10 best-selling nonfiction books like What Music!: The Fifty-year Friendship between Beethoven and Nannette Streicher, Who Built His Pianos by Laurie Lawlor

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What Music!: The Fifty-year Friendship between Beethoven and Nannette Streicher, Who Built His Pianos

By: Laurie Lawlor

4.08

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

Strings quivered. Notes shimmered. Meet best friends acclaimed composer Ludwig van Beethoven and bo…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in What Music!: The Fifty-year Friendship between Beethoven and Nannette Streicher, Who Built His Pianos by Laurie Lawlor , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. The Library

By: David Small , Sarah Stewart

4.34

Format: 34 pages, Hardcover

Meet an unforgettable bibliophile. Elizabeth Brown doesn't like to play with dolls and she does… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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2. Murder Must Advertise (Lord Peter Wimsey, #10)

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

4.17

Format: 356 pages, Mass Market Paperback

When ad man Victor Dean falls down the stairs in the offices of Pym's Publicity, a respectable Lond… read more

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"How do you do?"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Murder Must Advertise (Lord Peter Wimsey, #10)

"Bredon shuddered. “I think this is an awfully immoral job of ours. I do, really. Think how we spoil the digestions of the public."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Murder Must Advertise (Lord Peter Wimsey, #10)

"It's a curious thing, but people cannot resist anonymous letters. It's like free sample offers. They appeal to all one's lower instincts."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Murder Must Advertise (Lord Peter Wimsey, #10)

"The interview with the cat had been particularly full of appeal. The animal was, it seemed, an illustrious rat-catcher, with many famous deeds to her credit. Not only that, but she had been the first…"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Murder Must Advertise (Lord Peter Wimsey, #10)

3. Love That Dog (Jack, #1)

By: Sharon Creech

4.09

Format: None pages, Paperback

"I guess it does look like a poem when you see it typed up like that." Jack hates poetry. Only girl… read more

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4. The House Before Falling into the Sea

By: Ann Suk Wang

4.35

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

A child and her family take in refugees during the Korean War in this poignant picture book about c… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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5. Eclipse

By: Andy Rash

3.99

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

A boy and his dad experience a total solar eclipse in this heartwarming picture book by author and … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
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6. The Voice in the Hollow

By: Will Hillenbrand

3.68

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A young mouse’s shortcut home turns into a fantastical journey guided by a mysterious guardian in t… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of The Great Lakes: Our Freshwater Treasure by Barb Rosenstock

7. The Great Lakes: Our Freshwater Treasure

By: Barb Rosenstock

4.28

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A stunning picture book about the five largest lakes in North America - how they formed, the import… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • history
  • childrens
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8. Wild Places: The Life of Naturalist David Attenborough

By: Hayley Rocco

4.28

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

An inspiring and accessible picture book biography of the beloved naturalist, broadcaster, and docu… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • biography
  • childrens
Cover of The Tree of Life: How a Holocaust Sapling Inspired the World by Elisa Boxer

9. The Tree of Life: How a Holocaust Sapling Inspired the World

By: Elisa Boxer

4.34

Format: 41 pages, Kindle Edition

Hope triumphs over fear in this poignant and impactful true story of the Holocaust—a delicate intro… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • history
  • childrens
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10. Mr. McCloskey's Marvelous Mallards: The Making of Make Way for Ducklings

By: Emma Bland Smith

4.19

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

This behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the classic and beloved picture book Make Way for Du… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
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11. Problem Solved!

By: Jan Thomas

3.84

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

Rabbit hopes Pete the Problem-Solving Porcupine can get her out of a bind only to wind up with more… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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12. Small Things Mended

By: Casey W. Robinson

4.57

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

The healing power of community is tenderly expressed in this picture book for fans of A Sick Day fo… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
"Without the music, it's just a box."

-Casey W. Robinson, Small Things Mended

Cover of How This Book Got Red by Margaret Chiu Greanias

13. How This Book Got Red

By: Margaret Chiu Greanias

4.20

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

In this clever picture book tale about the power of representation, a red panda decides to write he… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of One Day This Tree Will Fall by Leslie Barnard Booth

14. 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
Cover of The Mud Angels: How Students Saved the City of Florence by Karen M. Greenwald

15. The Mud Angels: How Students Saved the City of Florence

By: Karen M. Greenwald

4.58

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Based on real events, this story shows how a team of international volunteers worked together to sa… read more

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

16. 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

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  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
Cover of 365: How to Count a Year by Miranda  Paul

17. 365: How to Count a Year

By: Miranda Paul

4.01

Format: 48 pages, Kindle Edition

Explore different numerical breakdowns of a year in this playful concept picture book that introduc… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Jam, Too? by JaNay Brown-Wood

18. Jam, Too?

By: JaNay Brown-Wood

4.02

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Lustrous illustrations and a rhythmic text featuring a cumulative list of sounds bring to life the … read more

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  • music
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of What Music!: The Fifty-year Friendship between Beethoven and Nannette Streicher, Who Built His Pianos by Laurie Lawlor

19. What Music!: The Fifty-year Friendship between Beethoven and Nannette Streicher, Who Built His Pianos

By: Laurie Lawlor

4.08

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

Strings quivered. Notes shimmered. Meet best friends acclaimed composer Ludwig van Beethoven and bo… read more

Similar categories in Laurie Lawlor's What Music!: The Fifty-year Friendship between Beethoven and Nannette Streicher, Who Built His Pianos book and Laurie Lawlor's What Music!: The Fifty-year Friendship between Beethoven and Nannette Streicher, Who Built His Pianos

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
Cover of Animal Albums from A to Z by Cece Bell

20. Animal Albums from A to Z

By: Cece Bell

4.29

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

From the inimitable creator of El Deafo, this all-ages alphabet book is also a hand-wrought, high-f… read more

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  • music
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Don't Worry, Wuddles by Lita Judge

21. Don't Worry, Wuddles

By: Lita Judge

3.59

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

In this snowy day picture book, a kindhearted but overeager duckling tries to be helpful by sharing… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens

6 Best history books like What Music!: The Fifty-year Friendship between Beethoven and Nannette Streicher, Who Built His Pianos by Laurie Lawlor

Transform Your Habits

The Great Lakes: Our Freshwater Treasure

Barb Rosenstock

4.28

Transform Your Habits

The Tree of Life: How a Holocaust Sapling Inspired the World

Elisa Boxer

4.34

Transform Your Habits

Mr. McCloskey's Marvelous Mallards: The Making of Make Way for Ducklings

Emma Bland Smith

4.19

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The Mud Angels: How Students Saved the City of Florence

Karen M. Greenwald

4.58

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Transform Your Habits

An American Story (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner)

Kwame Alexander

4.63

Transform Your Habits

Make Way: The Story of Robert McCloskey, Nancy Schön, and Some Very Famous Ducklings

Angela Burke Kunkel

4.39

Transform Your Habits

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Caroline L. Perry

4.55

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The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs

Chana Stiefel

4.63

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