11 Top middle grade books like The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem van Loon

Cover of The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem van Loon

The Story of Mankind

By: Hendrik Willem van Loon

4.37

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Winner of the first John Newbery Medal, this renowned classic is now updated for the millennium. He…

If you liked the middle grade plot in The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem van Loon , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle (Doctor Dolittle, #2) by Hugh Lofting, Michael Hague

1. The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle (Doctor Dolittle, #2)

By: Hugh Lofting , Michael Hague

3.99

Format: 387 pages, Paperback

The delightfully eccentric Doctor Dolittle, rendered immortal on screen by the gifted Rex Harrison,… read more

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  • classics
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile
"I don't believe in a lot of baggage. It's such a nuisance. Life's too short to fuss with it. And it isn't really necessary"

-Hugh Lofting, The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle (Doctor Dolittle, #2)

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2. Thimble Summer

By: Elizabeth Enright

3.75

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

When Garnet finds a silver thimble in the sand by the river, she is sure it’s magical. But is it ma… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • juvenile
"Garnet was very happy. She was so happy, for no especial reason, that she felt as if she must move carefully so she wouldn’t jar or shake the feeling of happiness. She descended from the roof cautiou…"

-Elizabeth Enright, Thimble Summer

Cover of Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women (Newbery Medal Winner) by Cornelia Meigs

3. Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women (Newbery Medal Winner)

By: Cornelia Meigs

3.75

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Biography tracing the fascinating life of Louisa May Alcott from her happy childhood in Pennsylvani… read more

Similar categories in Cornelia Meigs's Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women (Newbery Medal Winner) book and Hendrik Willem van Loon's The Story of Mankind

  • classics
  • history
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • nonfiction
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4. Smoky the Cow Horse

By: Will James

3.40

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Smoky knows only one way of life: freedom. Living on the open range, he is free to go where he want… read more

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  • childrens
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5. The Dark Frigate

By: Charles Boardman Hawes

3.95

Format: None pages, Paperback

In seventeenth century England, a terrible accident forces orphaned Philip Marsham to flee London i… read more

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  • historical
  • childrens
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6. Hitty, Her First Hundred Years

By: Dorothy P. Lathrop , Rachel Field

3.78

Format: 479 pages, Paperback

Hitty is a doll of great charm and character. It is indeed a privilege to publish her memoirs, whic… read more

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  • classics
  • middle grade
  • childrens
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7. Tales From Silver Lands

By: Charles J. Finger

3.41

Format: 94 pages, Hardcover

Tales from Silver Lands is a collection of nineteen folktales, which Finger collected during his tr… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile
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8. Call It Courage

By: Armstrong Sperry

3.60

Format: 316 pages, Paperback

A boy tries to overcome his fear of the sea in this treasured classic and winner of the Newbery Med… read more

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  • classics
  • middle grade
  • childrens
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9. Miss Hickory

By: Ruth Chrisman Gannett , Carolyn Sherwin Bailey

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

Most dolls lead a comfortable but unadventurous life. This was true of Miss Hickory until the fatef… read more

Similar categories in Ruth Chrisman Gannett's Miss Hickory book and Hendrik Willem van Loon's The Story of Mankind

  • classics
  • middle grade
  • childrens
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10. The Matchlock Gun

By: Walter D. Edmonds

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

A Newbery Medal Winner In 1756, New York State was still a British colony, and the French and the I… read more

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  • historical
  • classics
  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem van Loon

11. The Story of Mankind

By: Hendrik Willem van Loon

4.37

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Winner of the first John Newbery Medal, this renowned classic is now updated for the millennium. He… read more

Similar categories in Hendrik Willem van Loon's The Story of Mankind book and Hendrik Willem van Loon's The Story of Mankind

  • classics
  • history
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • nonfiction
  • juvenile
Cover of The White Stag by Kate Seredy

12. The White Stag

By: Kate Seredy

4.00

Format: 158 pages, Paperback

Winner of the Newbery Medal For generations the tribes of Huns and Magyars had moved relentlessly w… read more

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  • classics
  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Lynd Ward, Elizabeth Coatsworth

13. The Cat Who Went to Heaven

By: Lynd Ward , Elizabeth Coatsworth

3.00

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

This is the story of a little cat who came to the home of a poor Japanese artist, and, by humility … read more

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  • classics
  • childrens

14. King of the Wind: The Story of the Godolphin Arabian

By: Marguerite Henry , Wesley Dennis

3.50

Format: 24 pages, Hardcover

He was named "Sham" for the sun, this golden red stallion born in the Sultan of Morocco's stone sta… read more

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15. The Trumpeter of Krakow

By: Eric P. Kelly

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

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16. Shen of the Sea: Chinese Stories for Children

By: Arthur Bowie Chrisman , None

4.15

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A series of fascinating Chinese stories, strong in humor and rich in Chinese wisdom, in which the a… read more

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17. M.C. Higgins, the Great

By: Virginia Hamilton

4.21

Format: None pages, Paperback

Mayo Cornelius Higgins sits on his gleaming, forty-foot steel pole, towering over his home on Sarah… read more

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18. Amos Fortune, Free Man

By: Elizabeth Yates , Nora S. Unwin

3.97

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

A Newbery Medal Winner When Amos Fortune was only fifteen years old, he was captured by slave trade… read more

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Cover of Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1) by Carol Ryrie Brink

19. Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)

By: Carol Ryrie Brink

4.02

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Caddie Woodlawn is a real adventurer. She'd rather hunt than sew and plow than bake, and tries to b… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • juvenile
"Life is just a lot of everyday adventures."

-Carol Ryrie Brink, Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)

"But every redhead's temper has its limitations."

-Carol Ryrie Brink, Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)

". . . the three adventurers were overcome by that delicious weariness which suddenly overtakes on at the end of an outdoor day."

-Carol Ryrie Brink, Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)

". . . the three adventurers were overcome by that delicious weariness which suddenly overtakes one at the end of an outdoor day."

-Carol Ryrie Brink, Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)

20. Gay Neck: The Story of a Pigeon

By: Dhan Gopal Mukerji , Boris Artzybasheff

4.22

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Writing out of his own experience as a boy in India, Dhan Gopal Mukerji tells how Gay Neck's master… read more

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21. Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze

By: Elizabeth Foreman Lewis , William Low

4.33

Format: 226 pages, Hardcover

A classic Newbery Award winner, with an introduction by Katherine Paterson and new illustrations Wh… read more

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3.99

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Elizabeth Borton de Treviño

3.76

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3.77

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3.75

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