24 Best childrens books like The Painter and the President: Gilbert Stuart's Brush with George Washington by Sarah Albee

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The Painter and the President: Gilbert Stuart's Brush with George Washington

By: Sarah Albee

4.10

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

George Washington hated having his portrait painted, but as president of the United States, he knew…

If you liked the childrens plot in The Painter and the President: Gilbert Stuart's Brush with George Washington by Sarah Albee , here is a list of 24 books like this:

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1. The Boy and the Elephant

By: Freya Blackwood

4.50

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

The powerful new picture book from Greenaway Medallist and seven-time CBCA winner, Freya Blackwood … read more

Similar categories in Freya Blackwood's The Boy and the Elephant book and Sarah Albee's The Painter and the President: Gilbert Stuart's Brush with George Washington

  • picture books
  • childrens
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2. My Lost Freedom: A Japanese American World War II Story

By: George Takei

4.47

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A moving, beautifully illustrated true story for children ages 6 to 9 about growing up in Japanese … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
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3. Brave Baby Hummingbird

By: Sy Montgomery

4.29

Format: 48 pages, ebook

A picture book about the most exquisite and extraordinary of winged creatures—hummingbirds. The … read more

Similar categories in Sy Montgomery's Brave Baby Hummingbird book and Sarah Albee's The Painter and the President: Gilbert Stuart's Brush with George Washington

  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of The Fabulous Fannie Farmer: Kitchen Scientist and America’s Cook by Emma Bland Smith

4. The Fabulous Fannie Farmer: Kitchen Scientist and America’s Cook

By: Emma Bland Smith

4.32

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Fannie Farmer, America’s most famous cooking teacher, discovers that precise measurements are a rec… read more

Similar categories in Emma Bland Smith's The Fabulous Fannie Farmer: Kitchen Scientist and America’s Cook book and Sarah Albee's The Painter and the President: Gilbert Stuart's Brush with George Washington

  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
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5. What's New, Daniel?

By: Micha Archer

4.27

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Caldecott Honor winner Micha Archer’s gloriously detailed collages invite readers into Daniel’s blo… read more

Similar categories in Micha Archer's What's New, Daniel? book and Sarah Albee's The Painter and the President: Gilbert Stuart's Brush with George Washington

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Cactus Queen: Minerva Hoyt Establishes Joshua Tree National Park by Lori Alexander

6. Cactus Queen: Minerva Hoyt Establishes Joshua Tree National Park

By: Lori Alexander

4.27

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

How did the Joshua Tree National Park in California come to be? Meet Minerva Hamilton Hoyt, an arti… read more

Similar categories in Lori Alexander's Cactus Queen: Minerva Hoyt Establishes Joshua Tree National Park book and Sarah Albee's The Painter and the President: Gilbert Stuart's Brush with George Washington

  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
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7. Life After Whale: The Amazing Ecosystem of a Whale Fall

By: Lynn Brunelle

4.66

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Follow a blue whale’s enormous body to the bottom of the ocean, where it sets the stage for a bustl… read more

Similar categories in Lynn Brunelle's Life After Whale: The Amazing Ecosystem of a Whale Fall book and Sarah Albee's The Painter and the President: Gilbert Stuart's Brush with George Washington

  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
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8. One Day This Tree Will Fall

By: Leslie Barnard Booth

4.50

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Discover how a tree’s wounds and decay bring new life to the forest ecosystem in this lyrical nonfi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
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9. Starlight Symphony

By: Buffy Silverman

4.87

Format: 32 pages, Library Binding

Eee-oh-lay! Chirp-a-chirp! Rat-a-tat! Nature is full of music. Listen in as a wood thrush, a cri… read more

Similar categories in Buffy Silverman's Starlight Symphony book and Sarah Albee's The Painter and the President: Gilbert Stuart's Brush with George Washington

  • picture books
Cover of Thomas Jefferson's Battle for Science: Bias, Truth, and a Mighty Moose! by Beth  Anderson

10. Thomas Jefferson's Battle for Science: Bias, Truth, and a Mighty Moose!

By: Beth Anderson

4.41

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Thomas Jefferson is one of the most famous founding fathers, but did you know that his mind was alw… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • presidents
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
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11. Volcanoes

By: Nell Cross Beckerman

4.61

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

The team behind the acclaimed book Caves returns with an enticing exploration of one of the most ex… read more

