7 Top nonfiction books like The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone by James Cross Giblin

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The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone

By: James Cross Giblin

4.20

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Decipher the history of Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs with this enlightening account of the discover…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone by James Cross Giblin , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. The Wind in the Willows

By: Kenneth Grahame , Gillian Avery

4.02

Format: 197 pages, Paperback

“All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he… read more

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  • childrens
"...Absorbed in the new scents, the sounds, and the sunlight..."

-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

"Badger hates Society, and invitations, and dinner, and all that sort of thing."

-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

"There’s nothing––absolutely nothing––half so much worth doing as messing about in boats."

-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

"After all, the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting yourself, as to see all the other fellows busy working."

-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

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2. How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds

By: Alan Jacobs

3.96

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

How to Think is a contrarian treatise on why we're not as good at thinking as we assume - but how r… read more

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  • nonfiction
"There can be more genuine fellowship among those who share the same disposition than among those who share the same beliefs, especially if that disposition is toward kindness and generosity."

-Alan Jacobs, How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds

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3. When We Were Very Young (Winnie-the-Pooh, #3)

By: Ernest H. Shepard , A.A. Milne

4.24

Format: 100 pages, Hardcover

“They're changing guard at Buckingham Palace – Christopher Robin went down with Alice.” Curl up wit… read more

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  • childrens
"She turned to the sunlight And shook her yellow head, And whispered to her neighbor: "Winter is dead."

-Ernest H. Shepard, When We Were Very Young (Winnie-the-Pooh, #3)

"If you were a cloud, and sailed up there, You'd sail on the water as blue as air. And you'd see me here in the fields and say: "Doesn't the sky look green today?"

-Ernest H. Shepard, When We Were Very Young (Winnie-the-Pooh, #3)

"If you were a bird, and lived on high, You'd lean on the wind when the wind came by, You'd say to the wind when it took you away: "That's where I wanted to go today!"

-Ernest H. Shepard, When We Were Very Young (Winnie-the-Pooh, #3)

"Daffodowndilly She wore her yellow sun-bonnet, She wore her greenest gown; She turned to the south wind And curtsied up and down. She turned to the sunlight And shook her yellow head, And whispered t…"

-Ernest H. Shepard, When We Were Very Young (Winnie-the-Pooh, #3)

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4. Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)

By: L.M. Montgomery

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

This heartwarming story has beckoned generations of readers into the special world of Green Gables,… read more

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  • historical
  • childrens
"I love a book that makes me cry."

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)

"Red hair is my life long sorrow."

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)

"All i want is a dress with puffy sleaves"

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)

"True friends are always together in spirit."

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)

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5. Pink and Say

By: Patricia Polacco

3.69

Format: 143 pages, Hardcover

There are few picture books written about the Civil War, and none are as powerful as this one. This… read more

Similar categories in Patricia Polacco's Pink and Say book and James Cross Giblin's The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone

  • childrens
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6. Roxaboxen

By: Barbara Cooney , Alice McLerran

3.97

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

From two-time Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator Barbara Cooney and celebrated children's book aut… read more

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  • childrens
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7. Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1)

By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

4.18

Format: None pages, Paperback

Laura Ingalls and her family live deep in the Big Woods of Wisconsin. Their log cabin is surrounded… read more

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  • historical
  • childrens
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8. Mara, Daughter of the Nile

By: Eloise Jarvis McGraw

3.16

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Mara is a proud and beautiful slave girl who yearns for freedom. In order to gain it, she finds her… read more

Similar categories in Eloise Jarvis McGraw's Mara, Daughter of the Nile book and James Cross Giblin's The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone

  • historical
  • egypt
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9. Eve in Exile and the Restoration of Femininity

By: Rebekah Merkle

4.04

Format: None pages, Paperback

The swooning Victorian ladies and the 1950s housewives genuinely needed to be liberated. That much … read more

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  • nonfiction
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10. The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone

By: James Cross Giblin

4.20

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Decipher the history of Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs with this enlightening account of the discover… read more

Similar categories in James Cross Giblin's The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone book and James Cross Giblin's The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone

  • history
  • childrens
  • language
  • historical
  • egypt
  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
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11. The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome

By: Susan Wise Bauer

3.42

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

This is the first volume in a bold new series that tells the stories of all peoples, connecting his… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • ancient history
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12. On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness (The Wingfeather Saga, #1)

By: Andrew Peterson

4.33

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

Once, in a cottage above the cliffs on the Dark Sea of Darkness, there lived three children and the… read more

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  • childrens
"Even if hope is just a low ember at night, in the morning you can still start a fire."

-Andrew Peterson, On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness (The Wingfeather Saga, #1)

"Esben Igiby was seeping into Janner’s thoughts, and there was no way to seal the leak."

-Andrew Peterson, On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness (The Wingfeather Saga, #1)

"But other than the cruel fangs and the constant threat of death and torture, there wasn't much to fear in Skree."

