12 must-read storytime books like The Truth About Grandparents by Elina Ellis

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The Truth About Grandparents

By: Elina Ellis

3.95

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

In this perfect gift for grandparents and grandchildren alike, a loving child reveals the truth beh…

If you liked the storytime plot in The Truth About Grandparents by Elina Ellis , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of I Wanna Iguana by David Catrow, Karen Kaufman Orloff

1. I Wanna Iguana

By: David Catrow , Karen Kaufman Orloff

4.21

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Alex just has to convince his mom to let him have an iguana, so he puts his arguments in writing. H… read more

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  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • storytime
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2. The Very Busy Spider

By: Eric Carle

4.22

Format: 32 pages, Board book

From bestselling author and illustrator Eric Carle, the creator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar , co… read more

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  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • storytime
  • juvenile
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3. Are You My Mother?

By: P.D. Eastman

4.21

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

ARE YOU MY MOTHER? tells a very simple story for children who have just started to read. their youn… read more

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  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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4. The Day the Crayons Came Home

By: Oliver Jeffers , Drew Daywalt

4.40

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Duncan's Crayons are back with yet another wild range of colorful demands! Boy, Duncan's crayons… read more

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  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • storytime
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5. The Night Before Christmas

By: Clement Clarke Moore , Jan Brett

4.39

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

This poem first appeared in a newspaper in Troy, New York, USA, on December 23, 1823, as "A Visit F… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
"Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse."

-Clement Clarke Moore, The Night Before Christmas

"Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be t…"

-Clement Clarke Moore, The Night Before Christmas

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6. The Rainbow Fish

By: Marcus Pfister , J. Alison James

2.67

Format: 166 pages, Hardcover

The Rainbow Fishis an international bestseller and a modern classic. Eye-catching foilstamping, gli… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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7. Miss Spider's Wedding

By: David Kirk , None

3.31

Format: None pages, Hardcover

New from the bestselling author of Miss Spider's Tea Party. Miss Spider is spinning with joy! She's… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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8. The Book with No Pictures

By: B.J. Novak

4.34

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Warning! This book looks serious but it is actually completely ridiculous! A book with no pictur… read more

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  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • storytime
  • juvenile
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9. Penguin Problems

By: Lane Smith , Jory John

4.00

Format: 45 pages, Hardcover

What?! Oh, you're going to read this book? Somehow I seriously doubt that. I bet you won't even fin… read more

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  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • storytime
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10. This Moose Belongs to Me

By: Oliver Jeffers

3.21

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Wilfred owned a moose. He hadn't always owned a moose. The moose came to him a while ago and he kne… read more

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  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • storytime

11. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

By: Judith Viorst , Ray Cruz

4.26

Format: None pages, Paperback

The perennially popular tale of Alexander's worst day is a storybook that belongs on every child's … read more

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12. One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish

By: Dr. Seuss

3.99

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish is a 1960 children's book by Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel).… read more

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13. From Head to Toe

By: Eric Carle

3.68

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

From Eric Carle, the New York Times bestselling creator of beloved books including The Very Hungry … read more

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14. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

By: Lois Ehlert , Bill Martin Jr. , John Archambault

3.79

Format: 477 pages, Paperback

The 26 characters in this rhythmic, rhyming baby book are a lowercase alphabet with attitude. "A to… read more

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15. Little Elliot, Fall Friends

By: Mike Curato

5.00

Format: 172 pages, Hardcover

It's autumn in the Big City! Little Elliot and Mouse love the hustle and bustle of the city streets… read more

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16. The Story of the Little Mole Who Went in Search of Whodunit

By: Werner Holzwarth , Wolf Erlbruch

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The long-running gross-out bestseller! Since its first publication in 1993, this book has charmed r… read more

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17. A Squash and A Squeeze

By: Julia Donaldson , Axel Scheffler

3.99

Format: 244 pages,

read more

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18. The Twelve Days of Christmas

By: Jan Brett

4.79

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"On the first day of Christmas My true love gave to me A partridge in a pear tree." For many centur… read more

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19. When Grandpa Gives You a Toolbox

By: Jamie L.B. Deenihan

4.20

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

In this delightful story, by the same author who wrote When Grandma Gives You a Lemon Tree, a boy i… read more

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  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • storytime
  • juvenile
Cover of Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Noble Maillard

20. Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story

By: Kevin Noble Maillard

4.42

Format: 42 pages, Hardcover

Fry bread is food. It is warm and delicious, piled high on a plate. Fry bread is time. It brin… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
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21. If I Was a Horse

By: Sophie Blackall

3.79

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

In her funniest book yet, two-time Caldecott Medalist Sophie Blackall captures the astonishing spec… read more

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  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • storytime
  • juvenile
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22. How to Catch a Turkey

By: Adam Wallace

3.79

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times Bestseller! From the bestselling How to Catch series comes a festive turkey tale! … read more

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  • humor
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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23. Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth

By: Oliver Jeffers

4.51

Format: 42 pages, Hardcover

Oliver Jeffers offers a personal look inside his own hopes and wishes for his child--a missive abou… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
"There are only three words you need to live by, son: respect, consideration and tolerance."

-Oliver Jeffers, Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth

Cover of The Swedish Art of Aging Exuberantly: Life Wisdom from Someone Who Will (Probably) Die Before You by Margareta Magnusson

24. The Swedish Art of Aging Exuberantly: Life Wisdom from Someone Who Will (Probably) Die Before You

By: Margareta Magnusson

3.58

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author of The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning— now a TV series… read more

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  • humor
"...unless you depend on your looks for your career or your joy, hinging your life on looking young is such a bad idea."

-Margareta Magnusson, The Swedish Art of Aging Exuberantly: Life Wisdom from Someone Who Will (Probably) Die Before You

"The world is always ending, and yet it continues to survive. We must always hope for a sustainable future, but hope is not enough."

-Margareta Magnusson, The Swedish Art of Aging Exuberantly: Life Wisdom from Someone Who Will (Probably) Die Before You

"It is never too late to do anything, unless it is really too late and you are. dead. The moment you start thinking it is too late, then you begin to die. I will keep going and do all I want to do."

-Margareta Magnusson, The Swedish Art of Aging Exuberantly: Life Wisdom from Someone Who Will (Probably) Die Before You

"The older I get, the more I find that I remember clearly all the things I said yes to, just when I was about to say no. I must admit I have not been open-minded all the time. I just wish I had been."

-Margareta Magnusson, The Swedish Art of Aging Exuberantly: Life Wisdom from Someone Who Will (Probably) Die Before You

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25. The Library Fish (The Library Fish Books)

By: Alyssa Satin Capucilli

3.72

Format: 32 pages, Kindle Edition

In this sweet and adventurous picture book, an unusually literary fish leaves the safety of her bow… read more

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  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • storytime
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26. Made for Me

By: Zack Bush

4.37

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Of all the children that ever could be, You are the one made just for me. From a child's first u… read more

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  • love
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • storytime
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27. The Loud Librarian

By: Jenna Beatrice

4.06

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

A little librarian with a larger-than-life voice finds her place in this sweet and uproarious pictu… read more

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  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • storytime
  • juvenile
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28. Everybody's Tree

By: Barbara M. Joosse

3.38

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Over the course of eighty years a spruce tree grows, along with the little boy who first selected i… read more

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  • family
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Jonny Lambert's Bear and Bird: Learn to Share (The Bear and the Bird) by Jonny Lambert

29. Jonny Lambert's Bear and Bird: Learn to Share (The Bear and the Bird)

By: Jonny Lambert

3.38

Format: 22 pages, Kindle Edition

Take your toddler on a fascinating forest adventure with this adorable baby board book! The snowfla… read more

Similar categories in Jonny Lambert's Jonny Lambert's Bear and Bird: Learn to Share (The Bear and the Bird) book and Elina Ellis's The Truth About Grandparents

  • picture books
Cover of When an Elephant Hears NO by Dazzle Ng

30. When an Elephant Hears NO

By: Dazzle Ng

4.30

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

When an elephant hears NO, a tantrum may follow, and a steaming, stomping elephant blowing up is BI… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Truth About Grandparents by Elina Ellis

31. The Truth About Grandparents

By: Elina Ellis

3.95

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

In this perfect gift for grandparents and grandchildren alike, a loving child reveals the truth beh… read more

Similar categories in Elina Ellis's The Truth About Grandparents book and Elina Ellis's The Truth About Grandparents

  • love
  • childrens
  • humor
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • family
  • storytime
  • juvenile

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I Wanna Iguana

David Catrow , Karen Kaufman Orloff

4.21

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Eric Carle

4.22

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P.D. Eastman

4.21

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4.40

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4.29

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James Dean

3.57

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Jory John

4.17

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