10 Best picture books books like Horse Power: How Horses Changed the World by Jennifer Thermes

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Horse Power: How Horses Changed the World

By: Jennifer Thermes

3.96

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

From their earliest evolution to the invention of the “horseless carriage,” author-illustrator Jenn…

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Cover of The Runaway King (The Ascendance Trilogy, #2) by Jennifer A. Nielsen

1. The Runaway King (The Ascendance Trilogy, #2)

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.40

Format: 436 pages, Hardcover

The thrilling sequel to Jennifer A. Nielsen's blockbuster NEW YORK TIMES bestseller THE FALSE PRINC… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer A. Nielsen's The Runaway King (The Ascendance Trilogy, #2) book and Jennifer Thermes's Horse Power: How Horses Changed the World

  • middle grade
Cover of Homer Price by Robert McCloskey

2. Homer Price

By: Robert McCloskey

4.09

Format: 149 pages, Paperback

Welcome to Centerburg! Where you can win a hundred dollars by eating all the doughnuts you want; wh… read more

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  • middle grade
  • picture books
  • childrens
"By the time Uncle Ulysses and the sheriff arrived and pushed through the crowd, the lunchroom was a calamity of doughnuts! Doughnuts in the window, doughnuts piled high on the shelves, doughnuts stac…"

-Robert McCloskey, Homer Price

"Homer got down from the chair and pushed a button on the machine marked, "start". Rings of batter started dropping into the hot fat. After a ring of batter was cooked on one side, an automatic gadget…"

-Robert McCloskey, Homer Price

3. The Shadow Throne (The Ascendance Trilogy, #3)

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

3.66

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

One war. Too many deadly battles. Can a king save his kingdom when his own survival seems unlikely?… read more

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4. The False Prince (The Ascendance Trilogy #1)

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

3.43

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

In a discontent kingdom, civil war is brewing. To unify the divided people, Conner, a nobleman of t… read more

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5. A Child of Books

By: Oliver Jeffers , Sam Winston

4.53

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

I am a child of books. I come from a world of stories. A little girl sails her raft across a sea of… read more

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6. One for the Murphys

By: Lynda Mullaly Hunt

3.35

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Carley Connors can take a lot. Growing up in Las Vegas with her fun-loving mother, … read more

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7. 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

Similar categories in Jory John's The Big Cheese (The Food Group, #7) book and Jennifer Thermes's Horse Power: How Horses Changed the World

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale by Jon Klassen

8. 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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  • middle grade
  • picture books
  • childrens
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9. Linked

By: Gordon Korman

4.18

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Link, Michael, and Dana live in a quiet town. But it's woken up very quickly when someone sneaks in… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
"A paper chain can be done when it hits a certain number of links. But tolerance is a project you always have to keep working at."

-Gordon Korman, Linked

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10. Alone

By: Megan E. Freeman

4.14

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

When twelve-year-old Maddie hatches a scheme for a secret sleepover with her two best friends, she … read more

Similar categories in Megan E. Freeman's Alone book and Jennifer Thermes's Horse Power: How Horses Changed the World

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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11. Timid

By: Jonathan Todd

3.57

Format: 266 pages, Paperback

A semiautobiographical middle-grade graphic novel about frenemies, fitting in, and finding your voi… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Chez Bob (Chez Bob, 1) by Bob Shea

12. Chez Bob (Chez Bob, 1)

By: Bob Shea

4.27

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From the hilarious author of Who Wet My Pants?, Unicorn Thinks He's Pretty Great, and the Dinosaur … read more

Similar categories in Bob Shea's Chez Bob (Chez Bob, 1) book and Jennifer Thermes's Horse Power: How Horses Changed the World

  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
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13. Sipsworth

By: Simon Van Booy

4.26

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Over the course of a single week, a woman who is ready to die discovers an unexpected reason to liv… read more

Similar categories in Simon Van Booy's Sipsworth book and Jennifer Thermes's Horse Power: How Horses Changed the World

  • animals
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14. Simon Sort of Says

By: Erin Bow

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Simon O’Keeffe’s biggest claim to fame should be the time his dad accidentally gave a squirrel a ho… read more

