7 must-read nonfiction books like Hokusai: He Saw the World in a Wave by Susie Hodge

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Hokusai: He Saw the World in a Wave

By: Susie Hodge

4.19

Format: 56 pages, Hardcover

See the world through Hokusai's eyes and be inspired to produce your own masterpieces. Have you ev…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Hokusai: He Saw the World in a Wave by Susie Hodge , here is a list of 7 books like this:

Cover of The Kitchen Madonna by Rumer Godden, Carol Barker

1. The Kitchen Madonna

By: Rumer Godden , Carol Barker

4.28

Format: 89 pages, Hardcover

Marta is unhappy. For quietly aloof Gregory and his sister Janet, Marta, with her thick Ukrainian a… read more

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  • childrens
Cover of The Old Man Mad about Drawing: A Tale of Hokusai by François Place, William Rodarmor

2. The Old Man Mad about Drawing: A Tale of Hokusai

By: François Place , William Rodarmor

5.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Note from the publisher: America has the bizarre idea that a "picture book" must consist of exactly… read more

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  • art
  • childrens
  • japan

3. Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops

By: Jen Campbell

3.60

Format: 212 pages, Hardcover

This Sunday Times bestseller is a miscellany of hilarious and peculiar bookshop moments: 'Can books… read more

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4. Understood Betsy

By: Dorothy Canfield Fisher

4.22

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

For all of her nine years, fragile Elizabeth Ann has heard her Aunt Frances refer in whispers to he… read more

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  • childrens
"What's the matter?" asked the teacher, seeing her bewildered face. "Why—why," said Elizabeth Ann, "I don't know what I am at all. If I'm second-grade arithmetic and seventh-grade reading and third-gr…"

-Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Understood Betsy

Cover of The Princess and the Goblin  (Princess Irene and Curdie, #1) by George MacDonald, Arthur Hughes

5. The Princess and the Goblin (Princess Irene and Curdie, #1)

By: George MacDonald , Arthur Hughes

4.02

Format: 241 pages, Paperback

A little princess is protected by her friend Curdie from the goblin miners who live beneath the cas… read more

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  • childrens
"That's all nonsense," said Curdie. "I don't know what you mean." "Then if you don't know what I mean, what right have you to call it nonsense?"

-George MacDonald, The Princess and the Goblin (Princess Irene and Curdie, #1)

"But in the meantime, you must be content, I say, to be misunderstood for a while. We are all very anxious to be understood, and it is very hard not to be. But there is one thing much more necessary."…"

-George MacDonald, The Princess and the Goblin (Princess Irene and Curdie, #1)

6. The Great Wave: A Children's Book Inspired by Hokusai

By: Veronique Massenot , Bruno Pilorget

4.16

Format: 293 pages, Hardcover

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7. For the Children's Sake

By: Susan Schaeffer Macaulay

4.44

Format: 166 pages, Paperback

Every parent and teacher wants to give their children the best education possible. Everyone would l… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Pupils whose foundations have been deeply laid on books and things, using narration to lock their knowledge in place, and who learn not for marks and prizes but because learning is its own reward... …"

-Susan Schaeffer Macaulay, For the Children's Sake

"No parent/home/child/teacher/school has an all-round 100 percent wholeness. We all have limitations and problems. But I must never think it is all or nothing. Perhaps I'd like to live in the country,…"

-Susan Schaeffer Macaulay, For the Children's Sake

8. Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess, Russia, 1914 (Royal Diaries #5)

By: Carolyn Meyer

3.25

Format: 198 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author Carolyn Meyer introduces readers to the unforgettable Anastasia Romanov whose … read more

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9. The Gallery

By: Laura Marx Fitzgerald

3.42

Format: 8 pages, Hardcover

A riveting historical art mystery for fans of Chasing Vermeerand The Westing Game, set in the Roari… read more

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10. Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill (Betsy-Tacy, #3)

By: Lois Lenski , Maud Hart Lovelace

4.25

Format: None pages, Paperback

Betsy, Tacy, and Tib can't wait to be ten. After all, getting two numbers in your age is the beginn… read more

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Cover of Young Forever: The Secrets to Living Your Longest, Healthiest Life (The Dr. Mark Hyman Library, 11) by Mark Hyman

11. Young Forever: The Secrets to Living Your Longest, Healthiest Life (The Dr. Mark Hyman Library, 11)

By: Mark Hyman

3.85

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER  Dr. Mark Hyman presents the definitive guide to reversin… read more

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  • nonfiction
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12. Love in the Library

By: Maggie Tokuda-Hall

4.47

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Set in an internment camp where the United States cruelly detained Japanese Americans during WWII a… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents―and What They Mean for America's Future by Jean M. Twenge

13. Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents―and What They Mean for America's Future

By: Jean M. Twenge

4.05

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking, revelatory portrait of the six generations that currently live in the United Stat… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"John Della Volpe, the director of polling at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, spoke to hundreds of young people for his 2022 book, Fight: How Gen Z Is Channeling Their Fear and Passion to Sa…"

-Jean M. Twenge, Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents―and What They Mean for America's Future

