7 Top middle grade books like The Magic School Bus Explores Human Evolution by Joanna Cole

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The Magic School Bus Explores Human Evolution

By: Joanna Cole

4.30

Format: 56 pages, Hardcover

When Arnold wishes he had more information for his family tree, Ms. Frizzle revs up the Magic Schoo…

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Cover of Thief of Time (Discworld, #26; Death, #5) by Terry Pratchett

1. Thief of Time (Discworld, #26; Death, #5)

By: Terry Pratchett

4.27

Format: 378 pages, Paperback

Time is a resource. Everyone knows it has to be managed. And on the Discworld that is the job of… read more

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"When in doubt, choose to live."

-Terry Pratchett, Thief of Time (Discworld, #26; Death, #5)

"Yep, it's gone myffic all right."

-Terry Pratchett, Thief of Time (Discworld, #26; Death, #5)

"Questions don't have to make sense, Vincent," said Miss Susan. "But answers do."

-Terry Pratchett, Thief of Time (Discworld, #26; Death, #5)

"Sometimes thinking is like talking to another person, but that person is also you."

-Terry Pratchett, Thief of Time (Discworld, #26; Death, #5)

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2. Frog and Toad Together (Frog and Toad, #2)

By: Arnold Lobel

4.25

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

Frog and Toad are best friends—they do everything together. When Toad admires the flowers in Frog's… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile
"I cannot remember any of the things that were on my list of things to do. I will just have to sit here and do nothing,"

-Arnold Lobel, Frog and Toad Together (Frog and Toad, #2)

Cover of The Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941 (I Survived, #4) by Lauren Tarshis

3. The Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941 (I Survived, #4)

By: Lauren Tarshis

3.77

Format: None pages, Paperback

70 years later, the bombing of Pearl Harbor comes to life for a new generation of readers! History'… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman, Skottie Young

4. Fortunately, the Milk

By: Neil Gaiman , Skottie Young

4.06

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

"I bought the milk," said my father. "I walked out of the corner shop, and heard a noise like this:… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile
"The piranhas said nothing, but they thrashes about in their bowl, ominously."

-Neil Gaiman, Fortunately, the Milk

"The piranhas said nothing, but they thrashed about in their bowl, ominously."

-Neil Gaiman, Fortunately, the Milk

"Dinosaurs are reptiles, sir," said Professor Steg. "We do not go in for milk."

-Neil Gaiman, Fortunately, the Milk

"Being a geological formation gives you a lot of time to think. Also, I subscribed to a number of learned journals."

-Neil Gaiman, Fortunately, the Milk

Cover of The Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 (I Survived, #1) by Lauren Tarshis, Scott Dawson, Georgina Ball

5. The Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 (I Survived, #1)

By: Lauren Tarshis , Scott Dawson , Georgina Ball

5.00

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

The most terrifying events in history are brought vividly to life in this new fictional series! In … read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of I Will Surprise My Friend! (Elephant & Piggie, #6) by Mo Willems

6. I Will Surprise My Friend! (Elephant & Piggie, #6)

By: Mo Willems

4.60

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Gerald is careful. Piggie is not. Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can. Gerald worries so that Pi… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile

7. Moo, Baa, La La La!

By: Sandra Boynton

3.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Serious silliness for all ages. Artist Sandra Boynton is back and better than ever with completely … read more

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8. Timeline

By: Michael Crichton

3.87

Format: 489 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In an Arizona desert, a man wanders in a daze, speaking words that make no sense. Within twenty-fou… read more

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"In reality, time doesn't pass; we pass. Time itself is invariant. It just is. Therefore, past and future aren't separate locations, the way New York and Paris are separate locations. And since the pa…"

-Michael Crichton, Timeline

"Because in the late twentieth century, you couldn't seriously ask other people to think that you believed in honor and truth, and the purity of the body, the defense of women, the sanctity of true lo…"

-Michael Crichton, Timeline

"In other centuries, human beings wanted to be saved, or improved, or freed, or educated. But in our century, they want to be entertained. The great fear is not of disease or death, but of boredom. A …"

-Michael Crichton, Timeline

"But where will this mania for entertainment end? What will people do when they get tired of television? When they get tired of movies? We already know the answer—they go into participatory activities…"

