8 Best biography books like Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion by Charles R. Smith

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Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion

By: Charles R. Smith

4.03

Format: 49 pages, Hardcover

A Coretta Scott King Award winner and a Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor winner pair up for a rousing …

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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

Similar categories in Vashti Harrison's Big book and Charles R. Smith's Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion

  • african american
  • picture books
  • childrens
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2. Hot Dog

By: Doug Salati

4.29

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From a critically acclaimed creator comes this summery picture book featuring an overheated--and ov… read more

Similar categories in Doug Salati's Hot Dog book and Charles R. Smith's Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion

  • poetry
  • picture books
  • childrens
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3. Ferris

By: Kate DiCamillo

4.30

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The beloved author of Because of Winn-Dixie has outdone herself with a hilarious and achingly real … read more

Similar categories in Kate DiCamillo's Ferris book and Charles R. Smith's Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion

  • childrens
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4. 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 Charles R. Smith's Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion

  • picture books
  • childrens
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5. How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee

By: Carole Boston Weatherford

4.44

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book From a multi-award-winning pair comes a deeply affecting … read more

Similar categories in Carole Boston Weatherford's How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee book and Charles R. Smith's Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion

  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • historical
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • african american
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6. Do You Remember?

By: Sydney Smith

4.26

Format: 45 pages, Kindle Edition

From the creator of Small in the City and the illustrator of Town Is by the Sea and Sidewalk Flower… read more

Similar categories in Sydney Smith's Do You Remember? book and Charles R. Smith's Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion

  • picture books
  • childrens
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7. Dim Sum Palace

By: X. Fang

4.08

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A little girl's love of dim sum spills over into her dreams, taking her on a fantastical food-fille… read more

Similar categories in X. Fang's Dim Sum Palace book and Charles R. Smith's Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion

  • picture books
  • childrens
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8. Buffalo Fluffalo

By: Bess Kalb

4.16

Format: None pages, None

Introducing a sweet and silly buffalo who tries to bluff and fluff his way into being bigger than h… read more

Similar categories in Bess Kalb's Buffalo Fluffalo book and Charles R. Smith's Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion

  • poetry
  • picture books
  • childrens
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9. And Then, Boom!

By: Lisa Fipps

4.69

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A gripping new novel-in-verse by the author of the Printz Honor-winning Starfish , featuring a pove… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Fipps's And Then, Boom! book and Charles R. Smith's Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion

  • poetry
"Friendship is being there to notice someone's about to fall, to try to keep them from falling, to catch them when they fall or to cushion the blow when they do, to feel what they're feeling, and to u…"

-Lisa Fipps, And Then, Boom!

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10. The Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music

By: Roberta Flack

4.09

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

This autobiographical picture book by the multiple Grammy Award-winning singer Roberta Flack recoun… read more

Similar categories in Roberta Flack's The Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music book and Charles R. Smith's Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion

  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • african american
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11. Louder Than Hunger

By: John Schu

4.55

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Revered teacher, librarian, and story ambassador John Schu explores anorexia—and self-expression as… read more

Similar categories in John Schu's Louder Than Hunger book and Charles R. Smith's Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion

  • poetry
  • childrens
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12. The Runaway Dosa

By: Suma Subramaniam

4.11

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

"The more you eat, the more you crave! You can't catch me, no matter how brave!" With the help of … read more

Similar categories in Suma Subramaniam's The Runaway Dosa book and Charles R. Smith's Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion

  • picture books
  • childrens
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13. A Walk in the Woods

By: Nikki Grimes

4.43

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

In this moving account of loss, a boy takes a walk in the woods and makes a discovery that changes … read more

Similar categories in Nikki Grimes's A Walk in the Woods book and Charles R. Smith's Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion

  • poetry
  • african american
  • picture books
  • childrens
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14. The Last Zookeeper

By: Aaron Becker

4.24

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A master of the wordless form imagines a futuristic Noah’s Ark in a luminous sci-fi parable for our… read more

Similar categories in Aaron Becker's The Last Zookeeper book and Charles R. Smith's Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion

  • picture books
  • childrens
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15. We Could Fly

By: Rhiannon Giddens

4.14

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A Coretta Scott King–John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award Winner In a companion to Build a … read more

Similar categories in Rhiannon Giddens's We Could Fly book and Charles R. Smith's Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion

  • poetry
  • african american
  • picture books
  • childrens
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16. Stone Age Beasts

By: Ben Lerwill

4.19

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

The spectacle of Stone Age life stampedes off the page in an engaging, eye-popping gift book illust… read more

Similar categories in Ben Lerwill's Stone Age Beasts book and Charles R. Smith's Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion

  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • history
  • childrens
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17. Breaking News (Frankie and Friends, #1)

By: Christine Platt

4.00

Format: 81 pages, Hardcover

In a charming new chapter-book series by a social-change advocate, young Frankie emulates her journ… read more

Similar categories in Christine Platt's Breaking News (Frankie and Friends, #1) book and Charles R. Smith's Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion

  • childrens
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18. The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky

By: Josh Galarza

4.22

Format: 313 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Mark Oshiro and Adam Silvera comes a fiercely funny and hopeful story of one bo… read more

Similar categories in Josh Galarza's The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky book and Charles R. Smith's Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion

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19. Age 16

By: Rosena Fung

4.32

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

A powerful coming-of-age graphic novel about three generations of mothers and daughters passing dow… read more

