14 must-read picture books books like The Visible Sounds by Yin Jianling

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The Visible Sounds

By: Yin Jianling

3.78

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Based on the true story of Chinese dancer Lihua Tai, The Visible Sounds tells the uplifting tale of…

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1. 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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2. In.

By: Will McPhail

4.38

Format: 267 pages, Hardcover

A poignant and witty graphic novel by a leading New Yorker cartoonist, following a millennial's jou… read more

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3. I Must Betray You

By: Ruta Sepetys

4.41

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

Romania, 1989. Communist regimes are crumbling across Europe. Seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu … read more

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"A revolution eats its heroes."

-Ruta Sepetys, I Must Betray You

"I envied him, the courage to be himself. In public."

-Ruta Sepetys, I Must Betray You

"Fertility under state control? That's an abuse of human rights!' Bunu would wail."

-Ruta Sepetys, I Must Betray You

"I hadn’t yet absorbed one of life’s universal truths: Things that seem straightforward? Often aren’t."

-Ruta Sepetys, I Must Betray You

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4. Crossing the Line

By: Tia Fisher

4.28

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

'Do you feel safe?' A powerful novel exploring how teenagers can be swept up into county lines. … read more

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5. 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

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"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

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6. When Shadows Fall

By: Sita Brahmachari

3.70

Format: None pages, Audio CD

A heart-breaking and poignant novel from award-winning author Sita Brahmachari. Kai, Orla and Zak g… read more

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7. The Eternal Return of Clara Hart

By: Louise Finch

3.86

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Spence and Anthony have been friends for years, but it’s only when he witnesses a classmate die in … read more

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8. Medusa

By: Jessie Burton

3.87

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A dazzling, feminist retelling of Greek myth from the internationally bestselling author of The Min… read more

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"I'd never known a change that wasn't monstrous."

-Jessie Burton, Medusa

"I was lonely and I was angry, and rage and loneliness can end up tasting the same."

-Jessie Burton, Medusa

"I'm a half-finished map and I'm always trying to plot my points, and I won't have anyone do it for me."

-Jessie Burton, Medusa

"Sometimes, not even folding yourself into the smallest, littlest shape is enough. So you might as well stay the size you're supposed to be"

-Jessie Burton, Medusa

Cover of Welcome to St. Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure (St. Hell, #1) by Lewis Hancox

9. Welcome to St. Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure (St. Hell, #1)

By: Lewis Hancox

4.28

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A groundbreaking memoir about being a trans teen, in the vein of FUN HOME and FLAMER... and at the … read more

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10. What You Need to Be Warm

By: Neil Gaiman

4.20

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

During the coldest season, when the world feels scary—what do you remember about being warm? Baked … read more

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  • childrens
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11. Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise

By: Katherine Rundell

4.10

Format: 76 pages, Hardcover

An unmissable essay on the importance of children's literature by the bestselling and award-winning… read more

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"Children's books are not a hiding place, they are a seeking place."

-Katherine Rundell, Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise

"But the writing we call children’s fiction is not a childish thing: childish things include picking your nose and eating the contents, and tantruming at the failure to get your own way. The 45th Pres…"

-Katherine Rundell, Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise

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12. Needle

By: Patrice Lawrence

3.69

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Award-winning author Patrice Lawrence explores the harsh reality of the criminal justice system for… read more

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13. The Comet

By: Joe Todd-Stanton

4.34

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

When Nyla is forced to leave her home in the country to start life again in the city, all she can t… read more

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14. The Light in Everything

By: Katya Balen

4.32

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the author of October, October, shortlisted for the 2022 CILIP Carnegie Medal, comes a life-af… read more

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Cover of Bear and Bird: The Picnic and Other Stories by Jarvis

15. Bear and Bird: The Picnic and Other Stories

By: Jarvis

4.12

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

Picture-book maven Jarvis brings his subtle wit and charm to the chapter-book realm with this set o… read more

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  • childrens
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16. The Tree and the River

By: Aaron Becker

4.31

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

In an alternate past—or possible future—a mighty tree stands on the banks of a winding river, beari… read more

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  • childrens
Cover of Nour's Secret Library by Wafa' Tarnowska

17. Nour's Secret Library

By: Wafa' Tarnowska

4.35

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Forced to take shelter when their Syrian city is plagued with bombings, young Nour and her cousin b… read more

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"When we read, we see the world through others’ eyes. Our differences seem smaller, and the divisions that lead to war can break down."

