19 Best middle grade books like 100 Things to Know About Planet Earth (100 Things to Know) by Alice James

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100 Things to Know About Planet Earth (100 Things to Know)

By: Alice James

4.41

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

What are phantom islands? How did the Black Death cause an ice age? How could graffiti save endange…

If you liked the middle grade plot in 100 Things to Know About Planet Earth (100 Things to Know) by Alice James , here is a list of 19 books like this:

Cover of George's Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake

1. George's Marvellous Medicine

By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

4.03

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

George's Grandma is a grizzly, grumpy, selfish old woman with pale brown teeth and a small puckered… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of The Boy in the Dress by Quentin Blake, David Walliams

2. The Boy in the Dress

By: Quentin Blake , David Walliams

4.09

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The sparkling debut children's novel from David Walliams, co-creator and co-star of the multi-award… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of The World’s Worst Children by Tony Ross, David Walliams

3. The World’s Worst Children

By: Tony Ross , David Walliams

4.14

Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition

From the world’s favourite author, David Walliams – ten cautionary tales and a delightfully dreadfu… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Charlie Bucket, #2) by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake

4. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Charlie Bucket, #2)

By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

3.68

Format: 159 pages, Paperback

Last seen flying through the sky in a giant elevator in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie … read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
"You'll never get anywhere if you go about what-iffing like that."

-Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Charlie Bucket, #2)

"It was an unhappy truth, he told himself, that nearly all people in the world behave badly when there is something really big at stake."

-Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Charlie Bucket, #2)

"The President said a very rude word into the microphone and ten million children across the nation began repeating it gleefully and got smacked by their parents."

-Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Charlie Bucket, #2)

"It's very difficult to phone people in China, Mr President,' said the Postmaster General. 'The country's so full of Wings and Wongs, every time you wing you get the wong number."

-Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Charlie Bucket, #2)

Cover of Adventures with Waffles by Kate Forrester, Maria Parr, Guy Puzey

5. Adventures with Waffles

By: Kate Forrester , Maria Parr , Guy Puzey

3.84

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Lena is Trille's best friend, even if she is a girl. And there is never an ordinary day when you've… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens

6. The Cloud Searchers (Amulet, #3)

By: Kazu Kibuishi

3.99

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

An impossible journey with danger at every turn... Emily, Navin, and their crew of resistance fight… read more

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7. The 13-Storey Treehouse

By: Terry Denton , Andy Griffiths

2.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Who wouldn't want to live in a treehouse? Especially a 13-storey treehouse that has a bowling alley… read more

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8. Awful Auntie

By: David Walliams

3.67

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A page-turning, rollicking romp of a read, sparkling with Walliams' most eccentric characters yet a… read more

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9. The Usborne Book of Famous Paintings

By: Philip Hopman , None , None

3.81

Format: 263 pages, Hardcover

Originally published: London: Usborne, 2009. read more

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10. How to Be a Pirate (How to Train Your Dragon, #2)

By: Cressida Cowell

3.00

Format: 468 pages, Hardcover

Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III was a Viking Hero--dashing, brave, and ever so clever. But even Vikin… read more

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11. I Survived the Hindenburg Disaster, 1937 (I Survived, #13)

By: Lauren Tarshis , Scott Dawson

3.67

Format: None pages, Paperback

New York Times bestselling author Lauren Tarshis provides a birds-eye view of one of America's most… read more

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12. Billionaire Boy

By: David Walliams

4.14

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A hilarious, touching and extraordinary new fable from the author of The Boy in the Dress and Mr St… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
"My name is Mr Bread." He began writing his name neatly on the board. "But you can call me Peter." Suddenly there was quiet, as thirty little brains whirred. "Pita Bread!" proclaimed a ginger-haired b…"

-David Walliams, Billionaire Boy

13. Gangsta Granny

By: Tony Ross , David Walliams

4.45

Format: 122 pages, Hardcover

Another hilarious and moving novel from David Walliams, number one bestseller and fastest growing c… read more

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14. The Wild Robot (The Wild Robot, #1)

By: Peter Brown

4.05

Format: 12 pages, Hardcover

When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild… read more

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15. Ten Apples Up On Top!