-Andrew Peterson, On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness (The Wingfeather Saga, #1)

"There's just something about the way he sings. It makes me think of when it snows outside, and the fire is warm, and Podo is telling us a story while you're cooking, and there's no place I'd rather b…"

-Andrew Peterson, On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness (The Wingfeather Saga, #1)

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13. Little House on the Prairie (Little House, #2)

By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

2.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

Meet Laura Ingalls . . . . . . the little girl who would grow up to write the Little House books. P… read more

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  • historical
  • childrens

14. The Unseen Realm

By: Michael S. Heiser

3.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In The Unseen Realm, Dr. Michael Heiser examines the ancient context of Scripture, explaining how i… read more

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15. How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World

By: Marjorie Priceman

3.72

Format: 224 pages,

An apple pie is easy to make...if the market is open. But if the market is closed, the world become… read more

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16. Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories

By: Agatha Christie

3.00

Format: 1118 pages, Paperback

Elderly Miss Jane Marple from St Mary's Mead village applies skills of observation and deduction to… read more

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17. For the Children's Sake

By: Susan Schaeffer Macaulay

4.44

Format: 166 pages, Paperback

Every parent and teacher wants to give their children the best education possible. Everyone would l… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Pupils whose foundations have been deeply laid on books and things, using narration to lock their knowledge in place, and who learn not for marks and prizes but because learning is its own reward... …"

-Susan Schaeffer Macaulay, For the Children's Sake

"No parent/home/child/teacher/school has an all-round 100 percent wholeness. We all have limitations and problems. But I must never think it is all or nothing. Perhaps I'd like to live in the country,…"

-Susan Schaeffer Macaulay, For the Children's Sake

18. Man of the Family (Little Britches, #2)

By: Edward Shenton , Ralph Moody

3.89

Format: None pages, Paperback

Early 1900s Colorado. Fortified with Yankee ingenuity and western energy, the Moody family, transpl… read more

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19. The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963

By: Christopher Paul Curtis

3.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Newbery Honor-winning American classic, The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963 , celebrates 20 year… read more

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20. Tales of Ancient Egypt

By: Roger Lancelyn Green , None

3.99

Format: 284 pages, Paperback

Features stories that include the great myths - of Amen-Ra, who created all the creatures in the wo… read more

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21. Much Ado About Nothing

By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine , Gail Kern Paster , None

3.92

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

The action is set in Sicily, where Don Pedro, Prince of Aragon, has recently defeated his half-brot… read more

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22. The Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt (Landmark Books)

By: Elizabeth Payne

2.00

Format: 28 pages,

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23. The Green Ember (The Green Ember, #1)

By: S.D. Smith

4.28

Format: 400 pages, Perfect Paperback

Heather and Picket are extraordinary rabbits with ordinary lives until calamitous events overtake t… read more

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  • childrens
"Was Father getting sadder, or was she just getting old enough to see it?"

-S.D. Smith, The Green Ember (The Green Ember, #1)

"You can choose what you believe, Shuffler, but you can't change what's true."

-S.D. Smith, The Green Ember (The Green Ember, #1)

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24. The Sign of the Beaver

By: Elizabeth George Speare

3.87

Format: 148 pages, Kindle Edition

Twelve-year-old Matt is left on his own in the Maine wilderness while his father leaves to bring th… read more

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  • historical
  • childrens
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25. Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents

By: Rod Dreher

4.36

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of The Benedict Option draws on the wisdom of Christian survi… read more

Similar categories in Rod Dreher's Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents book and James Cross Giblin's The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone

  • nonfiction
  • history
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26. Simon Sort of Says

By: Erin Bow

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Simon O’Keeffe’s biggest claim to fame should be the time his dad accidentally gave a squirrel a ho… read more

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  • childrens
"Dad picks Denver [to get his rabies shots], and he's totally fine, but he's going to be away for three days. "Just like Jesus," Mom says. I can hear the phone say, "Isobel!"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"In the tabernacle did the [squirrel]--" "Eat the Host?" says Dad. "Yes he did." "And was it--" "Consecrated?" says Dad. "Yes it was." ... "What, uh, happened to the squirrel?" "That squirrel is now 3…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"The dog- Todd?- looks up from its leaking beer, puffs a sigh, then crosses the room to head-butt the fridge door closed. "Ummm" I manage "Did you see he got a--" "It's okay," she says. "He only has o…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

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27. Midwinter Murder: Fireside Tales from the Queen of Mystery

By: Agatha Christie

3.83

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

An all-new collection of winter-themed stories from the Queen of Mystery, just in time for the holi… read more

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28. The Labors of Hercules Beal

By: Gary D. Schmidt

4.53

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning author Gary D. Schmidt, a warm and witty novel in the tradition of The Wednesday… read more

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  • childrens
"And when Achilles went inside the Vampire said to me, "You all right?" I nodded. "I'm okay." "Okay is good enough for now," she said."

-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal

"Most people don't think we even look like brothers," I said. "You do when you're asleep," she said. "Your face relaxes, and you stop worrying, and all that grit you two carry around falls away, and y…"

-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal

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29. The Story of the Greeks

By: Hélène A. Guerber

3.85

Format: 392 pages, Kindle Edition

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteer… read more

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  • history
  • childrens
  • historical
  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams by Daniel Nayeri

30. The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams

By: Daniel Nayeri

3.96

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A new all-ages adventure tale from Printz Medal Winner, Daniel Nayeri This is the tale of an exciti… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Nayeri's The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams book and James Cross Giblin's The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone

  • historical
  • childrens
"He had betrayed God and wanted to hide from him, the way children hide, sitting in the open and covering their eyes."

-Daniel Nayeri, The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams

"To everyone we love we give a knife. The knife is shaped to pass through the bones of our chests like a key in a lock. Nothing else can cut our hearts so deeply."

-Daniel Nayeri, The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams

"Wouldn't it be nice if love was always around us like life and death? Wouldn't it be nice if love was inevitable like the other two? That you could be sure you'd find someone to love and love you in …"

-Daniel Nayeri, The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams

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Kenneth Grahame , Gillian Avery

4.02

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Ernest H. Shepard , A.A. Milne

4.24

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Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)

L.M. Montgomery

4.31

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Patricia Polacco

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Cynthia Rylant , Stephen Gammell

3.82

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3.97

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Virginia Lee Burton

5.00

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