8 must-read nonfiction books like Beyoncé: Shine Your Light by Sarah Warren

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Beyoncé: Shine Your Light

By: Sarah Warren

3.77

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Powerful text and beautiful illustrations make this dazzling picture book biography the perfect rea…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Beyoncé: Shine Your Light by Sarah Warren , here is a list of 8 books like this:

Cover of Cucumber Quest: The Doughnut Kingdom by Gigi D.G.

1. Cucumber Quest: The Doughnut Kingdom

By: Gigi D.G.

3.31

Format: None pages, Paperback

What happens when an evil queen gets her hands on an ancient force of destruction? World domination… read more

Similar categories in Gigi D.G.'s Cucumber Quest: The Doughnut Kingdom book and Sarah Warren's Beyoncé: Shine Your Light

  • childrens
Cover of Hip Hop Speaks to Children: A Celebration of Poetry with a Beat by Nikki Giovanni, Kristen Balouch, None, Damian Ward

2. Hip Hop Speaks to Children: A Celebration of Poetry with a Beat

By: Nikki Giovanni , Kristen Balouch , None , Damian Ward

4.48

Format: 448 pages,

Hip Hop Speaks to Children is a celebration of poetry with a beat. Poetry can have both a rhyme an… read more

Similar categories in Nikki Giovanni's Hip Hop Speaks to Children: A Celebration of Poetry with a Beat book and Sarah Warren's Beyoncé: Shine Your Light

  • music
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • african american
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3. Rap A Tap Tap

By: Leo Dillon , Diane Dillon

4.82

Format: 174 pages, Hardcover

"There once was a man who danced in the street / He brought pleasure and joy to the people he'd gre… read more

Similar categories in Leo Dillon's Rap A Tap Tap book and Sarah Warren's Beyoncé: Shine Your Light

  • music
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • african american

4. Smoky Night

By: David Díaz , Eve Bunting

3.26

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Eve Bunting's heartfelt story and David Diaz's dramatic illustrations create a compelling child's-e… read more

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5. The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country

By: Amanda Gorman

4.56

Format: 29 pages, Hardcover

An alternative cover edition for this ISBN 9780593465271 can be found here. On January 20, 2021,… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Gorman's The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country book and Sarah Warren's Beyoncé: Shine Your Light

  • nonfiction
"So while we once asked: How could we possibly prevail over catastrophe? Now we assert: How could catastrophe possibly prevail over us?"

-Amanda Gorman, The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country

"The new dawn blooms as we free it, For there is always light, If only we're brave enough to see it, If only we're brave enough to be it."

-Amanda Gorman, The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country

"Let the globe, if nothing else, say this is true: That even as we grieved, we grew That even as we hurt, we hoped That even as we tired, we tried"

-Amanda Gorman, The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country

"When day comes, we step out of the shade of flame and unafraid. The new dawn balloons as we free it. For there is always light, if only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be …"

-Amanda Gorman, The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country

Cover of Flower Crowns and Fearsome Things by Amanda Lovelace

6. Flower Crowns and Fearsome Things

By: Amanda Lovelace

3.82

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

in her new standalone poetry collection, flower crowns & fearsome things , bestselling & award-winn… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Lovelace's Flower Crowns and Fearsome Things book and Sarah Warren's Beyoncé: Shine Your Light

  • nonfiction
"but she was wearing a short skirt."

-Amanda Lovelace, Flower Crowns and Fearsome Things

"everyone loves a strong woman until that woman no longer tolerates their bullshit. —the age-old proverb."

-Amanda Lovelace, Flower Crowns and Fearsome Things

"some days i wake up & think, i would still do anything for the person you made me think you were. —it’s too bad he doesn’t exist."

-Amanda Lovelace, Flower Crowns and Fearsome Things

"i refuse to be ashamed of taking up my rightful. i refuse to apologize for daring to have an opinion. —it’s a pleasure to disappoint you."

-Amanda Lovelace, Flower Crowns and Fearsome Things

Cover of Unfamiliar, Vol. 1 (Unfamiliar, #1) by Haley Newsome

7. Unfamiliar, Vol. 1 (Unfamiliar, #1)

By: Haley Newsome

3.94

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Based on the wildly popular webcomic from Tapas, Unfamiliar is an endearing and whimsical story ful… read more

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8. The Good Egg (The Food Group #2)

By: Jory John

4.35

Format: 36 pages, Hardcover

In this follow-up to Jory John and Pete Oswald’s popular picture book The Bad Seed, meet the next b… read more

Similar categories in Jory John's The Good Egg (The Food Group #2) book and Sarah Warren's Beyoncé: Shine Your Light

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • kids
Cover of Change Sings: a Children's Anthem by Amanda Gorman

9. Change Sings: a Children's Anthem

By: Amanda Gorman

4.56

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A lyrical picture book debut from Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman and illustrator Loren Long … read more

Similar categories in Amanda Gorman's Change Sings: a Children's Anthem book and Sarah Warren's Beyoncé: Shine Your Light

  • music
  • african american
  • picture books
  • childrens
"I can hear change humming In its loudest, proudest song. I don’t fear change coming, And so I sing along."

