26 Top picture books books like The Walking School Bus by Aaron Friedland

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The Walking School Bus

By: Aaron Friedland

4.11

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A remarkable story about a brother and sister's determination to attend school—and their inventive …

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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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  • picture books
  • childrens
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2. The Lost Library

By: Rebecca Stead

4.14

Format: 215 pages, Hardcover

A little free library guarded by a cat and a boy who takes on the mystery it keeps. When a myst… read more

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  • childrens
"But aren’t “parents"

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"That delicious book smell, his heart said."

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"Being a Great Reader means feeling something about books."

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"Head high, my dear! Eyes up! Take your place in the world!"

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

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3. The Puppets of Spelhorst

By: Kate DiCamillo

4.19

Format: 149 pages, Hardcover

From master storyteller Kate DiCamillo comes an original fairy tale—with enchanting illustrations b… read more

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  • childrens
"The moon has no master," said the owl. "The moon is its own king." "Or queen," said the girl. The moon rose higher."

-Kate DiCamillo, The Puppets of Spelhorst

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4. There’s a Ghost in This House

By: Oliver Jeffers

4.43

Format: 44 pages, Hardcover

A captivating new picture book with interactive transparent pages, from world-renowned artist Olive… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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5. The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading

By: James Patterson

3.92

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

Booksellers and librarians are superheroes, saving lives every single day. Here are their amazing, … read more

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"Different books speak to us at different times."

-James Patterson, The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading

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6. 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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  • childrens
"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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7. 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

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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8. Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

By: Pedro Martín

4.27

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A poignant, hilarious, and unforgettable graphic memoir about a Mexican-American boy’s family and t… read more

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  • childrens
"It was like the driveway at Disneyland but with way more automatic weapons."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

"I like to say that my stories are 100% true 90% of the time. My memory and my heart like to play tricks on each other. The results are what makes my stories."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

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9. A Day With No Words

By: Tiffany Hammond

4.68

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A must-read that belongs in every home and classroom, A Day With No Words invites readers into the … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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10. Something, Someday

By: Amanda Gorman

4.38

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

The stunning new picture book by presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman and Caldecott Honor-winn… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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11. 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

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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12. Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Sleigh!

By: Mo Willems

4.25

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning author and illustrator Mo Willems comes a new hol… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Goodbye: A First Conversation About Grief (First Conversations) by Megan Madison

13. Goodbye: A First Conversation About Grief (First Conversations)

By: Megan Madison

4.40

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A picture book edition of the board book about grief, offering adults the opportunity to begin impo… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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14. Weather Together (Not Quite Narwhal and Friends)

By: Jessie Sima

4.44

Format: 56 pages, Kindle Edition

Nimbus learns how to weather her cloudy moods and accept help from her best friend, Kelp, in this c… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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15. The Wrong Book

By: Drew Daywalt

3.82

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

What if the narrator of the book you're reading is just...WRONG?! This hilarious book from the auth… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Hidden Hope: How a Toy and a Hero Saved Lives During the Holocaust by Elisa Boxer

16. Hidden Hope: How a Toy and a Hero Saved Lives During the Holocaust

By: Elisa Boxer

4.47

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

The remarkable true story of how a toy duck smuggled forged identity papers for Jewish refugees dur… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly

17. Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

By: Margot Lee Shetterly

4.44

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden were good at math...really g… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of What's Inside a Caterpillar Cocoon?: And Other Questions About Moths & Butterflies by Rachel Ignotofsky

18. What's Inside a Caterpillar Cocoon?: And Other Questions About Moths & Butterflies

By: Rachel Ignotofsky

4.46

Format: 48 pages, Kindle Edition

With warm and heart-fluttering illustrations, discover the next nonfiction picture book about butte… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Good Books for Bad Children: The Genius of Ursula Nordstrom by Beth Kephart

19. Good Books for Bad Children: The Genius of Ursula Nordstrom

By: Beth Kephart

4.21

Format: None pages, None

In this lively, lyrical picture book biography, meet the groundbreaking, outspoken, legendary edito… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Sisters in Science: Marie Curie, Bronia Dluska, and the Atomic Power of Sisterhood by Linda Elovitz Marshall

20. Sisters in Science: Marie Curie, Bronia Dluska, and the Atomic Power of Sisterhood

By: Linda Elovitz Marshall

4.11

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Discover the fascinating true story of Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie and her sister Bronia, two tr… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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21. Woven of the World

By: Katey Howes

4.19

Format: 44 pages, Hardcover

Told from the perspective of a young girl learning to weave, Woven of the World is a lyrical medita… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
"We are all tapestries, woven of the world. We are lifelines interlacing, yarn of many sources swirled. In our pattern there is purpose. In our softness , strength abides. Warmth and beauty still unfo…"

-Katey Howes, Woven of the World

Cover of Washed Ashore: Making Art from Ocean Plastic by Kelly Crull

22. Washed Ashore: Making Art from Ocean Plastic

By: Kelly Crull

4.42

Format: 36 pages, Hardcover

When artist Angela Haseltine Pozzi found plastic trash polluting the beach near her home, she took … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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23. The Together Tree

By: Aisha Saeed

4.27

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

All Are Welcome meets Be Kind in this poignant and accessible picture book about the power every by… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • school
Cover of Destiny Finds Her Way: How a Rescued Baby Sloth Learned to Be Wild (Baby Animal Tales) by Margarita Engle

24. Destiny Finds Her Way: How a Rescued Baby Sloth Learned to Be Wild (Baby Animal Tales)

By: Margarita Engle

4.41

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Explore the Costa Rican rainforest with Destiny, a rescued orphan baby sloth who must learn to retu… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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25. Grandpa Grumps

By: Katrina Moore

4.30

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Daisy's Yeh-Yeh is visiting from China, and try as she might, Daisy can't get her grumpy grandpa to… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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26. Duck Duck Taco Truck

By: Laura Lavoie

4.12

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

It's a summer showdown at the beach as two taco slinging ducks see their turf taken over by an ente… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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27. 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
Cover of That's Not My Name! by Anoosha Syed

28. That's Not My Name!

By: Anoosha Syed

4.38

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

A debut picture book about loving your name, finding your voice, and standing up for yourself from … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • school
Cover of The Walking School Bus by Aaron Friedland

29. The Walking School Bus

By: Aaron Friedland

4.11

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A remarkable story about a brother and sister's determination to attend school—and their inventive … read more

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  • africa
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • school
Cover of Jerry Changed the Game!: How Engineer Jerry Lawson Revolutionized Video Games Forever by Don Tate

30. Jerry Changed the Game!: How Engineer Jerry Lawson Revolutionized Video Games Forever

By: Don Tate

4.15

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

Junior Library Guild Selection | Eureka! Excellence in Nonfiction Honor | CBC Best STEM Book List |… read more

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  • picture books
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31. Flipflopi: How a Boat Made from Flip-Flops Is Helping to Save the Ocean

By: Linda Ravin Lodding

4.18

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Juma is excited to go fishing with his grandfather, Babu Ali. But when they get to the beach, they … read more

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  • africa
  • picture books
  • childrens

29 must-read childrens books like The Walking School Bus by Aaron Friedland

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Vashti Harrison

4.66

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The Lost Library

Rebecca Stead

4.14

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The Puppets of Spelhorst

Kate DiCamillo

4.19

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There’s a Ghost in This House

Oliver Jeffers

4.43

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The Eyes and the Impossible

Dave Eggers

4.25

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Ferris

Kate DiCamillo

4.30

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The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

Nicholas Day

4.15

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The Lost Year

Katherine Marsh

4.50

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