Cover of Circle (The Shapes Trilogy) by Mac Barnett

14. Circle (The Shapes Trilogy)

By: Mac Barnett

3.97

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen deliver the final tale about Triangle, Square, and Circle. This book… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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15. The Mantis

By: Kōtarō Isaka

3.88

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the internationally bestselling author of Bullet Train and Three Assassins, a propulsive new t… read more

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  • japan
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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

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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17. Dim Sum Palace

By: X. Fang

4.08

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A little girl's love of dim sum spills over into her dreams, taking her on a fantastical food-fille… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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18. Isla to Island

By: Alexis Castellanos

4.22

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

This stunning wordless graphic novel follows a young girl in the 1960s who immigrates from Cuba to … read more

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  • childrens
Cover of Mars! Earthlings Welcome (Our Universe, 5) by Stacy McAnulty

19. Mars! Earthlings Welcome (Our Universe, 5)

By: Stacy McAnulty

4.27

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Meet Mars! The red planet. Planet Marvelous. Favorite sibling of Earth (or so he claims). Sometimes… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
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20. Echo Mountain

By: Lauren Wolk

4.26

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

A young heroine in Depression-era Maine is navigating the rocky terrain of her new life on Echo Mou… read more

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  • childrens
"You want to know?"

-Lauren Wolk, Echo Mountain

"Blame comes from the Greek for “curse"

-Lauren Wolk, Echo Mountain

"The things we need to learn to do, we learn to do by doing."

-Lauren Wolk, Echo Mountain

"Maybe she’ll wake up soon and come back to what she used to be...or what she’ll be next"

-Lauren Wolk, Echo Mountain

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21. The Ice Cream Vanishes

By: Julia Sarcone-Roach

3.52

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

The almost Amazing Squirrel and their lovely assistant, Bear, are here to make snacks (and ice crea… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of I Want to Be Spaghetti! by Kiera Wright-Ruiz

22. I Want to Be Spaghetti!

By: Kiera Wright-Ruiz

4.16

Format: None pages, None

A funny debut picture book about how one little ramen packet finds self-love and belonging in a spa… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • japan
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23. School Is Wherever I Am

By: Ellie Peterson

4.13

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From Ellie Peterson, the author-illustrator of How to Hug A Pufferfish comes a timely new picture b… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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24. Parachutes

By: Kelly Yang

4.19

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Speak enters the world of Gossip Girl in this modern immigrant story from New York Times bestsellin… read more

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"Welcome to America! Where everyone walks around in gym clothes and nobody goes to the gym!"

-Kelly Yang, Parachutes

"Is this what the rest of my life is going to be like? Moments of happiness punctured by the memory of what happened, like a bomb which can detonate at any time."

-Kelly Yang, Parachutes

Cover of The Winglets Quartet (Wings of Fire: Winglets, #1-4) by Tui T. Sutherland

25. The Winglets Quartet (Wings of Fire: Winglets, #1-4)

By: Tui T. Sutherland

4.36

Format: 171 pages, Paperback

Discover the first four dragon-bite-sized Winglets stories from the #1 New York Times bestselling W… read more

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  • childrens
Cover of Witches of Brooklyn: What the Hex?!: (A Graphic Novel) by Sophie Escabasse

26. Witches of Brooklyn: What the Hex?!: (A Graphic Novel)

By: Sophie Escabasse

4.19

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Effie returns in this spellbinding a middle-grade graphic novel about found family, friendship, an… read more

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  • childrens
Cover of Have You Seen My Invisible Dinosaur? by Helen Yoon

27. Have You Seen My Invisible Dinosaur?

By: Helen Yoon

3.89

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

The tale of a child’s special friend who goes missing after a bath—or does he? Help! This little… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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28. Mornings with Monet

By: Barb Rosenstock

4.24

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A new picture book about the iconic artist Claude Monet, from the Caldecott-Award winning team that… read more

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  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
Cover of Are You Mad at Me? by Tyler Feder

29. Are You Mad at Me?

By: Tyler Feder

3.84

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A very nervous ostrich pushes past her anxiety in this funny, endearing picture book by the author/… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Hokusai: He Saw the World in a Wave by Susie Hodge

30. Hokusai: He Saw the World in a Wave

By: Susie Hodge

4.19

Format: 56 pages, Hardcover

See the world through Hokusai's eyes and be inspired to produce your own masterpieces. Have you ev… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • japan
Cover of The Met Frida Kahlo: She Painted Her World in Self-Portraits (What the Artist Saw) by D.K. Publishing

31. The Met Frida Kahlo: She Painted Her World in Self-Portraits (What the Artist Saw)

By: D.K. Publishing

4.57

Format: 56 pages, Hardcover

See how iconic artists like Frida Kahlo were influenced by their environments in this beautiful ser… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens

21 must-read childrens books like Hokusai: He Saw the World in a Wave by Susie Hodge

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Rumer Godden , Carol Barker

4.28

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François Place , William Rodarmor

5.00

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Understood Betsy

Dorothy Canfield Fisher

4.22

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The Princess and the Goblin (Princess Irene and Curdie, #1)

George MacDonald , Arthur Hughes

4.02

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Kara Swisher

3.99

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David Brooks

4.14

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Yascha Mounk

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