15 must-read nonfiction books like Embroidered Animals: Wild and Woolly Creatures to Stitch and Sew by Yumiko Higuchi

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Embroidered Animals: Wild and Woolly Creatures to Stitch and Sew

By: Yumiko Higuchi

4.33

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Lively and accessible embroidery motifs and sewing projects that highlight the wonder and beauty of…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Embroidered Animals: Wild and Woolly Creatures to Stitch and Sew by Yumiko Higuchi , here is a list of 15 books like this:

Cover of East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon by P.J. Lynch, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, George Webbe Dasent, Jørgen Moe, None

1. East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon

By: P.J. Lynch , Peter Christen Asbjørnsen , George Webbe Dasent , Jørgen Moe , None

4.20

Format: 42 pages, Hardcover

East of the Sun and West of the Moon is the romantic story of a bewitched prince and the determined… read more

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"A great White Bear waits outside. He has faithfully promised to make us all rich if he can but have our youngest daughter."

-P.J. Lynch, East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon

Cover of Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman

2. Anansi Boys

By: Neil Gaiman

4.30

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

God is dead. Meet the kids. Fat Charlie Nancy's normal life ended the moment his father dropped dea… read more

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3. The Illustrated Book of Sayings: Curious Expressions from Around the World

By: Ella Frances Sanders

3.77

Format: 352 pages, ebook

From the author of the New York Times bestseller, Lost in Translation, come this collection of 52 a… read more

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4. Epic Tomatoes: How to Select and Grow the Best Varieties of All Time

By: Sara LeHoullier , Craig Lehoullier

3.50

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

Savor your best tomato harvest ever! Craig LeHoullier, tomato adviser for Seed Savers Exchange, off… read more

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5. Tehanu (Earthsea Cycle, #4)

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

4.60

Format: None pages,

Ursula K. LeGuin follows her classic trilogy from Earthsea with a magical tale that won the 1991 Ne… read more

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6. The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2)

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

4.13

Format: 180 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In this second novel in the Earthsea series, Tenar is chosen as high priestess to the ancient and n… read more

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"COME HOME, TENAR! COME HOME!"

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2)

"The road goes upward towards the light; but the laden traveler may never reach the end of it."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2)

"He had made follow him. He had called her by her name, and she had come crouching to his hand."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2)

"Pride kept her from confiding in the other girls, and caution kept her from confessing to the older women."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2)

7. The Farthest Shore (Earthsea Cycle, #3)

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

4.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

Book Three of Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea CycleDarkness threatens to overtake Earthsea: the world … read more

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8. The Guest Cat

By: Takashi Hiraide , Eric Selland

2.60

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A bestseller in France and winner of Japan's Kiyama Shohei Literary Award, The Guest Cat, by the ac… read more

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9. The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale

By: Jon Klassen

4.26

Format: 105 pages, None

Jon Klassen's retelling of a traditional Tyrolean folktale.In a big abandoned house, on a barren hi… read more

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10. Vesper Flights

By: Helen Macdonald

4.10

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Animals don't exist in order to teach us things, but that is what they have always done, and most … read more

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  • nonfiction
"There's a special phenomenology to walking in woods in winter."

-Helen Macdonald, Vesper Flights

"We call them murmurations, but the Danish term, sort sol , is better: black sun."

-Helen Macdonald, Vesper Flights

"For even if we don't believe in miracles, they are there, and they are waiting for us to find them."

-Helen Macdonald, Vesper Flights

"(P)ulling at your heart on purpose is a compulsion as particular and disconcerting as pressing on a healing bruise."

