5 Top animals books like The Very Short, Entirely True History of Unicorns by Sarah Laskow

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The Very Short, Entirely True History of Unicorns

By: Sarah Laskow

3.97

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

From cuddly pool floats to rainbow-colored toast toppings, unicorns--the darlings of Instagram--hav…

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Cover of Abhorsen (Abhorsen, #3) by Garth Nix

1. Abhorsen (Abhorsen, #3)

By: Garth Nix

4.35

Format: 26 pages,

The Ninth was strong and fought with might But lone Orannis was put out of the light Broken in two … read more

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Cover of The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish by Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean

2. The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish

By: Neil Gaiman , Dave McKean

3.63

Format: 353 pages, Hardcover

"I'll swap you my dad," I said. "Oh-oh," said my little sister. What if you wanted your best friend… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Sidewalk Flowers by JonArno Lawson, Sydney Smith

3. Sidewalk Flowers

By: JonArno Lawson , Sydney Smith

2.50

Format: 62 pages, Hardcover

In this wordless picture book, a little girl collects wildflowers while her distracted father pays … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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4. Minecraft: The Island

By: Max Brooks

2.62

Format: 224 pages,

Minecraft: The Islandby Max Brooks, #1 New York Timesbestselling author of World War Z,is the first… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern, #1) by Anne McCaffrey

5. Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern, #1)

By: Anne McCaffrey

4.09

Format: 299 pages, Paperback

How can one girls save an entire world? To the nobles who live in Benden Weyr, Lessa is nothing … read more

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"My eyes are green, my hair is silver and I freckle; the rest is subject to change without notice."

-Anne McCaffrey, Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern, #1)

"Dragon kind was no less cruel than mankind. The Dragon, at least, acted from bestial need rather than bestial greed."

-Anne McCaffrey, Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern, #1)

"Look around you, Lessa of Pern, look around the Weyr with unveiled eyes. Old and hallowed is the Weyr? Yes, but shabby and worn – and disregarded. Yes, you were elated to sit in the Weyrwoman’s great…"

-Anne McCaffrey, Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern, #1)

6. Dear Canada: These Are My Words: The Residential School Diary of Violet Pesheens

By: None

4.75

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Violet Pesheen is struggling to adjust to her new life at Residential School. She misses her Grandm… read more

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7. The Two Princesses of Bamarre

By: Gail Carson Levine

4.25

Format: None pages, Paperback

Twelve-year-old Addie admires her older sister Meryl, who aspires to rid the kingdom of Bamarre of … read more

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8. Miss Brooks Loves Books!

By: Barbara Bottner , Michael Emberley

3.71

Format: None pages,

With the help of Miss Brooks, Missy's classmates all find books they love in the library--books abo… read more

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9. I'm Just No Good at Rhyming: And Other Nonsense for Mischievous Kids and Immature Grown-Ups

By: Lane Smith , Chris Harris

4.07

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Meet Chris Harris, the 21st-century Shel Silverstein! Already lauded by critics as a worthy heir to… read more

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10. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

By: Kate DiCamillo , Bagram Ibatoulline

4.38

Format: 228 pages, Hardcover

A timeless tale by the incomparable Kate DiCamillo, complete with stunning full-color plates by Bag… read more

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  • animals
  • middle grade
  • childrens
"I have been loved said Edward to the stars."

-Kate DiCamillo, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

"Someone will come for you, but first you must open your heart..."

-Kate DiCamillo, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

"He was agitated for some reason that he could not name. (page 35)"

-Kate DiCamillo, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

"But answer me this: how can a story end happily if there is no love?"

-Kate DiCamillo, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

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11. Salt Magic

By: Hope Larson

4.17

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

When a jealous witch curses her family's well, it's up to Vonceil to set things right in an epic jo… read more

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  • historical
  • middle grade
  • childrens
"...some wounds aren't easy to see."

-Hope Larson, Salt Magic

"I know you feel too big for this place. But when you get out of here, you'll see how small you are in the world."

-Hope Larson, Salt Magic

"Papa always says, you can fix soil, and you can build houses, but there's no point if the land don't have water."

