12 best-selling picture books books like Heads and Tails by John Canty

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Heads and Tails

By: John Canty

4.01

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Heads and Tails by John Canty is an extraordinary children's picture book. Leveraging the natural a…

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1. Escargot

By: Sydney Hanson , Dashka Slater

3.83

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Bonjour!Escargot is a beautiful French snail who wants only two things: 1. To be your favorite anim… read more

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  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • storytime

2. Dear Zoo: A Lift-the-Flap Book

By: Rod Campbell

4.60

Format: None pages, Board Book

A child writes to the zoo for a pet. The zoo send a series of unsuitable pets, revealed behind flap… read more

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3. Valley of the Dolls

By: Jacqueline Susann

3.42

Format: 8 pages,

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4. A Place to Hang the Moon

By: Kate Albus

4.57

Format: 309 pages, Hardcover

Set against the backdrop of World War II, Anna, Edmund, and William are evacuated from London to li… read more

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  • childrens
"The librarian chuckled. “I suppose there are rather a lot of orphan stories out there."

-Kate Albus, A Place to Hang the Moon

"Besides which, I really ought to send her a book instead. Though she’s not much of a reader."

-Kate Albus, A Place to Hang the Moon

"Fibs, you must know, are entirely acceptable when they serve the purpose of getting one to the library."

-Kate Albus, A Place to Hang the Moon

"It is often the case that, at times of great anxiety, when the diversion of a good story should seem most welcome, one is least equipped to focus one’s mind on reading."

-Kate Albus, A Place to Hang the Moon

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5. The Lily of Ludgate Hill (Belles of London, #3)

By: Mimi Matthews

3.97

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Fortune favors the bold—but is a confirmed spinster daring enough to loosen the reins and accept a … read more

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"I told you in York,"

-Mimi Matthews, The Lily of Ludgate Hill (Belles of London, #3)

"Crucibles burn away the dross... Sometimes, I fancy that’s what has happened to me."

-Mimi Matthews, The Lily of Ludgate Hill (Belles of London, #3)

"His words faded to a whisper as he brushed his knuckles along the curve of her cheek. "I told you in York," he said. "It isn't over."

-Mimi Matthews, The Lily of Ludgate Hill (Belles of London, #3)

"Anne laughed... Her face was awash with color. Hart desperately wanted to kiss her again. Who was he fooling? He wanted to lock himself in a room with her for a month."

-Mimi Matthews, The Lily of Ludgate Hill (Belles of London, #3)

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6. Little Witch Hazel: A Year in the Forest

By: Phoebe Wahl

4.64

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

An earthy and beautiful collection of four stories that celebrate the seasons, nature, and life, fr… read more

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  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature
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7. Chester Van Chime Who Forgot How to Rhyme

By: Avery Monsen

4.40

Format: None pages, Unknown Binding

"Chester tries his best to recover his rhyming talent when he suddenly loses the ability that once … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • storytime
Cover of The Book That Did Not Want To Be Read by David Sundin

8. The Book That Did Not Want To Be Read

By: David Sundin

3.94

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling Swedish children's book of 2020, translated by B. J. Woodstein, with graphic design… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • storytime
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9. Stone Cold Fox

By: Rachel Koller Croft

3.67

Format: 353 pages, Hardcover

A compelling debut novel about an ambitious woman who, after a lifetime of conning alongside her mo… read more

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10. The Belle of Belgrave Square (Belles of London, #2)

By: Mimi Matthews

4.13

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

A London heiress rides out to the wilds of the English countryside to honor a marriage of convenien… read more

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"I've been miserable for more years than I can count... I have suffered, too.... A girl requires more than expensive things. She needs love and acceptance. She needs to know she has value. Being your …"

-Mimi Matthews, The Belle of Belgrave Square (Belles of London, #2)

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11. The Siren of Sussex (Belles of London, #1)

By: Mimi Matthews

3.90

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Victorian high society’s most daring equestrienne finds love and an unexpected ally in her fight fo… read more

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"Wonderful things didn’t happen because one was cautious. They happened because one dared."

-Mimi Matthews, The Siren of Sussex (Belles of London, #1)

"It’s not his responsibility to educate me. The ignorance is mine, and so must be the remedy for it."

-Mimi Matthews, The Siren of Sussex (Belles of London, #1)

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12. Dark on Light

By: Dianne White

3.89

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

As the sun sets, three siblings discover nature’s nighttime beauty in this soothingly rhythmic and … read more

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  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • storytime
  • nature
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13. How to Hug a Pufferfish

By: Ellie Peterson

4.17

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A picture book about a group of underwater friends who learn to ask for permission before showing t… read more

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  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • storytime
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14. You Could Make This Place Beautiful

By: Maggie Smith

4.08

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In her memoir You Could Make This Place Beautiful, poet Maggie Smith explores the disintegration of… read more

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  • nonfiction
"At our wedding, our college creative writing professor read a poem—John Ciardi’s “Most Like an Arch This Marriage."

-Maggie Smith, You Could Make This Place Beautiful

"How I picture it: We are all nesting dolls, carrying the earlier iterations of ourselves inside. We carry the past inside us. We take ourselves–all of our selves–wherever we go. Inside forty-somethin…"

-Maggie Smith, You Could Make This Place Beautiful

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15. Recitatif

By: Toni Morrison

4.31

Format: 19 pages, Audiobook

A beautiful, arresting short story by Toni Morrison—the only one she ever wrote—about race and the … read more

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"Difficult to “move on"

-Toni Morrison, Recitatif

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16. And Yet: Poems

By: Kate Baer

3.97

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

The second full length poetry collection from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of What Kind… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Let your life rest on what is already good."

-Kate Baer, And Yet: Poems

"It's just another day in the good-bad, bad-good earth machine."

-Kate Baer, And Yet: Poems

"We expect so much of children, hovering above them like giant, invincible gods. What a racket to discover as an adult, how little we have to pass down."

-Kate Baer, And Yet: Poems

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17. All Are Welcome

By: Alexandra Penfold

4.48

Format: 44 pages, Library Binding

A warm, welcoming picture book that celebrates diversity and gives encouragement and support to all… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • storytime
Cover of Pig the Monster (Pig the Pug) by Aaron Blabey

18. Pig the Monster (Pig the Pug)

By: Aaron Blabey

3.93

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Pig the Pug celebrates Halloween in this picture book from #1 New York Times bestselling author-ill… read more

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  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • storytime
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19. Mushroom Rain

By: Laura K. Zimmermann

4.37

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

What can smell like bubble gum, glow neon green at night, be poisonous and yet still eaten by human… read more

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  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • storytime
  • nature
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20. The Queen in the Cave

By: Júlia Sardà

4.10

Format: None pages, Hardcover

It’s a story of three sisters who explore a nearby forest in pursuit of a dream. As they go deeper,… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of The Magic Cap: A Picture Book by Mireille Messier

21. The Magic Cap: A Picture Book

By: Mireille Messier

3.78

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A heartwarming tale about devotion and generosity for all lovers of gnomes and whimsical forest cre… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Heads and Tails by John Canty

22. Heads and Tails

By: John Canty

4.01

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Heads and Tails by John Canty is an extraordinary children's picture book. Leveraging the natural a… read more

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  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • cats
  • nonfiction
  • storytime
  • nature

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Sydney Hanson , Dashka Slater

3.83

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4.57

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Little Witch Hazel: A Year in the Forest

Phoebe Wahl

4.64

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Avery Monsen

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Jon Klassen

4.26

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Mac Barnett

3.97

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Aaron Becker

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