-Michael Crichton, Timeline

Cover of Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater, Florence Atwater, Robert Lawson

9. Mr. Popper's Penguins

By: Richard Atwater , Florence Atwater , Robert Lawson

3.97

Format: 139 pages, Paperback

The Poppers unexpectedly come into possession of a penguin, then get a penguin from the zoo who mat… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile

10. Pirates Past Noon (Magic Tree House, #4)

By: Mary Pope Osborne , Salvatore Murdocca

3.80

Format: 25 pages, Paperback

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

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11. The Life-Changing Manga of Tidying Up: A Magical Story

By: Marie Kondō

4.20

Format: None pages,

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12. Merry Merry Holly Holly

By: Lisa McCue , Dori Chaconas

3.00

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

Celebrate ten years of Cork & Fuzz with the best friends' first-ever picture book--a lovely holiday… read more

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13. Pete the Cat's Train Trip

By: James Dean

5.00

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Pete the Cat is back in New York Timesbestselling artist James Dean's beginning reader Pete the Cat… read more

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14. The Cookie Fiasco (Elephant & Piggie Like Reading!, #1)

By: Mo Willems , Dan Santat

3.89

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Four friends. Three cookies. One problem. Hippo, Croc, and the Squirrels are determined to have equ… read more

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15. The Three Ninja Pigs

By: Dan Santat , Corey Rosen Schwartz

3.76

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Practice makes perfect in this kick-butt fractured fairy tale. Why does this wolf think he can come… read more

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16. Curious George and the Dump Truck

By: H.A. Rey , Margret Rey

3.19

Format: 384 pages,

Curious George gets into trouble when he boards a dump truck and spills a load of dirt in a pond bu… read more

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Cover of The Big Cheese (The Food Group, #7) by Jory John

17. The Big Cheese (The Food Group, #7)

By: Jory John

4.17

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

The Big Cheese is the best at everything, and brags about it, too. When the annual Cheese-cathlon c… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile
Cover of Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9) by Seanan McGuire

18. Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

By: Seanan McGuire

4.09

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Dinosaurs and portals, and a girl who can find both in the latest book in the Hugo and Nebula Award… read more

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"Because all the ways we're not normal are the way our normal homes want us to be."

-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

"We're your penance, silly, the whole chaotic bunch of us, and as part of your penance, I say you're not done suffering us yet."

-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

"If you want a life without terrible surprises, you should always look at the worst possible answer until you understand it all the way down to the bottom. Once you can do that, you'll know what's com…"

-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

"None of us is normal, and we'll either figure out how to pretend we are, or we'll find our doors home, and then we won't have to worry about it anymore, because all the ways we are not normal are the…"

-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

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19. Looking Glass Sound

By: Catriona Ward

3.49

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

Looking Glass Sound is the newest twisty psychological horror novel from Catriona Ward, the interna… read more

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"Potatoes make everything okay."

-Catriona Ward, Looking Glass Sound

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20. The Good, the Bad, and the Spooky

By: Jory John

3.87

Format: 32 pages, Kindle Edition

Based on the New York Times bestselling picture book sensation The Bad Seed, Jory John and Pete Osw… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile
Cover of A Mirror Mended (Fractured Fables, #2) by Alix E. Harrow

21. A Mirror Mended (Fractured Fables, #2)

By: Alix E. Harrow

3.76

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

A Mirror Mended is the next installment in USA Today bestselling author Alix E. Harrow's Fractured … read more

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"You have to make the best of whatever story you were born into, and if your story happens to suck ass, well, maybe you can do some good before you go."

-Alix E. Harrow, A Mirror Mended (Fractured Fables, #2)

"everybody knows that happily is never really ever after. The truth is buried in the phrase itself, if you look it up. The original version was “happy in the ever after,"

-Alix E. Harrow, A Mirror Mended (Fractured Fables, #2)

"The mirror showed me you, out of all the possible people in all the universes,' It sounds almost like an apology. 'Why?' 'Well, what were you doing at the time?' 'I was looking into the mirror, obvio…"

-Alix E. Harrow, A Mirror Mended (Fractured Fables, #2)

Cover of The One and Only Ruby (The One and Only #3) by Katherine Applegate

22. The One and Only Ruby (The One and Only #3)

By: Katherine Applegate

4.28

Format: 210 pages, Hardcover

Ruby’s story picks up a few months after the events of The One and Only Bob. Now living in a wildli… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile
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23. The Ogress and the Orphans

By: Kelly Barnhill

4.28

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

A fantasy about the power of generosity and love, and how a community suffers when they disappear. … read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile
"The antidote to anger is tenderness, and the antidote to discord is reconciliation."

