hunt , Tim Jonke

3.91

Format: 528 pages,

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21. One Morning in Maine

By: Robert McCloskey

3.86

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

A Caldecott Honor Book! Today is a specidal day for Sal because she gets to go to Buck's Harbour wi… read more

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22. Pippi Longstocking

By: Astrid Lindgren , Louis S. Glanzman , Florence Lamborn

4.41

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

The beloved story of a spunky young girl and her hilarious escapades. Tommy and his sister Annika h… read more

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23. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (The Herdmans, #1)

By: Barbara Robinson

4.22

Format: 128 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Laughs abound in this bestselling Christmas classic by Barbara Robinson! The Best Christmas Pageant… read more

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  • childrens
"I've got the baby here," Imogene barked at the Wise Men. "Don touch him! I named him Jesus."

-Barbara Robinson, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (The Herdmans, #1)

"When they got to the part about swaddling clothes and the manger, Imogene asked, “You mean they tied him up and put him in a feedbox? Where was the Child Welfare?"

-Barbara Robinson, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (The Herdmans, #1)

24. And Then It's Spring

By: Julie Fogliano , Erin E. Stead

3.26

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Following a snow-filled winter, a young boy and his dog decide that they've had enough of all that … read more

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25. You're Not Enough (and That's Ok): Escaping the Toxic Culture of Self-Love

By: Allie Beth Stuckey

4.17

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

From one of the sharpest Christian voices of her generation and host of the podcast Relatable comes… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Our truth is usually Satan's lie."

-Allie Beth Stuckey, You're Not Enough (and That's Ok): Escaping the Toxic Culture of Self-Love

"Because the self can't be both the problem and the solution."

-Allie Beth Stuckey, You're Not Enough (and That's Ok): Escaping the Toxic Culture of Self-Love

"The self isn't enough---period. The answer to the purposelessness and hollowness we feel is found not in us but outside of us. The solutions to our problems and pain aren't found in self-love, but in…"

-Allie Beth Stuckey, You're Not Enough (and That's Ok): Escaping the Toxic Culture of Self-Love

"This is an argument I made in a podcast episode titled "Three Myths Christian Women Believe". The first myth was that you are enough. My counter was this: you're not enough, you'll never be enough, a…"

-Allie Beth Stuckey, You're Not Enough (and That's Ok): Escaping the Toxic Culture of Self-Love

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26. Habits of the Household: Practicing the Story of God in Everyday Family Rhythms

By: Justin Whitmel Earley

4.61

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

Discover simple habits and easy-to-implement daily rhythms that will help you find meaning beyond t… read more

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  • nonfiction
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27. Island of the Blue Dolphins

By: Scott O'Dell

3.87

Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition

In the Pacific there is an island that looks like a big fish sunning itself in the sea. Around it, … read more

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  • childrens
"They were black like a lizard's and very large and, like the eyes of a lizard, could sometimes look sleepy."

-Scott O'Dell, Island of the Blue Dolphins

"Everyone in our tribe had two names, the real one which was secret and was seldom used, and one which was common, for if people use your secret name it becomes worn out and loses its magic."

-Scott O'Dell, Island of the Blue Dolphins

"Below me Rontu was running along the cliffs barking at the screaming gulls. Pelicans were chattering as they finished the blue water. But suddenly I thought of Tutok, and the island seemed very quiet."

-Scott O'Dell, Island of the Blue Dolphins

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28. The First Notes: The Story of Do, Re, Mi

By: Julie Andrews

4.33

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A stunning new picture book from beloved icon Julie Andrews and her daughter, Emma Walton Hamilton,… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
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29. The Heroic Symphony

By: Anna Harwell Celenza

4.03

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Discover the little-known story of Beethoven's beloved masterwork.  As the best pianist in Vienna,… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction

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