-Amanda Gorman, Change Sings: a Children's Anthem

"I hum with a hundred hearts, Each of us lifting a hand. I use my strengths and my smarts, Take a knee to make a stand."

-Amanda Gorman, Change Sings: a Children's Anthem

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10. Big Truck, Little Island

By: Chris Van Dusen

4.08

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

That big truck is stuck! How will the island residents get where they’re going? A tale of community… read more

Similar categories in Chris Van Dusen's Big Truck, Little Island book and Sarah Warren's Beyoncé: Shine Your Light

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • kids
Cover of R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul by Carole Boston Weatherford

11. R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul

By: Carole Boston Weatherford

3.96

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Aretha Franklin was born to sing. The daughter of a pastor and a gospel singer, her musical talent … read more

Similar categories in Carole Boston Weatherford's R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul book and Sarah Warren's Beyoncé: Shine Your Light

  • music
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • african american
Cover of The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read by Rita Lorraine Hubbard

12. The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read

By: Rita Lorraine Hubbard

4.60

Format: 34 pages, Hardcover

In 1848, Mary Walker was born into slavery. At age 15, she was freed, and by age 20, she was marrie… read more

Similar categories in Rita Lorraine Hubbard's The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read book and Sarah Warren's Beyoncé: Shine Your Light

  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • african american
"Mary decided that flying was a lot like reading: they both made a body feel free as a bird."

-Rita Lorraine Hubbard, The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read

Cover of All Rise: The Story of Ketanji Brown Jackson by Carole Boston Weatherford

13. All Rise: The Story of Ketanji Brown Jackson

By: Carole Boston Weatherford

4.20

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court, is an inspiration and r… read more

Similar categories in Carole Boston Weatherford's All Rise: The Story of Ketanji Brown Jackson book and Sarah Warren's Beyoncé: Shine Your Light

  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • african american
Cover of The Loud Librarian by Jenna Beatrice

14. The Loud Librarian

By: Jenna Beatrice

4.06

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

A little librarian with a larger-than-life voice finds her place in this sweet and uproarious pictu… read more

Similar categories in Jenna Beatrice's The Loud Librarian book and Sarah Warren's Beyoncé: Shine Your Light

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • school
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15. Patchwork

By: Matt de la Peña

4.20

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

From a Newbery Medal-winning author and a New York Times bestselling illustrator comes a deeply mov… read more

Similar categories in Matt de la Peña's Patchwork book and Sarah Warren's Beyoncé: Shine Your Light

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • kids
Cover of Charlotte and the Nutcracker: The True Story of a Girl Who Made Ballet History by Charlotte Nebres

16. Charlotte and the Nutcracker: The True Story of a Girl Who Made Ballet History

By: Charlotte Nebres

3.75

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A reimagined and modern take on the holiday favorite, this picture book weaves together the classic… read more

Similar categories in Charlotte Nebres's Charlotte and the Nutcracker: The True Story of a Girl Who Made Ballet History book and Sarah Warren's Beyoncé: Shine Your Light

  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • african american
Cover of The Kindest Red (The Proudest Blue #2) by Ibtihaj Muhammad

17. The Kindest Red (The Proudest Blue #2)

By: Ibtihaj Muhammad

4.30

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

The sequel to the acclaimed New York Times bestseller The Proudest Blue shows the power of friendsh… read more

Similar categories in Ibtihaj Muhammad's The Kindest Red (The Proudest Blue #2) book and Sarah Warren's Beyoncé: Shine Your Light

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • school
Cover of I Hope / nipakosêyimon by Monique Gray Smith

18. I Hope / nipakosêyimon

By: Monique Gray Smith

4.25

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Poignant words from award-winning Indigenous author Monique Gray Smith about all the hopes adults h… read more

Similar categories in Monique Gray Smith's I Hope / nipakosêyimon book and Sarah Warren's Beyoncé: Shine Your Light

  • picture books
  • childrens
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19. Say Her Name

By: Zetta Elliott

4.34

Format: 90 pages, None

For ages 12 and up. Inspired by the #SayHerName campaign launched by the African American Policy Fo… read more

Similar categories in Zetta Elliott's Say Her Name book and Sarah Warren's Beyoncé: Shine Your Light

  • african american
Cover of Beyoncé: Shine Your Light by Sarah Warren

20. Beyoncé: Shine Your Light

By: Sarah Warren

3.77

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Powerful text and beautiful illustrations make this dazzling picture book biography the perfect rea… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Warren's Beyoncé: Shine Your Light book and Sarah Warren's Beyoncé: Shine Your Light

  • music
  • biography
  • childrens
  • school
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • kids
  • african american
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21. Sarah Rising

By: Ty Chapman

4.08

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Sarah starts her day like any other she eats her toast and feeds her bugs. But today isn't a day l… read more

Similar categories in Ty Chapman's Sarah Rising book and Sarah Warren's Beyoncé: Shine Your Light

  • picture books
  • childrens

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Gigi D.G.

3.31

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Nikki Giovanni , Kristen Balouch , None , Damian Ward

4.48

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Rap A Tap Tap

Leo Dillon , Diane Dillon

4.82

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Jory John

4.35

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Pat Zietlow Miller , Jen Hill

4.47

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4.11

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Vashti Harrison

4.66

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Michaela Goade

4.43

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