By: Theo LeSieg , Roy McKie

4.40

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Learning to count has never been more fun than in this crazy tale of a dog, a lion and a tiger all … read more

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16. The Maze of Bones (The 39 Clues, #1)

By: Rick Riordan

3.00

Format: 24 pages, Hardcover

Minutes before she died Grace Cahill changed her will, leaving her decendants an impossible decisio… read more

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Cover of Gangsta Granny Strikes Again! by David Walliams

17. Gangsta Granny Strikes Again!

By: David Walliams

4.28

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

Ben is getting used to life without his beloved granny. She was a cabbage enthusiast, a Scrabble pa… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
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18. Lines of Courage

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.30

Format: 390 pages, Hardcover

The stories of five kids living through World War I, each of whom holds the key to the others' futu… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Being Good by Louie Stowell

19. Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Being Good

By: Louie Stowell

4.11

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Packed with doodles and cartoons, here is the diary of Loki as he’s trapped on earth as a petulant … read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill

20. 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
"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

Cover of The Lion Above the Door by Onjali Q. Raúf

21. The Lion Above the Door

By: Onjali Q. Raúf

4.35

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

From Onjali Q. Rauf, the award-winning and best-selling author of The Boy at the Back of the Class … read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of The Christmasaurus and the Winter Witch by Tom    Fletcher

22. The Christmasaurus and the Winter Witch

By: Tom Fletcher

4.43

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The eagerly-anticipated sequel to Tom Fletcher's bestselling magical adventure, The Christmasaurus.… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Taking the Blame by Louie Stowell

23. Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Taking the Blame

By: Louie Stowell

4.23

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Odin has given Loki another chance to prove himself worthy of Asgard. But earning everyone's trust … read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Code Name Bananas by David Walliams

24. Code Name Bananas

By: David Walliams

4.02

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Go back in time with No. 1 bestselling author David Walliams for a whizz-bang epic adventure of act… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of The Magic Forest (Fairy Unicorns #1) by Zanna Davidson

25. The Magic Forest (Fairy Unicorns #1)

By: Zanna Davidson

4.12

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

Zoe is staying with her great-aunt when she discovers a magical world full of fairy unicorns. But s… read more

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  • childrens
Cover of Saving Sorya: Chang and the Sun Bear by Trang Nguyễn

26. Saving Sorya: Chang and the Sun Bear

By: Trang Nguyễn

4.40

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

* "Perfect for animal-loving fans of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan and Rosanne Parry’… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
Cover of There's a Snake at My School! by David Walliams

27. There's a Snake at My School!

By: David Walliams

4.09

Format: 38 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling dream team David Walliams and Tony Ross comes another classic picture book in the … read more

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  • childrens
Cover of Lost on Gibbon Island by Jess Butterworth

28. Lost on Gibbon Island

By: Jess Butterworth

4.07

Format: 143 pages, Kindle Edition

The Last Bear meets The Life of Pi in this beautifully-written survival story set on a Cambodian is… read more

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  • middle grade
Cover of Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1) by Katherine Rundell

29. Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

By: Katherine Rundell

4.18

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The day Christopher saved a drowning baby griffin from a hidden lake would change his life forever.… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
"I'm no philosopher, and I prefer, in an ideal world, to go uneaten. (p. 111)"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

"What is this rainfall of children? Did I go sailing just to have storms of infants cascading down my sail at me? (p. 74)"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

"Nighthand grunted, and signalled for another bottle of wine. "Are you sure?" said Irian. "Shouldn't we keep our wits about us?" "I see no reason to. I prefer the world drunk. It disappoints me less."…"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

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30. 100 Things to Know About Planet Earth (100 Things to Know)

By: Alice James

4.41

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

What are phantom islands? How did the Black Death cause an ice age? How could graffiti save endange… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
Cover of Through the Water Curtain and other Tales from Around the World by Cornelia Funke

31. Through the Water Curtain and other Tales from Around the World

By: Cornelia Funke

3.80

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A delightful, diverse selection of fairy tales from around the world by one of our most beloved chi… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens

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Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

4.03

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4.09

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The World’s Worst Children

Tony Ross , David Walliams

4.14

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Jacqueline Wilson

3.72

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Tom Fletcher

4.23

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David Walliams

4.28

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