22 Top picture books books like When You Breathe by Diana Farid

Cover of When You Breathe by Diana Farid

When You Breathe

By: Diana Farid

3.94

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A poetic and visually breathtaking look at what happens inside your body when you breathe What h…

If you liked the picture books plot in When You Breathe by Diana Farid , here is a list of 22 books like this:

Cover of Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille by Boris Kulikov, Jen Bryant

1. Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille

By: Boris Kulikov , Jen Bryant

4.29

Format: 34 pages, Hardcover

An inspiring picture-book biography of Louis Braille—a blind boy so determined to read that he inve… read more

Similar categories in Boris Kulikov's Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille book and Diana Farid's When You Breathe

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña, Christian Robinson

2. Last Stop on Market Street

By: Matt de la Peña , Christian Robinson

4.30

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

"Sometimes when you're surrounded by dirt, CJ, you're a better witness for what's beautiful." CJ… read more

Similar categories in Matt de la Peña's Last Stop on Market Street book and Diana Farid's When You Breathe

  • picture books
  • childrens
"He wondered how his nana always found beautiful where he never even thought to look."

-Matt de la Peña, Last Stop on Market Street

"Sometimes when you're surrounded by dirt...you're a better witness for what's beautiful."

-Matt de la Peña, Last Stop on Market Street

"Nana, how come we don't got a car?' 'Boy, what do we need a car for? We got a bus that breathes fire, and old Mr. Daniels, who always has a trick for you."

-Matt de la Peña, Last Stop on Market Street

Cover of Freedom in Congo Square by R. Gregory Christie, Carole Boston Weatherford, None

3. Freedom in Congo Square

By: R. Gregory Christie , Carole Boston Weatherford , None

4.28

Format: 34 pages, Hardcover

Chosen as a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of 2016, this poetic, nonfiction story about a lit… read more

Similar categories in R. Gregory Christie's Freedom in Congo Square book and Diana Farid's When You Breathe

  • poetry
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnes, Gordon C. James

4. Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut

By: Derrick Barnes , Gordon C. James

4.38

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

The barbershop is where the magic happens. Boys go in as lumps of clay and, with princely robes dra… read more

Similar categories in Derrick Barnes's Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut book and Diana Farid's When You Breathe

  • poetry
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova by Laurel Snyder, Julie Morstad

5. Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova

By: Laurel Snyder , Julie Morstad

3.74

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

read more

Similar categories in Laurel Snyder's Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova book and Diana Farid's When You Breathe

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Journey (Journey Trilogy #1) by Aaron Becker

6. Journey (Journey Trilogy #1)

By: Aaron Becker

4.37

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Follow a girl on an elaborate flight of fancy in a wondrously illustrated, wordless picture book ab… read more

Similar categories in Aaron Becker's Journey (Journey Trilogy #1) book and Diana Farid's When You Breathe

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean's Most Fearless Scientist by Jess Keating, Marta Álvarez Miguéns

7. Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean's Most Fearless Scientist

By: Jess Keating , Marta Álvarez Miguéns

3.00

Format: 126 pages,

At 9 years old, Eugenie Clark developed an unexpected passion for sharks after a visit to the Batte… read more

Similar categories in Jess Keating's Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean's Most Fearless Scientist book and Diana Farid's When You Breathe

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature
  • science
Cover of The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill

8. The Girl Who Drank the Moon

By: Kelly Barnhill

4.12

Format: 388 pages, Hardcover

Every year, the people of the Protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in th… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Barnhill's The Girl Who Drank the Moon book and Diana Farid's When You Breathe

  • childrens
"Sorrow is dangerous."

-Kelly Barnhill, The Girl Who Drank the Moon

"Magic and madness are link after all."

-Kelly Barnhill, The Girl Who Drank the Moon

"Death is always sudden, even when it isn't"

-Kelly Barnhill, The Girl Who Drank the Moon

"It was wrong not to be curious, it was wrong not to wonder."