-Wafa' Tarnowska, Nour's Secret Library

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18. Until The Road Ends

By: Phil Earle

4.26

Format: None pages, Paperback

Until the Road Ends is the eagerly awaited new novel from the bestselling author of When the Sky T… read more

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  • childrens
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19. The Blue Book of Nebo

By: Manon Steffan Ros

4.16

Format: 156 pages, ebook

Prize-winner in three categories of the 2019 Wales Book of the Year Award, The Blue Book of Nebo p… read more

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"Diuen que els vincles de sang no es tornen mai aigua, però els veu que l'aigua es pot tornar sang."

-Manon Steffan Ros, The Blue Book of Nebo

"La humanitat és una cosa espectacular, tan preparada per estimar sense conviccions, sense complexos."

-Manon Steffan Ros, The Blue Book of Nebo

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20. The Little Match Girl Strikes Back

By: Emma Carroll

4.06

Format: None pages, Audiobook

It only takes one strike! A powerful feminist reworking of the Hans Christian Andersen classic, fro… read more

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Cover of 101 Ways To Read A Book by Timothée de Fombelle

21. 101 Ways To Read A Book

By: Timothée de Fombelle

4.23

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

The Sunflower, The contortionist, The sleepwalker, The romantic . . . this one-of-a-kind whimsical … read more

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22. The Worlds We Leave Behind

By: A.F. Harrold

3.89

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From acclaimed author and illustrator pair A.F. Harrold and Levi Pinfold comes another powerful and… read more

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23. Island of Whispers

By: Frances Hardinge

4.35

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

The award-winning, bestselling Frances Hardinge and Emily Gravett unite for the first time to conju… read more

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"Kindness is not weakness. To be kind in this unkind world is walking through a battlefield without armour or sword. It takes courage and strength to be kind."

-Frances Hardinge, Island of Whispers

"They do not touch you. But they will trick you into touching them. Falter-moths, grief-winged. Things of doubt and confusion that feed on loss. If you touch them, they will feed on you..."

-Frances Hardinge, Island of Whispers

"There was a trick to seeing and hearing the Dead, like the trick to falling asleep. You had to not quite listen, not quite look, not quite think. You let the edges of your mind slip into the right so…"

-Frances Hardinge, Island of Whispers

"Everywhere Milo saw traces of his father - his chair, his bowl, the roof he had planned to mend. The worst thing about losing somebody is that, even after you survive a difficult day, the next mornin…"

-Frances Hardinge, Island of Whispers

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24. 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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25. The Wilderness

By: Steve McCarthy

4.24

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

This is a real adventure book, so be careful not to get too lost between its pages... The Vasylenk… read more

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  • childrens
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26. To the Other Side

By: Erika Meza

4.30

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Author-illustrator Erika Meza delivers a stunning and emotionally rich book from the viewpoint of t… read more

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  • childrens
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27. April's Garden

By: Isla (Izzy) McGuckin

4.34

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Living in a grey and dreary room in a house that couldn't feel less like home, April dreams about h… read more

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Cover of Rescuing Titanic: A true story of quiet bravery in the North Atlantic (Hidden Histories) by Flora Delargy

28. Rescuing Titanic: A true story of quiet bravery in the North Atlantic (Hidden Histories)

By: Flora Delargy

4.41

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

This exquisitely illustrated story of quiet bravery tells in rich detail how the little ship Carpat… read more

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  • childrens
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29. Wrath

By: Marcus Sedgwick

3.75

Format: 116 pages, Kindle Edition

From the multi-award-winning author of Midwinterblood and The Ghosts of Heaven comes a suspenseful,… read more

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30. Alte Zachen / Old Things

By: Ziggy Hanaor

4.03

Format: 72 pages, Hardcover

A beautifully illustrated and presented intergenerational graphic novel that follows 11-year-old Be… read more

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Cover of The Visible Sounds by Yin Jianling

31. The Visible Sounds

By: Yin Jianling

3.78

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Based on the true story of Chinese dancer Lihua Tai, The Visible Sounds tells the uplifting tale of… read more

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