-Helen Macdonald, Vesper Flights

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11. Lore Olympus: Volume Two (Lore Olympus, #2)

By: Rachel Smythe

4.44

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Witness what the gods do after dark in the second volume of a stylish and contemporary reimagining … read more

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12. Things to Look Forward To: 52 Large and Small Joys for Today and Every Day

By: Sophie Blackall

4.19

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

Everyone needs things to look forward big things and small things, on good days and on bad days, w… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
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13. Mooncakes

By: Suzanne Walker

3.83

Format: 243 pages, Paperback

A story of love and demons, family and witchcraft. Nova Huang knows more about magic than your a… read more

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14. The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

By: Amanda Montell

3.54

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Cultish and host of the podcast Sounds Like a Cult, a delicious blen… read more

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  • nonfiction
"While magical thinking is an age-old quirk, overthinking feels distinct to the modern era—a product of our innate superstitions clashing with information overload, mass loneliness, and a capitalistic…"

-Amanda Montell, The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

"Information transmission research suggests that folks with higher anxiety are quicker to engage with, and slower to disengage from, negative information; so "as a trait and state," anxiety itself per…"

-Amanda Montell, The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

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15. Musical Tables: Poems

By: Billy Collins

3.79

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A collection of more than 125 small poems, all of them new, each a thought or observation compresse… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Lore Olympus: Volume Three (Lore Olympus, #3) by Rachel  Smythe

16. Lore Olympus: Volume Three (Lore Olympus, #3)

By: Rachel Smythe

4.48

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Witness what the gods do after dark in the third volume of a stylish and contemporary reimagining o… read more

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Cover of Unraveling: What I Learned About Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool, and Making the World's Ugliest Sweater by Peggy Orenstein

17. Unraveling: What I Learned About Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool, and Making the World's Ugliest Sweater

By: Peggy Orenstein

3.89

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In this lively, funny memoir, Peggy Orenstein sets out to make a sweater from scratch--shearing, sp… read more

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  • crafts
  • nonfiction
"The beauty was just mind-boggling for this English girl...It was like being in your own national park, but without the signs telling you what you're supposed to think."

-Peggy Orenstein, Unraveling: What I Learned About Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool, and Making the World's Ugliest Sweater

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18. How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy

By: Jenny Odell

3.68

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

When the technologies we use every day collapse our experiences into 24/7 availability, platforms f… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
Cover of The League of Gentlewomen Witches (Dangerous Damsels, #2) by India Holton

19. The League of Gentlewomen Witches (Dangerous Damsels, #2)

By: India Holton

3.92

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the teahouse... Miss Charlotte Pettifer belong… read more

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"Madam,"

-India Holton, The League of Gentlewomen Witches (Dangerous Damsels, #2)

"I’m Irish. Being both Catholic and a pirate are almost obligatory."

-India Holton, The League of Gentlewomen Witches (Dangerous Damsels, #2)

"Alex did not like bewilderment. He liked smug certainty and hitting things with his sword."

-India Holton, The League of Gentlewomen Witches (Dangerous Damsels, #2)

"I meant all the way to Lady Armitage’s house, which will be the climax of our efforts. Once I have my amulet, you can withdraw."

-India Holton, The League of Gentlewomen Witches (Dangerous Damsels, #2)

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20. Suburban Hell

By: Maureen Kilmer

3.52

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A Chicago cul-de-sac is about to get a new neighbor...of the demonic kind. Amy Foster considers he… read more

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21. A Far Wilder Magic

By: Allison Saft

3.85

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

When Margaret Welty spots the legendary hala, the last living mythical creature, she knows the Half… read more

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"How could Margaret ever think he'd lose himself to alchemy when he has already hopelessly lost himself to her?"

-Allison Saft, A Far Wilder Magic

"Girls like her don’t get to dream. Girls like her get to survive. Most days, that’s enough. Today, she doesn’t think it is."

-Allison Saft, A Far Wilder Magic

"How many times will she watch someone leave this place and never look back, while she is left here like a ghost to haunt it?"

-Allison Saft, A Far Wilder Magic

"If he can’t grieve his father or his impossible dreams without hurting his family or himself, what other choice does he have but to keep things light? To dazzle people so they can’t look for the crac…"

-Allison Saft, A Far Wilder Magic

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22. Enchanting Embroidery Designs: Whimsical Animal and Plant Motifs to Stitch

By: MiW Morita

3.92

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Enchanting Embroidery Designs invites you to create your own world using bright thread colors and i… read more

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  • crafts
  • nonfiction
Cover of Mystical Stitches: Embroidery for Personal Empowerment and Magical Embellishment by Christi Johnson

23. Mystical Stitches: Embroidery for Personal Empowerment and Magical Embellishment

By: Christi Johnson

4.30

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Explore personal transformation through the stitching of dreams and intentions. Anything but ordina… read more