Similar categories in Rosena Fung's Age 16 book and Charles R. Smith's Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion

  • historical
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20. Brownstone

By: Samuel Teer

4.33

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

An exciting teen coming-of-age epic from author Samuel Teer and debut graphic novel artist Mar Juli… read more

Similar categories in Samuel Teer's Brownstone book and Charles R. Smith's Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion

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21. Masked Hero: How Wu Lien-teh Invented the Mask That Ended an Epidemic

By: Shan Woo Liu

4.10

Format: 33 pages, Hardcover

How do you end an epidemic? More than a hundred years before COVID-19, a deadly pneumonic plague w… read more

Similar categories in Shan Woo Liu's Masked Hero: How Wu Lien-teh Invented the Mask That Ended an Epidemic book and Charles R. Smith's Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion

  • history
  • picture books
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Girl Who Figured It Out: The Inspiring True Story of Wheelchair Athlete Minda Dentler Becoming an Ironman World Champion by Minda Dentler

22. The Girl Who Figured It Out: The Inspiring True Story of Wheelchair Athlete Minda Dentler Becoming an Ironman World Champion

By: Minda Dentler

4.44

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

The uplifting true story of Minda Dentler, the first female wheelchair athlete to complete the Iron… read more

Similar categories in Minda Dentler's The Girl Who Figured It Out: The Inspiring True Story of Wheelchair Athlete Minda Dentler Becoming an Ironman World Champion book and Charles R. Smith's Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion

  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • sports
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23. Everything We Never Had

By: Randy Ribay

4.50

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the National Book Award finalist Patron Saints of Nothing comes an emotionally c… read more

Similar categories in Randy Ribay's Everything We Never Had book and Charles R. Smith's Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion

  • historical
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24. Desert Song

By: Laekan Zea Kemp

4.00

Format: None pages, None

A family joins the music of the Texas desert night in this tale of tradition and memory from Pura B… read more

Similar categories in Laekan Zea Kemp's Desert Song book and Charles R. Smith's Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Santiago Saw Things Differently: Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Artist, Doctor, Father of Neuroscience by Christine Iverson

25. Santiago Saw Things Differently: Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Artist, Doctor, Father of Neuroscience

By: Christine Iverson

4.00

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

In an exquisitely illustrated nonfiction picture book about the childhood and discoveries of the “f… read more

Similar categories in Christine Iverson's Santiago Saw Things Differently: Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Artist, Doctor, Father of Neuroscience book and Charles R. Smith's Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion

  • history
  • picture books
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Solstice: Around the World on the Longest, Shortest Day by Jen Breach

26. Solstice: Around the World on the Longest, Shortest Day

By: Jen Breach

4.32

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

Explore the daily lives of children around the world through the solstice—the longest day and night… read more

Similar categories in Jen Breach's Solstice: Around the World on the Longest, Shortest Day book and Charles R. Smith's Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion

  • nonfiction
  • childrens
Cover of Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion by Charles R. Smith

27. Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion

By: Charles R. Smith

4.03

Format: 49 pages, Hardcover

A Coretta Scott King Award winner and a Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor winner pair up for a rousing … read more

Similar categories in Charles R. Smith's Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion book and Charles R. Smith's Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion

  • poetry
  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • historical
  • picture books
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • african american
Cover of Extraordinary Magic: The Storytelling Life of Virginia Hamilton by Nina Crews

28. Extraordinary Magic: The Storytelling Life of Virginia Hamilton

By: Nina Crews

3.90

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

This lyrical picture book biography tells the story of one of America’s most celebrated children’s … read more

Similar categories in Nina Crews's Extraordinary Magic: The Storytelling Life of Virginia Hamilton book and Charles R. Smith's Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion

  • poetry
  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • african american
Cover of Cosmic Wonder: Halley's Comet and Humankind by Ashley Benham-Yazdani

29. Cosmic Wonder: Halley's Comet and Humankind

By: Ashley Benham-Yazdani

4.21

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

An innovative and visually sweeping picture book imagines Halley’s Comet observing Earth and its in… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Benham-Yazdani's Cosmic Wonder: Halley's Comet and Humankind book and Charles R. Smith's Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion

  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • history
  • childrens
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30. Vision: My Story of Strength (I, Witness)

By: Precious Perez

3.82

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

A young activist opens a window into her journey to become a professional musician and leader for t… read more

Similar categories in Precious Perez's Vision: My Story of Strength (I, Witness) book and Charles R. Smith's Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion

  • nonfiction
  • biography
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31. A Mighty Long Way (Adapted for Young Readers): My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School

By: Carlotta Walls LaNier

4.19

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Follow the story of Carlotta Walls LaNier, who in 1957 at the age of fourteen was one of nine black… read more

Similar categories in Carlotta Walls LaNier's A Mighty Long Way (Adapted for Young Readers): My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School book and Charles R. Smith's Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion

  • nonfiction
  • history

9 best-selling history books like Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion by Charles R. Smith

Transform Your Habits

How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee

Carole Boston Weatherford

4.44

Transform Your Habits

The Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music

Roberta Flack

4.09

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Stone Age Beasts

Ben Lerwill

4.19

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Shan Woo Liu

4.10

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The Worst Ronin

Maggie Tokuda-Hall

4.00

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Plain Jane and the Mermaid

Vera Brosgol

4.38

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Sarah Mai

3.76

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Molly Knox Ostertag

4.42

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