-Hope Larson, Salt Magic

"No one stays young forever. And me? I lost my youth in the battlefield. If I have my way, I'll never leave this country again. Hell, I'll never leave the county. And if you think I'm the kind of man …"

-Hope Larson, Salt Magic

Cover of A Spindle Splintered (Fractured Fables, #1) by Alix E. Harrow

12. A Spindle Splintered (Fractured Fables, #1)

By: Alix E. Harrow

3.62

Format: 119 pages, Hardcover

It's Zinnia Gray's twenty-first birthday, which is extra-special because it's the last birthday she… read more

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"Well, Harold,"

-Alix E. Harrow, A Spindle Splintered (Fractured Fables, #1)

"If you like something, like it hard, because you don't have a lot of time to waste"

-Alix E. Harrow, A Spindle Splintered (Fractured Fables, #1)

"I should have spent more time thinking about your life than worrying about your death."

-Alix E. Harrow, A Spindle Splintered (Fractured Fables, #1)

"I never stopped trying to save you, so don't you fucking dare stop trying to save yourself."

-Alix E. Harrow, A Spindle Splintered (Fractured Fables, #1)

Cover of Cold Hearted (Villains, #8) by Serena Valentino

13. Cold Hearted (Villains, #8)

By: Serena Valentino

4.06

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

This was supposed to be her happily ever after... It’s a familiar tale: A kind and beautiful you… read more

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  • middle grade
Cover of The Sprite and the Gardener by Rii Abrego

14. The Sprite and the Gardener

By: Rii Abrego

4.11

Format: 88 pages, Hardcover

Long, long ago, sprites were the caretakers of gardens. Every flower was grown by their hand. But w… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
"Oh, I wonder... I was trying to fix the whole thing at once... But maybe it needs to be done one step at a time? I can do this... I can do this!!"

-Rii Abrego, The Sprite and the Gardener

Cover of My Darling Dreadful Thing by Johanna van Veen

15. My Darling Dreadful Thing

By: Johanna van Veen

3.89

Format: 375 pages, Paperback

In a world where the dead can wake and walk among us, what is truly real? Roos Beckman has a spi… read more

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"The question everyone wants answered is this: Was I or was I not actually possessed? But it is not so simple as that."

-Johanna van Veen, My Darling Dreadful Thing

"There’s a reason the word ‘haunting’ is rarely used in a positive way. To never be free of someone, well, that’s not always a comfort."

-Johanna van Veen, My Darling Dreadful Thing

"It’s a dangerous thing, to try and give someone everything. One day, you might find you’ve given away things you should’ve kept. Some parts of us must remain inviolate if we are to survive as a perso…"

-Johanna van Veen, My Darling Dreadful Thing

"I was never a happy child. I think that, if I had been, things would have gone very differently with me. For one, I don’t think Ruth would have become my constant companion. Spirits like her are not …"

-Johanna van Veen, My Darling Dreadful Thing

Cover of Sorceline (#1-3) by Sylvia Douyé

16. Sorceline (#1-3)

By: Sylvia Douyé

3.65

Format: 142 pages, Paperback

Welcome to the Island of Vorn, where mythical creatures roam free and only the brightest students a… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
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17. The Tusks of Extinction

By: Ray Nayler

3.85

Format: 192 pages, ebook

When you bring back a long-extinct species, there’s more to success than the DNA. Moscow has res… read more

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  • animals
"When you bring back a long-extinct species, there's more to success than the DNA."

-Ray Nayler, The Tusks of Extinction

"But there were links [to memories] that were broken as well. That no longer led to other memories. Were those memories still there, disconnected but whole, like planets that had escaped the gravity o…"

-Ray Nayler, The Tusks of Extinction

"He was afraid to lose this memory. He returned to it often, like a person checking their pockets to make sure their keys were still there. He had lost so many memories of her. The further away he mov…"

-Ray Nayler, The Tusks of Extinction

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18. The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

By: Andrew Joseph White

4.52

Format: 399 pages, Kindle Edition

Mors vincit omnia. Death conquers all. London, 1883. The Veil between the living and dead has th… read more

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  • historical
"He's...he's doing the same thing I do. His hands are fluttering. Like mine. Oh God, he's like me."

