20 Top picture books books like Adela's Mariachi Band by Denise Vega

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Adela's Mariachi Band

By: Denise Vega

4.17

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Adela loves everything about her family's mariachi band--except that she isn't in it! Shining a spo…

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1. Giraffes Can't Dance

By: Guy Parker-Rees , Giles Andreae

4.33

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Gerald the giraffe longs to dance, but his legs are too skinny and his neck is too long. At the Jun… read more

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  • music
  • picture books
  • childrens
"We all can dance," he said, "when we find music that we love."

-Guy Parker-Rees, Giraffes Can't Dance

"But sometimes when you're different You just need a different song"

-Guy Parker-Rees, Giraffes Can't Dance

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2. Rez Ball

By: Byron Graves

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

This debut novel by Byron Graves tells the story of a young athlete determined to play like the her… read more

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3. Spy×Family 12

By: Tatsuya Endo

4.40

Format: 202 pages, Paperback

バスジャック事件の波乱も過ぎ去り、平穏な生活を取り戻したフォージャー家。だが、“普通の夫婦”は相手に不満があるものとヨルが思い込み…!? さらに東国の諜報員がWISEの機密情報を持ち出して──…!! read more

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4. All the Fighting Parts

By: Hannah V. Sawyerr

4.44

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of Grown and The Poet X, a searing and defiant novel in verse about reclaiming agency a… read more

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5. There’s No Such Thing as Vegetables

By: Kyle Lukoff

4.03

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A hilarious new picture book that exposes vegetables for what they truly are―leaves, roots, flowers… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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6. Heads Will Roll

By: Josh Winning

3.69

Format: 314 pages, Hardcover

Willow’s worst nightmare was being cancelled. But the woods of Camp Castaway might destroy more tha… read more

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7. The Secret Library

By: Kekla Magoon

3.84

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Travel through time with National Book Award Finalist Kekla Magoon in a page-turning fantasy advent… read more

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  • family
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8. Ariel Crashes a Train

By: Olivia A. Cole

3.99

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

“A gorgeously kind, wonderfully gentle, and unfailingly compassionate depiction of OCD...bursting w… read more

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"Parents set themselves up for failure by giving their kids names that mean too much. Some people put so much weight in names, and how is a baby supposed to carry anything so heavy as their parents’ d…"

-Olivia A. Cole, Ariel Crashes a Train

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9. Thankful

By: Elaine Vickers

4.46

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Stunning, diorama illustrations bring to life this “wonderfully evocative” ( BookPage ) lullaby of … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
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10. Skeletown: Sí. ¡No! (Skeletown, 1)

By: Rhode Montijo

3.98

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Say “¡SI!” to a fresh, funny, Spanish-forward picture book series set in Skeletown—a cheerful, vibr… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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11. Twenty-Four Seconds from Now...

By: Jason Reynolds

4.39

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

“Jason Reynolds has done it again!...Fresh from start to finish…This is what it could be, should be… read more

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12. The Bletchley Riddle

By: Ruta Sepetys

4.50

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A stunning collaboration between award-winning and bestselling authors Ruta Sepetys and Steve Shein… read more

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  • childrens
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13. Sunrise Nights

By: Jeff Zentner

4.06

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Two young artists have a chance meeting on the last night of summer arts camp in this YA novel in v… read more

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"Love seems to die around me."

-Jeff Zentner, Sunrise Nights

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14. Home in a Lunchbox

By: Cherry Mo

4.62

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Cherry Mo's stunning debut is about a young girl who immigrates to America and finds home in an une… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
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15. We Are Definitely Human

By: X. Fang

4.47

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A hilarious alien invasion story with a feel-good message about what it means to be human. Perfect … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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16. Mamá's Panza

By: Isabel Quintero

4.01

Format: 32 pages, Kindle Edition

A body-positive picture book about a young boy's love for his mother and his mother's belly.Everyon… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
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17. 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

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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18. Overdue: The Misadventure of Bob the Book

By: Gloria Koster

4.44

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Meet Bob. He's the all-time favorite library book at Wisdom Hill Elementary. But Sebastian is nothi… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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19. A Mischief of Mice

By: Christie Matheson

4.10

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Join the animals and follow the clues in this rollicking, rhyming, nature-inspired whodunit story f… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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20. The Last Tamale

By: Orlando Mendiola

3.92

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

None read more

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  • picture books
  • family
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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

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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22. Adela's Mariachi Band

By: Denise Vega

4.17

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Adela loves everything about her family's mariachi band--except that she isn't in it! Shining a spo… read more

Similar categories in Denise Vega's Adela's Mariachi Band book and Denise Vega's Adela's Mariachi Band

  • music
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • latin american
  • family
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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

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
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24. Pick the Lock

By: A.S. King

3.74

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From Michael L. Printz Award winner A.S. King, a weird and insightful new novel about a girl intent… read more

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Cover of On a Wing and a Tear by Cynthia Leitich Smith

25. On a Wing and a Tear

By: Cynthia Leitich Smith

4.06

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A living legend roosting in the backyard. An unmissable game. A hair-raising mystery. A road trip f… read more

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  • childrens
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26. 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
  • family
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27. Sumo Libre

By: Joe Cepeda

4.11

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

What do you get when you mix sumo wrestling and Lucha libre? Find out in this funny and exuberant c… read more

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  • picture books
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28. Drawn Onward

By: Daniel Nayeri

4.62

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

In this enthralling and emotional palindrome picture book by Daniel Nayeri and Matt Rockefeller, a … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
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29. In Praise of Mystery

By: Ada Limon

3.99

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

From U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón and Caldecott Honoree Peter Sí a transcendent picture book featur… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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30. The Plant Rescuer

By: Matthew Rivera

4.06

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Manny harnesses love, determination, and a visit to the library to care for his first plant and mak… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
Cover of This Is How We Play: A Celebration of Disability and Adaptation by Jessica Slice

31. This Is How We Play: A Celebration of Disability and Adaptation

By: Jessica Slice

4.39

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A jubilant, inclusive, luminously illustrated picture book that features families at play, each wit… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family

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Guy Parker-Rees , Giles Andreae

4.33

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4.03

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Elaine Vickers

4.46

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Lisa Fipps

4.69

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John Schu

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4.16

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