Similar categories in Erin Bow's Simon Sort of Says book and Jennifer Thermes's Horse Power: How Horses Changed the World

  • middle grade
  • childrens
"Dad picks Denver [to get his rabies shots], and he's totally fine, but he's going to be away for three days. "Just like Jesus," Mom says. I can hear the phone say, "Isobel!"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"In the tabernacle did the [squirrel]--" "Eat the Host?" says Dad. "Yes he did." "And was it--" "Consecrated?" says Dad. "Yes it was." ... "What, uh, happened to the squirrel?" "That squirrel is now 3…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"The dog- Todd?- looks up from its leaking beer, puffs a sigh, then crosses the room to head-butt the fridge door closed. "Ummm" I manage "Did you see he got a--" "It's okay," she says. "He only has o…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

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15. Allergic

By: Megan Wagner Lloyd

4.25

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A coming-of-age middle-grade graphic novel featuring a girl with severe allergies who just wants to… read more

Similar categories in Megan Wagner Lloyd's Allergic book and Jennifer Thermes's Horse Power: How Horses Changed the World

  • animals
  • middle grade
  • childrens
"Your heart’s expanded enough, Mom! Let’s go!"

-Megan Wagner Lloyd, Allergic

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16. The Last Cuentista

By: Donna Barba Higuera

4.07

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

There lived a girl named Petra Peña, who wanted nothing more than to be a storyteller, like her abu… read more

Similar categories in Donna Barba Higuera's The Last Cuentista book and Jennifer Thermes's Horse Power: How Horses Changed the World

  • middle grade
  • childrens
"Suma's eyes are still closed, and I can't tell if she's trying to forget, or to remember. Maybe stories are there to help us do both. I know stories can't always have happy endings. But if there are …"

-Donna Barba Higuera, The Last Cuentista

Cover of Milo Imagines the World by Matt de la Peña

17. Milo Imagines the World

By: Matt de la Peña

4.49

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Milo is on a long subway ride with his older sister. To pass the time, he studies the faces around … read more

Similar categories in Matt de la Peña's Milo Imagines the World book and Jennifer Thermes's Horse Power: How Horses Changed the World

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Amari and the Night Brothers (Supernatural Investigations, #1) by B.B. Alston

18. Amari and the Night Brothers (Supernatural Investigations, #1)

By: B.B. Alston

4.38

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Quinton Peters was the golden boy of the Rosewood low-income housing projects, receiving full schol… read more

Similar categories in B.B. Alston's Amari and the Night Brothers (Supernatural Investigations, #1) book and Jennifer Thermes's Horse Power: How Horses Changed the World

  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega

19. Frizzy

By: Claribel A. Ortega

4.48

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A middle grade graphic novel about Marlene, a young girl who stops straightening her hair and embra… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
"We learn things from our parents, who learn things from their parents, who learned that from their parents. It doesn't make those things okay to believe..."

-Claribel A. Ortega, Frizzy

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20. The Labors of Hercules Beal

By: Gary D. Schmidt

4.53

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning author Gary D. Schmidt, a warm and witty novel in the tradition of The Wednesday… read more

Similar categories in Gary D. Schmidt's The Labors of Hercules Beal book and Jennifer Thermes's Horse Power: How Horses Changed the World

  • middle grade
  • childrens
"And when Achilles went inside the Vampire said to me, "You all right?" I nodded. "I'm okay." "Okay is good enough for now," she said."

-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal

"Most people don't think we even look like brothers," I said. "You do when you're asleep," she said. "Your face relaxes, and you stop worrying, and all that grit you two carry around falls away, and y…"

-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal

Cover of Mr. S: A First Day of School Book by Monica Arnaldo

21. Mr. S: A First Day of School Book

By: Monica Arnaldo

4.21

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

It was the first day of school. But even the kindergarteners of room 2B could tell something was se… read more

Similar categories in Monica Arnaldo's Mr. S: A First Day of School Book book and Jennifer Thermes's Horse Power: How Horses Changed the World

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Starfish by Lisa Fipps

22. Starfish

By: Lisa Fipps

4.46

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Ellie is tired of being fat-shamed and does something about it in this debut novel-in-verse. Eve… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
"I'm a starfish, taking p all the room I want."

