5 must-read nonfiction books like The Red Ear Blows Its Nose: Poems for Children and Others by Robert Schechter

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The Red Ear Blows Its Nose: Poems for Children and Others

By: Robert Schechter

4.26

Format: 118 pages, Hardcover

The Red Ear Blows Its Nose: Poems for Children and Others, has received starred reviews from Kirkus…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Red Ear Blows Its Nose: Poems for Children and Others by Robert Schechter , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. Big

By: Vashti Harrison

4.66

Format: 60 pages, Kindle Edition

This deeply moving story shares valuable lessons about fitting in, standing out, and the beauty of … read more

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2. 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
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3. The Eyes and the Impossible

By: Dave Eggers

4.25

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The illustrated story of a dog who unwittingly becomes a hero to a park full of animals. Johanne… read more

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  • middle grade
"What monster would turn up his snout at the thought-through help of all the friends he had?"

-Dave Eggers, The Eyes and the Impossible

"Every reasonable creature knows that the worst thing any creature can do all day is think of themselves. If there are troubles in your mind, you should think first of the troubles of others; it is th…"

-Dave Eggers, The Eyes and the Impossible

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4. Black Girl You Are Atlas

By: Renée Watson

4.61

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

A thoughtful celebration of Black girlhood by award-winning author and poet Renée Watson. In thi… read more

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  • poetry
  • middle grade
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5. 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

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  • middle grade
  • nonfiction
"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

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6. Something Like Home

By: Andrea Beatriz Arango

4.31

Format: 256 pages, Library Binding

A novel in verse in which a lost dog helps a lonely girl find a way home to her family . . . only f… read more

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  • poetry
  • middle grade
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7. A First Time for Everything

By: Dan Santat

4.39

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade graphic memoir based on bestselling author and Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat's awkwa… read more

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  • middle grade
  • nonfiction
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8. Remember Us

By: Jacqueline Woodson

4.27

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson brings readers a powerful story that delves deeply in… read more

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  • middle grade
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9. 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

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  • middle grade
"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

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10. Elf Dog and Owl Head

By: M.T. Anderson

3.92

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A Newbery Honor Book A magical adventure about a boy and his dog—or a dog and her boy—and a fore… read more

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  • middle grade
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11. Animals in Pants: A Poetry Picture Book

By: Suzy Levinson

4.33

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Author Suzy Levinson and artists Kristen and Kevin Howdeshell present an irreverently illustrated p… read more

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  • poetry
  • middle grade
  • humor
  • nonfiction
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12. Eagle Drums

By: Nasugraq Rainey Hopson

4.05

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A magical realistic middle grade debut about the origin story of the Iñupiaq Messenger Feast, a Nat… read more

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  • middle grade
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13. Gone Wolf

By: Amber McBride

4.12

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author Amber McBride lays bare the fears of being young and Black in America, in this… read more

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  • middle grade
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14. My Love for You

By: Lisa Varchol Perron

4.54

Format: 22 pages, ebook

This lovely and lyrical board book reassures a child that although all things change or come to an … read more

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15. The Story of Gumluck the Wizard: Book One

By: Adam Rex

4.10

Format: 140 pages, Hardcover

Meet Gumluck the Wizard, the star of a new chapter book series by the inimitable Adam Rex! This is… read more

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  • humor
  • middle grade
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16. Brainstorm!

By: Rebecca Gardyn Levington

4.48

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

When it’s time to write in class, one child feels like she has absolutely nothing to say. But sudde… read more

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17. Whatever Comes Tomorrow

By: Rebecca Gardyn Levington

4.54

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

We might not know what the future holds, but the lyrical rhyming text in this beautiful book reassu… read more

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  • poetry
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18. Mermaid Day

By: Diana Murray

4.08

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Hooray! Hooray! It's Mermaid Day! From the best-selling creators of Unicorn Day comes a mer-tastic … read more

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19. Lulu and Zoey: A Sister Story

By: Carrie Finison

4.46

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A Massachusetts Book Awards Must-Read for 2022! Sometimes Lulu wants to play, but her big sister Z… read more

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20. Hurry, Little Tortoise, Time for School!

By: Carrie Finison

4.26

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

It's the first day of school and Little Tortoise is worried. Can she get there on time? It's the f… read more

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  • humor
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21. Mamiachi & Me: My Mami’s Mariachi Band (A Picture Book)

By: Jolene Gutiérrez

5.00

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Mamiachi & Me is a lyrical and empowering picture book written by Jolene and Dakota Gutiérrez and i… read more

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22. Patterns Everywhere

By: Lisa Varchol Perron

4.38

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Look around and discover patterns in the natural world! You might see them in leaf veins, in coral … read more

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  • poetry
  • nonfiction
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23. The Red Ear Blows Its Nose: Poems for Children and Others

By: Robert Schechter

4.26

Format: 118 pages, Hardcover

The Red Ear Blows Its Nose: Poems for Children and Others, has received starred reviews from Kirkus… read more

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  • poetry
  • middle grade
  • humor
  • nonfiction
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24. Someday, Maybe

By: Diana Murray

3.87

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Someday, Maybe is an inventive and inspiring picture book that imagines the exciting jobs, discover… read more

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25. Firehouse Rainbow: A Story About Colors and Heroes (Little Golden Book)

By: Diana Murray

4.09

Format: 24 pages, Hardcover

A rhyming Little Golden Book that teaches colors in an exciting story about firefighters doing thei… read more

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26. Love Stinks! (Step into Reading)

By: Diana Murray

3.61

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Can a skunk find love? Kids will LOVE reading this sweet and funny Comic Reader—combining the trust… read more

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27. Kenzie's Little Tree

By: Alison McGauley

4.89

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

When Kenzie picks out a small tree for her family's backyard, she promises to take care of it. I… read more

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28. I Don't Wanna Hibernate!

By: Anna Ouchchy

5.00

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

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29. Can You Imagine?: The Art and Life of Yoko Ono

By: Lisa Tolin

4.96

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A stunning picture book biography in lyrical, poignant prose about Yoko Ono—a brilliant musician an… read more

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30. Goose Egg Island

By: Julia Richardson

5.00

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

This lyrical, richly illustrated story gives readers an engaging glimpse into the life cycle of Can… read more

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31. Alfred Blooms

By: Carrie Kruck

4.95

Format: 40 pages, Library Binding

Shy Alfred wants to befriend the girl whose yard is filled with other kids and flowers but he doesn… read more

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