-Kelly Barnhill, The Girl Who Drank the Moon

9. Dona Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart

By: Pat Mora , Raúl Colón

3.69

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

Dona Flor is a giant woman who lives in a puebla with lots of families. She loves her neighbors-she… read more

Similar categories in Pat Mora's Dona Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart book and Diana Farid's When You Breathe

Cover of Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson

10. Freewater

By: Amina Luqman-Dawson

4.18

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A middle-grade novel about two enslaved children’s escape from a plantation and the many ways they … read more

Similar categories in Amina Luqman-Dawson's Freewater book and Diana Farid's When You Breathe

  • childrens
"Lord only knows how many of us they keep from running. How many of us stay in these hateful places out of love. I used to think it was from scaring us - beating, cutting, or whipping us that did it. …"

-Amina Luqman-Dawson, Freewater

Cover of The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity by Nicholas  Day

11. The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

By: Nicholas Day

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A propulsive work of narrative nonfiction about how the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre, how t… read more

Similar categories in Nicholas Day's The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity book and Diana Farid's When You Breathe

  • childrens
"Leonard da Vinci had painted the Mona Lisa. But Vincenzo Perugia had turned it into The Mona Lisa."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"The Lourve, he concluded, with an insult designed to puncture French pride, "is less well protected than a Spanish museum."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"If the Mona Lisa is the most famous face in art history, Les Demoiselles is a hatchet thrown at it. It's not a pretty painting. Its brutal and uncomfortable."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"Word of his midnight activities gets out. 'The pope has found out that I have skinned three corpses,' Leonardo writes in his notebook. He gets off easy. He's simply told: please stop skinning corpses."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

Cover of The Truth About Dragons by Julie Leung

12. The Truth About Dragons

By: Julie Leung

4.38

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

An unforgettable lyrical picture book that celebrates biracial identity from the award-winning auth… read more

Similar categories in Julie Leung's The Truth About Dragons book and Diana Farid's When You Breathe

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Except Antarctica: A Hilarious Animal Picture Book for Kids by Todd Sturgell

13. Except Antarctica: A Hilarious Animal Picture Book for Kids

By: Todd Sturgell

4.16

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Featuring a rogue group of cheeky animals who love nothing more than a challenge and a flustered, h… read more

Similar categories in Todd Sturgell's Except Antarctica: A Hilarious Animal Picture Book for Kids book and Diana Farid's When You Breathe

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature
  • science
Cover of All Along the River by Magnus Weightman

14. All Along the River

By: Magnus Weightman

4.47

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Bunny Rabbit has lost her toy duck! So Bunny and her brothers jump in their boat and head down the… read more

Similar categories in Magnus Weightman's All Along the River book and Diana Farid's When You Breathe

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega

15. 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

Similar categories in Claribel A. Ortega's Frizzy book and Diana Farid's When You Breathe

  • 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

Cover of We Are Water Protectors: (Caldecott Medal Winner) by Carole Lindstrom

16. We Are Water Protectors: (Caldecott Medal Winner)

By: Carole Lindstrom

4.51

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by the many Indigenous-led movements across North America, We Are Water Protectors issues … read more

Similar categories in Carole Lindstrom's We Are Water Protectors: (Caldecott Medal Winner) book and Diana Farid's When You Breathe

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature
Cover of Drawn Together by Minh Lê

17. Drawn Together

By: Minh Lê

4.42

Format: 34 pages, Hardcover

When a young boy visits his grandfather, their lack of a common language leads to confusion, frustr… read more

Similar categories in Minh Lê's Drawn Together book and Diana Farid's When You Breathe

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1) by Kwame Alexander

18. The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)

By: Kwame Alexander

4.32

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

An instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! From the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award win… read more

Similar categories in Kwame Alexander's The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1) book and Diana Farid's When You Breathe

  • poetry
  • childrens
"A family tie is like the river. It can bend, but it cannot break."

-Kwame Alexander, The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)

Cover of Julián Is a Mermaid by Jessica     Love

19. Julián Is a Mermaid

By: Jessica Love

4.51

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

In an exuberant picture book, a glimpse of costumed mermaids leaves one boy flooded with wonder and… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Love's Julián Is a Mermaid book and Diana Farid's When You Breathe

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln by Margarita Engle

20. Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln

By: Margarita Engle

4.22

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

The story of Teresa Carreño, a child prodigy who played piano for Abraham Lincoln.As a little girl,… read more

Similar categories in Margarita Engle's Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln book and Diana Farid's When You Breathe

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera by Candace Fleming

21. Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera

By: Candace Fleming

4.54

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Get up close and personal with Apis, one honeybee, as she embarks on her journey through life, comp… read more