-Lisa Fipps, Starfish

"I'm a starfish, taking up all the room I want."

-Lisa Fipps, Starfish

"DNA doesn't make you family. Love does. Actions do."

-Lisa Fipps, Starfish

"No matter what others say or do, embrace what makes you, you."

-Lisa Fipps, Starfish

Cover of Evergreen by Matthew Cordell

23. 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

Similar categories in Matthew Cordell's Evergreen book and Jennifer Thermes's Horse Power: How Horses Changed the World

  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature
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24. Ground Zero

By: Alan Gratz

4.33

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

It's September 11, 2001. Brandon, a 9-year-old boy, goes to work for the day with his dad . . . at … read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
"And without a dream, without ambition, what point was there to living?"

-Alan Gratz, Ground Zero

Cover of Both Can Be True by Jules Machias

25. Both Can Be True

By: Jules Machias

4.04

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Two kids join forces to save a dog . . . but wind up saving each other. Ash is no stranger to fe… read more

Similar categories in Jules Machias's Both Can Be True book and Jennifer Thermes's Horse Power: How Horses Changed the World

  • middle grade
"Gender nonbinary sounds so restrictive. Like your gender can either be binary or not binary. Which...is a binary"

-Jules Machias, Both Can Be True

"I finish tweaking my lyrics, then title the song 'Half-way Through the Crossfade.' I record myself playing it on the keyboard and singing it. It feels good. It feels right .I'm saying my truth, and I…"

-Jules Machias, Both Can Be True

"I want to be as laid-back about gender as they are. But I'm not laid-back at all, thanks to Dad. I'm Ashley or I'm Asher and that's that. While I'm switching, for that week or so, everything feels gr…"

-Jules Machias, Both Can Be True

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26. A Duet for Home

By: Karina Yan Glaser

4.24

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Told from the perspective of biracial sixth-graders June and Tyrell, two children living in a homel… read more

Similar categories in Karina Yan Glaser's A Duet for Home book and Jennifer Thermes's Horse Power: How Horses Changed the World

  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of In My Mosque by M.O. Yuksel

27. In My Mosque

By: M.O. Yuksel

4.48

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Step in and discover all the rituals and wonder of the mosque in this lyrical debut picture book fr… read more

Similar categories in M.O. Yuksel's In My Mosque book and Jennifer Thermes's Horse Power: How Horses Changed the World

  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly

28. Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

By: Margot Lee Shetterly

4.44

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden were good at math...really g… read more

Similar categories in Margot Lee Shetterly's Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race book and Jennifer Thermes's Horse Power: How Horses Changed the World

  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • history
  • childrens
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29. Elfie Unperfect

By: Kristin Mahoney

4.19

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Perfectionist Elfie Oster learns the value of "unperfection," in this funny look at middle school l… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Mahoney's Elfie Unperfect book and Jennifer Thermes's Horse Power: How Horses Changed the World

  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Horse Power: How Horses Changed the World by Jennifer Thermes

30. Horse Power: How Horses Changed the World

By: Jennifer Thermes

3.96

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

From their earliest evolution to the invention of the “horseless carriage,” author-illustrator Jenn… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Thermes's Horse Power: How Horses Changed the World book and Jennifer Thermes's Horse Power: How Horses Changed the World

  • history
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • horses
  • nature

23 Top childrens books like Horse Power: How Horses Changed the World by Jennifer Thermes

Transform Your Habits

Homer Price

Robert McCloskey

4.09

Transform Your Habits

The Big Cheese (The Food Group, #7)

Jory John

4.17

Transform Your Habits

The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale

Jon Klassen

4.26

Transform Your Habits

Linked

Gordon Korman

4.18

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Transform Your Habits

The Colossus Rises (Seven Wonders, #1)

Peter Lerangis , Mike Reagan

3.85

Transform Your Habits

The Zodiac Legacy: Convergence (Zodiac Legacy, #1)

Stan Lee , Andie Tong , Stuart Moore

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Keeper of the Lost Cities (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #1)

Shannon Messenger

3.09

Transform Your Habits

Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

Sara Pascoe

4.30

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