-Kelly Barnhill, The Ogress and the Orphans

"Life is long, after all. And over time, the paths we take tend to intertwine and overlap."

-Kelly Barnhill, The Ogress and the Orphans

"Books are funny things. The ideas and knowledge contained inside their pages have mass and velocity and gravity. They bend both space and time. They have minds of their own. There is a power in a boo…"

-Kelly Barnhill, The Ogress and the Orphans

"So maybe the Reading Room is magic because books really are magic. I read once that books bend both space and time, and the more books you have in one place, the more space and time will bend and twi…"

-Kelly Barnhill, The Ogress and the Orphans

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24. The Great Zapfino

By: Mac Barnett

4.01

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

When The Great Zapfino climbs to the top of the circus platform, all eyes are on him, waiting for h… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile
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25. Bury Your Gays

By: Chuck Tingle

4.29

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

From Chuck Tingle, author of the USA Today bestselling Camp Damascus, comes a new heart-pounding st… read more

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"The studio might be a ruthless capitalist machine," he opines, "but we're not evil."

-Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays

"Your stories aren't worth your life." My stories are my life, I think, but I don't say this."

-Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays

"I'm honestly kind of surprised. You've got a flair for drama, Misha. I thought you might get hard over some final sacrifice for love, or whatever. I mean, you're the writer, not me, but that's got Em…"

-Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays

"The path I've been led down is one of senseless catastrophe, a classic Hollywood tale of the man who plummets to rock bottom just moments before he would have crested the peak. [...] I'm living out t…"

-Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays

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26. Keeping the City Going

By: Brian Floca

3.81

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Brian Floca gives a thank you to the essential workers who keep their cities going during COVID-19 … read more

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  • history
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • juvenile
Cover of The FRUSTRATING Book! (Unlimited Squirrels) by Mo Willems

27. The FRUSTRATING Book! (Unlimited Squirrels)

By: Mo Willems

3.84

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

From Mo Willems, creator of the revolutionary, award-winning, best-selling Elephant & Piggie books,… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile
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28. Battle Royale (Who Would Win?)

By: Jerry Pallotta

4.41

Format: 160 pages, Kindle Edition

Five of the most popular books in the Who Would Win? series together in one book! Which dangerous … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • childrens
  • science
Cover of Look Up with Me: Neil deGrasse Tyson: A Life Among the Stars by Jennifer  Berne

29. Look Up with Me: Neil deGrasse Tyson: A Life Among the Stars

By: Jennifer Berne

4.03

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

With an introduction from Neil DeGrasse Tyson about the importance of kid-like curiosity, this lyri… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • science
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30. The Magic School Bus Explores Human Evolution

By: Joanna Cole

4.30

Format: 56 pages, Hardcover

When Arnold wishes he had more information for his family tree, Ms. Frizzle revs up the Magic Schoo… read more

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  • science
  • history
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • picture books
  • evolution
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • juvenile
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31. Songs for Our Sons

By: Ruth Doyle

3.62

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

What hopes do you have for the future? Who do you long to become? This warm, inspiring book encoura… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens

17 best-selling childrens books like The Magic School Bus Explores Human Evolution by Joanna Cole

Transform Your Habits

Frog and Toad Together (Frog and Toad, #2)

Arnold Lobel

4.25

Transform Your Habits

The Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941 (I Survived, #4)

Lauren Tarshis

3.77

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Fortunately, the Milk

Neil Gaiman , Skottie Young

4.06

Transform Your Habits

The Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 (I Survived, #1)

Lauren Tarshis , Scott Dawson , Georgina Ball

5.00

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Transform Your Habits

Big

Vashti Harrison

4.66

Transform Your Habits

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Jory John

4.17

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If I Was a Horse

Sophie Blackall

3.79

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Ryan T. Higgins

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