Similar categories in Candace Fleming's Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera book and Diana Farid's When You Breathe

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature
  • science
Cover of Garvey in the Dark by Nikki Grimes

22. Garvey in the Dark

By: Nikki Grimes

4.13

Format: 170 pages, Hardcover

What can one voice do? As the first rumblings of the pandemic sound around Garvey, he hardly notice… read more

Similar categories in Nikki Grimes's Garvey in the Dark book and Diana Farid's When You Breathe

  • poetry
  • childrens
Cover of The Road to After by Rebekah Lowell

23. The Road to After

By: Rebekah Lowell

4.42

Format: None pages, Hardcover

This poignant debut novel in verse is a portrait of healing, as a young girl rediscovers life and t… read more

Similar categories in Rebekah Lowell's The Road to After book and Diana Farid's When You Breathe

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • mental health
Cover of The Lost Package by Richard Ho

24. The Lost Package

By: Richard Ho

4.06

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

The story of a package that gets lost, then found and an in-depth behind the scenes look at what ha… read more

Similar categories in Richard Ho's The Lost Package book and Diana Farid's When You Breathe

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of A Seed Grows by Antoinette Portis

25. A Seed Grows

By: Antoinette Portis

4.12

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From tiny seed to a huge, fold-out bloom, the transformative life cycle of a sunflower plays out. … read more

Similar categories in Antoinette Portis's A Seed Grows book and Diana Farid's When You Breathe

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature
  • science
Cover of Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You by Sonia Sotomayor

26. Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You

By: Sonia Sotomayor

4.49

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Feeling different, especially as a kid, can be tough. But in the same way that different types of p… read more

Similar categories in Sonia Sotomayor's Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You book and Diana Farid's When You Breathe

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of The Hope of Elephants by Amanda Rawson Hill

27. The Hope of Elephants

By: Amanda Rawson Hill

4.52

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

An inspiring coming-of-age novel in verse about weathering the uncertainty that comes with family i… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Rawson Hill's The Hope of Elephants book and Diana Farid's When You Breathe

  • poetry
  • childrens
Cover of Leila in Saffron by Rukhsanna Guidroz

28. Leila in Saffron

By: Rukhsanna Guidroz

4.00

Format: 26 pages, Hardcover

A colorful journey of self-discovery and identity, this sweet, vibrant picture book follows young L… read more

Similar categories in Rukhsanna Guidroz's Leila in Saffron book and Diana Farid's When You Breathe

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Teeny Tiny Ghost by Rachel Matson

29. Teeny Tiny Ghost

By: Rachel Matson

4.23

Format: 16 pages, Board Book

An adorable spooky twist on "The Teeny Tiny Woman" that's perfect for Halloween! In the teeny tiny … read more

Similar categories in Rachel Matson's Teeny Tiny Ghost book and Diana Farid's When You Breathe

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of When You Breathe by Diana Farid

30. When You Breathe

By: Diana Farid

3.94

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A poetic and visually breathtaking look at what happens inside your body when you breathe What h… read more

Similar categories in Diana Farid's When You Breathe book and Diana Farid's When You Breathe

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • mental health
  • nature
  • science
Cover of Perfectly Polite Penguins by Georgiana Deutsch

31. Perfectly Polite Penguins

By: Georgiana Deutsch

3.48

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Penguins are always polite. They say "please" and "thank you," they wait their turn patiently, and … read more

Similar categories in Georgiana Deutsch's Perfectly Polite Penguins book and Diana Farid's When You Breathe

  • picture books
  • childrens

30 Best childrens books like When You Breathe by Diana Farid

Transform Your Habits

Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille

Boris Kulikov , Jen Bryant

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Last Stop on Market Street

Matt de la Peña , Christian Robinson

4.30

Transform Your Habits

Freedom in Congo Square

R. Gregory Christie , Carole Boston Weatherford , None

4.28

Transform Your Habits

Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut

Derrick Barnes , Gordon C. James

4.38

View all the books

28 must-read fiction books like Garvey in the Dark by Nikki Grimes

Transform Your Habits

Attack of the Black Rectangles

Amy Sarig King

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Something Like Home

Andrea Beatriz Arango

4.31

Transform Your Habits

A Work in Progress

Jarrett Lerner

4.40

Transform Your Habits

Mascot

Charles Waters

4.02

View all the books

Never miss a story from us, get weekly updates in your inbox.