Similar categories in Nell Cross Beckerman's Volcanoes book and Sarah Albee's The Painter and the President: Gilbert Stuart's Brush with George Washington

  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Almost Underwear: How a Piece of Cloth Traveled from Kitty Hawk to the Moon and Mars by Jonathan Roth

12. Almost Underwear: How a Piece of Cloth Traveled from Kitty Hawk to the Moon and Mars

By: Jonathan Roth

4.78

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

None read more

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  • nonfiction
  • picture books
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13. I See Color

By: Valerie Bolling

4.46

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

For fans of The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander and Little Leaders by Vashti Harrison, I See Color is… read more

Similar categories in Valerie Bolling's I See Color book and Sarah Albee's The Painter and the President: Gilbert Stuart's Brush with George Washington

  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • history
  • childrens
Cover of Pedal, Balance, Steer: Annie Londonderry, the First Woman to Cycle Around the World by Vivian Kirkfield

14. Pedal, Balance, Steer: Annie Londonderry, the First Woman to Cycle Around the World

By: Vivian Kirkfield

4.59

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Annie Londonderry proves women can do anything they set their minds to—even cycle around the world—… read more

Similar categories in Vivian Kirkfield's Pedal, Balance, Steer: Annie Londonderry, the First Woman to Cycle Around the World book and Sarah Albee's The Painter and the President: Gilbert Stuart's Brush with George Washington

  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
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15. Daughter of the Light-Footed People: The Story of Indigenous Marathon Champion Lorena Ramírez

By: Belen Medina

4.29

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Meet Lorena Ramírez, an Indigenous Rarámuri athlete from Mexico who is internationally known for wi… read more

Similar categories in Belen Medina's Daughter of the Light-Footed People: The Story of Indigenous Marathon Champion Lorena Ramírez book and Sarah Albee's The Painter and the President: Gilbert Stuart's Brush with George Washington

  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • biography
  • childrens
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16. Mr. Pei’s Perfect Shapes: The Story of Architect I. M. Pei

By: Julie Leung

4.09

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From APALA Award–winning author Julie Leung comes the inspirational story of Chinese American archi… read more

Similar categories in Julie Leung's Mr. Pei’s Perfect Shapes: The Story of Architect I. M. Pei book and Sarah Albee's The Painter and the President: Gilbert Stuart's Brush with George Washington

  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
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17. The Dictionary Story

By: Sam Winston

4.35

Format: 56 pages, Hardcover

The much-anticipated new picture book from the best-selling, award-winning creators of A Child of B… read more

Similar categories in Sam Winston's The Dictionary Story book and Sarah Albee's The Painter and the President: Gilbert Stuart's Brush with George Washington

  • art
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Call Me Roberto!: Roberto Clemente Goes to Bat for Latinos by Nathalie Alonso

18. Call Me Roberto!: Roberto Clemente Goes to Bat for Latinos

By: Nathalie Alonso

4.40

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Here is the often overlooked yet inspirational story of Major League Baseball player Roberto Clemen… read more

Similar categories in Nathalie Alonso's Call Me Roberto!: Roberto Clemente Goes to Bat for Latinos book and Sarah Albee's The Painter and the President: Gilbert Stuart's Brush with George Washington

  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • biography
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19. A Star Shines Through

By: Anna Desnitskaya

4.18

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

An poignant story about a displaced family making a home in the aftermath of war. ​We used to live… read more

Similar categories in Anna Desnitskaya's A Star Shines Through book and Sarah Albee's The Painter and the President: Gilbert Stuart's Brush with George Washington

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of The Painter and the President: Gilbert Stuart's Brush with George Washington by Sarah Albee

20. The Painter and the President: Gilbert Stuart's Brush with George Washington

By: Sarah Albee

4.10

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

George Washington hated having his portrait painted, but as president of the United States, he knew… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Albee's The Painter and the President: Gilbert Stuart's Brush with George Washington book and Sarah Albee's The Painter and the President: Gilbert Stuart's Brush with George Washington

  • art
  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • childrens
  • presidents
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
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21. I'm Sorry You Got Mad

By: Kyle Lukoff

4.54

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Newbery Honor-winner Kyle Lukoff explores the importance of learning to apologize. Jack wants to… read more

Similar categories in Kyle Lukoff's I'm Sorry You Got Mad book and Sarah Albee's The Painter and the President: Gilbert Stuart's Brush with George Washington

