21 must-read picture books books like The Imagineer by Christopher Cheng

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The Imagineer

By: Christopher Cheng

4.17

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Penny is an imagineer. She fills her minuscule apartment with inventions she has built. Then Penny …

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1. City of Light (Outcast, #1)

By: Keri Arthur

3.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

The first in an all-new futuristic fantasy series from Keri Arthur--the New York Timesbestselling a… read more

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2. The Incredible Book Eating Boy

By: Oliver Jeffers

4.36

Format: 39 pages,

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3. The Trials of Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor, #1)

By: None

3.78

Format: 472 pages, Hardcover

A breathtaking, enchanting new series by debut author Jessica Townsend, about a cursed girl who esc… read more

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4. Scar Town

By: Tristan Bancks

4.04

Format: 188 pages, Kindle Edition

Twelve-year-old Will Haddon and his twin friends, Dar and Juno, find a safe full of money and human… read more

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  • childrens
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5. Jetty Jumping

By: Andrea Rowe

4.33

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

While Milla’s friends take big, brave jumps off the jetty, Milla stays on the blistering wood, scar… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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6. The Boy Who Tried to Shrink His Name

By: Sandhya Parappukkaran

4.27

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

When Zimdalamashkermishkada starts a new school, he knows he’s got to do something about his long n… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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7. My Strange Shrinking Parents

By: Zeno Sworder

4.53

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

It goes without saying that all children believe their parents to be strange. Mine were unusual for… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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8. The Sideways Orbit of Evie Hart

By: Samera Kamaleddine

3.65

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Friendship, family and feelings collide in this sparkling middle-grade debut from Matilda Prize win… read more

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  • childrens
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9. Bev and Kev

By: Katrina Germein

3.97

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Bev is tall and Kev is small. An unlikely pair! Could this be the beginning of a very big fri… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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10. Naturopolis

By: Deborah Frenkel

3.93

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Look closer, look with care And you may find a forest… Among the steel and stone canyons of the… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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11. What Do You Call Your Grandma?

By: Ashleigh Barton

4.20

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

An inclusive picture book for grandparents everywhere. In every country around the world are gra… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens

12. Market Day

By: Carrie Gallasch

3.97

Format: None pages, None

When a girl is given a coin to spend at the market, she thinks carefully about what to buy. She is … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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13. Stellarphant

By: James Foley

4.68

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Heroes come in all shapes, sizes and species. Stella wants to be an astronaut. There is only one pr… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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14. The Inheritance

By: Armin Greder

4.15

Format: 36 pages, Hardcover

A provocative call-to-arms to economic leaders to change course and better protect our planet and i… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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15. Blue Flower

By: Sonya Hartnett

4.14

Format: 36 pages, Hardcover

I lay down and put my nose in the grass. The grass was dotted with yellow flowers, but blue ones gr… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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16. Ceremony

By: Adam Goodes

4.36

Format: 24 pages, Hardcover

A joyful celebration of family and culture, the Welcome to Our Country series introduces First Nati… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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17. Snap!

By: Anna Walker

3.95

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Tap, tap tap … Frog thinks there’s no one else in the forest, but you never know what’s just aro… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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18. The Speedy Sloth

By: Rebecca Young

4.26

Format: None pages, Hardcover

None read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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19. That Bird Has Arms

By: Kate Temple

3.86

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Roy is an ordinary bird in every way. He is not the biggest, or the smallest. His squawk is not the… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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20. The Mud Puddlers

By: Pamela Rushby

4.40

Format: 190 pages, Kindle Edition

What lies hidden in the mud? What might happen if you look at it too long? And what will happen if … read more

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  • childrens
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21. What To Say When You Don't Know What To Say

By: Davina Bell

4.36

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of All the Ways to Be Smart, comes a warm and whimsical guide to nego… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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22. We are Australians

By: Duncan Smith

4.42

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

For those born in Australia, it’s easy to take citizenship and its responsibilities for granted. Bu… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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23. JIGSAW: A PUZZLE IN THE POST

By: Bob Graham

3.86

Format: None pages, Hardcover

None read more

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  • picture books
Cover of Dinosaur Dads by Lesley Gibbes

24. Dinosaur Dads

By: Lesley Gibbes

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

None read more

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25. A Trip to the Hospital

By: Freda Chiu

4.14

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A children's book that explores all the amazing things that happen inside a children's hospital and… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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26. For Love

By: Cristina Neri

3.45

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Set on a sleeping volcano in the Mediterranean Sea, this book conjures a magical world filled with … read more

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27. Come Over To My House

By: Eliza Hull

4.49

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Come Over To My House is a delightful picture book that explores the home lives of children and par… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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28. The Imagineer

By: Christopher Cheng

4.17

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Penny is an imagineer. She fills her minuscule apartment with inventions she has built. Then Penny … read more

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  • childrens
Cover of My Deadly Boots (-) by Hakea Hustler

29. My Deadly Boots (-)

By: Hakea Hustler

3.80

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

SHORTLISTED FOR THE CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD, QUEENSLAND LITERARY AWARDS 2023 Spikes on the bottom bo… read more

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  • picture books
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30. Running With Ivan

By: Suzanne Leal

4.06

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

Yearning to escape the new family he never wanted, thirteen-year-old Leo Arnold is transported to w… read more

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31. Maku (Our Stories)

By: Meyne Wyatt

4.41

Format: 71 pages, Kindle Edition

OUR STORIES is a funny, relatable and engaging new early-chapter book series that celebrates Austra… read more

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