-Andrew Joseph White, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

"I should not have to keep fixing the damage done to us. It would be so easy to not hurt us and the Speakers can't even do that. It's more work to hurt us. It's more work to be cruel - and yet they co…"

-Andrew Joseph White, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

"I do not get to savor the masculine cut of my clothes, or the illusion of short hair, or the feeting joy of my skin feeling like mine. Instead, I have to worry if my boyhood is convincing enough to k…"

-Andrew Joseph White, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

"My name is Daphne.' Daphne? In that moment, it's as if I've peeled the skin away from the chest of a patient, revealing a beating heart. A boy could not say that name as if terrified the syllables wi…"

-Andrew Joseph White, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

Cover of Cat + Gamer, Volume 2 by Wataru Nadatani

19. Cat + Gamer, Volume 2

By: Wataru Nadatani

4.33

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

THE LIVES OF A HARDCORE GAMER AND HER CAT! A quiet office worker embraces her new role as a cat … read more

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  • animals
Cover of And They Lived . . . by Steven Salvatore

20. And They Lived . . .

By: Steven Salvatore

3.97

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Chase Arthur is a budding animator and hopeless romantic obsessed with Disney films and finding his… read more

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21. Dinosnores (Boynton on Board)

By: Sandra Boynton

4.27

Format: 24 pages, Board book

“Honk SHOOOOOO! Honk SHOOOOOO! . . .”           The snoring goes on, on and on through the night. T… read more

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  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
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22. Floating Hotel

By: Grace Curtis

3.70

Format: 324 pages, Kindle Edition

This cozy debut science fiction novel tells a story of misfits, rebels, found family—and a mystery … read more

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Cover of Mother Knows Best (Villains, #5) by Serena Valentino

23. Mother Knows Best (Villains, #5)

By: Serena Valentino

3.98

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The tale of the legendary golden flower is widely known. The story has been told many times and in … read more

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  • middle grade
"We will be different people after tonight. Different versions of ourselves."

-Serena Valentino, Mother Knows Best (Villains, #5)

"Sometimes we create images of the people we love and hate in our minds, and those images override what we see with our eyes, even when they are right in front of us. Even if we've imagined them to be…"

-Serena Valentino, Mother Knows Best (Villains, #5)

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24. When Among Crows

By: Veronica Roth

3.73

Format: 166 pages, Hardcover

When Among Crows is swift and striking, drawing from the deep well of Slavic folklore and asking if… read more

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  • mythology
"I don't find it painful to be ordinary."

-Veronica Roth, When Among Crows

"He pinches one of the petals and breaks it away from the flower. It doesn't feel like it's as powerful as it is, but maybe that's just how powerful things are- like the zmory, like Baba Jaga herself,…"

-Veronica Roth, When Among Crows

Cover of Mapmakers and the Lost Magic by Cameron Chittock

25. Mapmakers and the Lost Magic

By: Cameron Chittock

3.76

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A young girl finds herself faced with an impossible choice--run away from her beloved valley, or un… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
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26. Coming Back

By: Jessi Zabarsky

3.51

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

A beautiful graphic novel fantasy romance that follows two young women who have to go on their own … read more

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Cover of The Bluest of Blues: Anna Atkins and the First Book of Photographs by Fiona  Robinson

27. The Bluest of Blues: Anna Atkins and the First Book of Photographs

By: Fiona Robinson

4.10

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

An ALSC Notable Children's Book A Junior Library Guild Selection A Bank Street Best Children's Bo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • history
  • childrens
Cover of Heartstopper: Volume Six (Heartstopper, #6) by Alice Oseman

28. Heartstopper: Volume Six (Heartstopper, #6)

By: Alice Oseman

4.57

Format: None pages, None

The sixth and final instalment in the Heartstopper series. read more

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29. The Pengrooms

By: Paul Castle

4.70

Format: 60 pages, Hardcover

Follow Pringle and Finn, two penguins with big hearts, as they deliver wedding cakes to their frien… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Lost Legends of Nothing (Fantastic Tales of Nothing) by Alejandra Green

30. Lost Legends of Nothing (Fantastic Tales of Nothing)

By: Alejandra Green

4.08

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In the hilarious and epic sequel to the full-color fantasy graphic novel Fantastic Tales of Nothing… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
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31. The Very Short, Entirely True History of Unicorns

By: Sarah Laskow

3.97

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

From cuddly pool floats to rainbow-colored toast toppings, unicorns--the darlings of Instagram--hav… read more

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  • history
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • picture books
  • animals
  • unicorns
  • folklore
  • nonfiction
  • mythology

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