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Katie, Big and Strong: The True Story of the Mighty Woman Who Could Lift Anything by Jennifer Cooper

22. Katie, Big and Strong: The True Story of the Mighty Woman Who Could Lift Anything

By: Jennifer Cooper

4.54

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Katie Sandwina lifted more than carousels and cannons—she also lifted up women everywhere! Discover… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Cooper's Katie, Big and Strong: The True Story of the Mighty Woman Who Could Lift Anything book and Sarah Albee's The Painter and the President: Gilbert Stuart's Brush with George Washington

  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
Cover of L Is for Love by Atinuke

23. L Is for Love

By: Atinuke

4.03

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

The creators of the award-winning Baby Goes to Market follow the family at dawn through the lively … read more

Similar categories in Atinuke's L Is for Love book and Sarah Albee's The Painter and the President: Gilbert Stuart's Brush with George Washington

  • picture books
  • childrens
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24. Cookie Time

By: Jessie Sima

4.01

Format: 56 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling creator of Not Quite Narwhal comes a tasty picture book about t… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Everywhere Beauty Is Harlem: The Vision of Photographer Roy DeCarava by Gary Golio

25. Everywhere Beauty Is Harlem: The Vision of Photographer Roy DeCarava

By: Gary Golio

4.22

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A child of the Harlem Renaissance and an artistic collaborator of Langston Hughes, Roy DeCarava is … read more

Similar categories in Gary Golio's Everywhere Beauty Is Harlem: The Vision of Photographer Roy DeCarava book and Sarah Albee's The Painter and the President: Gilbert Stuart's Brush with George Washington

  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
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26. Sea Wolves: Keepers of the Rainforest

By: MEGAN BENEDICT

3.68

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

This lyrical, stunningly illustrated book explores the sea wolf—an apex marine mammal evolved from … read more

Similar categories in MEGAN BENEDICT's Sea Wolves: Keepers of the Rainforest book and Sarah Albee's The Painter and the President: Gilbert Stuart's Brush with George Washington

  • nonfiction
Cover of Swinging into History: Toni Stone: Big-League Baseball's First Woman Player by Karen L.  Swanson

27. Swinging into History: Toni Stone: Big-League Baseball's First Woman Player

By: Karen L. Swanson

3.90

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Young readers will root for Toni “Tomboy” Stone, the first woman (and the first Black woman) to bre… read more

Similar categories in Karen L. Swanson's Swinging into History: Toni Stone: Big-League Baseball's First Woman Player book and Sarah Albee's The Painter and the President: Gilbert Stuart's Brush with George Washington

  • history
  • picture books
  • biography
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28. The Soldier's Friend: Walt Whitman's Extraordinary Service in the American Civil War

By: Gary Golio

4.33

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Walt Whitman is celebrated as an iconic American poet, but few know of the crucial and heroic role … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • biography
  • childrens
Cover of Freedom on the Sea: The True Story of the Civil War Hero Robert Smalls and His Daring Escape to Freedom by Michael Boulware Moore

29. Freedom on the Sea: The True Story of the Civil War Hero Robert Smalls and His Daring Escape to Freedom

By: Michael Boulware Moore

4.12

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

This is the thrilling story of Robert Smalls and the Confederate ship that he used to liberate hims… read more

Similar categories in Michael Boulware Moore's Freedom on the Sea: The True Story of the Civil War Hero Robert Smalls and His Daring Escape to Freedom book and Sarah Albee's The Painter and the President: Gilbert Stuart's Brush with George Washington

  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
Cover of A Tour of the Human Body: Amazing Numbers — Fantastic Facts by Jennifer Berne

30. A Tour of the Human Body: Amazing Numbers — Fantastic Facts

By: Jennifer Berne

4.33

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Jennifer Berne takes the reader on a tour of the human body to reveal how it works—with some astoni… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of The Doll Test: Choosing Equality by Carole Boston Weatherford

31. The Doll Test: Choosing Equality

By: Carole Boston Weatherford

4.40

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Four dolls. Two psychologists. One landmark court case. During the first half of the twentieth c… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • history
  • childrens

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My Lost Freedom: A Japanese American World War II Story

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4.47

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4.32

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Cactus Queen: Minerva Hoyt Establishes Joshua Tree National Park

Lori Alexander

4.27

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4.46

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Vera Brosgol

4.38

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Michelle Knudsen

4.43

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4.24

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