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  • crafts
  • art
  • nonfiction
  • sewing
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24. The Embroidered Closet: Modern Hand-stitching for Upgrading and Upcycling Your Wardrobe

By: Alexandra Stratkotter

4.08

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Sustainability meets DIY in this instructive guide to garment embroidery from designer and fiber ar… read more

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  • crafts
  • art
  • nonfiction
  • sewing
Cover of The Art of Papercraft: Unique One-Sheet Projects Using Origami, Weaving, Quilling, Pop-Up, and Other Inventive Techniques by Helen Hiebert

25. The Art of Papercraft: Unique One-Sheet Projects Using Origami, Weaving, Quilling, Pop-Up, and Other Inventive Techniques

By: Helen Hiebert

4.07

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Paper artist and teacher Helen Hiebert compiles a one-of-kind collection of 40 unique projects, eac… read more

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  • crafts
  • art
  • nonfiction
Cover of Paint with Thread: A step-by-step guide to embroidery through the seasons by Emillie Ferris

26. Paint with Thread: A step-by-step guide to embroidery through the seasons

By: Emillie Ferris

4.59

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Slow down and embroider your way through the changing seasons with the beautiful debut book from em… read more

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  • crafts
  • art
  • nonfiction
Cover of Love Notes From The Hollow Tree by Jarod K. Anderson

27. Love Notes From The Hollow Tree

By: Jarod K. Anderson

4.58

Format: 97 pages, Paperback

Poet and podcaster Jarod K. Anderson (creator of The CryptoNaturalist Podcast and author of Field G… read more

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"I hope there is life elsewhere in the universe. I don't care about aliens and advanced technology. I just want there to be one planet that is all moss. A perfect sphere of soft, green carpet. I hope …"

-Jarod K. Anderson, Love Notes From The Hollow Tree

"See a bird and dismiss it. See a bird and learn its species. See a bird and study its behavior. See a bird and question the physics of flight. See a bird and trace its DNA back to the dinosaurs. Life…"

-Jarod K. Anderson, Love Notes From The Hollow Tree

"Lives aren’t completed. They’re concluded. You are, and forever will be, unfinished. This is nature. Cycles and spectrums. Moments and seasons. Do you ask when the weather will be complete? The sprin…"

-Jarod K. Anderson, Love Notes From The Hollow Tree

"We are not how the universe knows itself. We are how humans know the universe. Words and thoughts are our way of knowing, not THE way of knowing. Translating a mountain into a word, into a measuremen…"

-Jarod K. Anderson, Love Notes From The Hollow Tree

Cover of Creature: Paintings, Drawings, and Reflections by Shaun Tan

28. Creature: Paintings, Drawings, and Reflections

By: Shaun Tan

4.59

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

BEST OF THE YEAR The Guardian · SLJ Teen Librarian Toolbox   From the creator of The Arrival, a … read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
Cover of Make and Mend: Sashiko-Inspired Embroidery Projects to Customize and Repair Textiles and Decorate Your Home by Jessica Marquez

29. Make and Mend: Sashiko-Inspired Embroidery Projects to Customize and Repair Textiles and Decorate Your Home

By: Jessica Marquez

4.20

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

An exquisite, full-color guide to sashiko, a simple Japanese stitching technique that uses stunning… read more

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  • crafts
  • art
  • nonfiction
  • sewing
Cover of Embroidered Wild Flowers: Patterns Inspired by Field and Forest (Make Good: Japanese Craft Style) by Kazuko Aoki

30. Embroidered Wild Flowers: Patterns Inspired by Field and Forest (Make Good: Japanese Craft Style)

By: Kazuko Aoki

4.57

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

From dandelions and violets to mushrooms and autumn leaves, this collection of embroidery motifs is… read more

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  • crafts
  • nonfiction
Cover of Embroidered Animals: Wild and Woolly Creatures to Stitch and Sew by Yumiko Higuchi

31. Embroidered Animals: Wild and Woolly Creatures to Stitch and Sew

By: Yumiko Higuchi

4.33

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Lively and accessible embroidery motifs and sewing projects that highlight the wonder and beauty of… read more

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  • crafts
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