9 Best history books like Lincoln and Kennedy: A Pair to Compare by Gene Barretta

Cover of Lincoln and Kennedy: A Pair to Compare by Gene Barretta

Lincoln and Kennedy: A Pair to Compare

By: Gene Barretta

3.32

Format: None pages, Hardcover

President Abraham Lincoln grew up in a one-room log cabin. President John F. Kennedy was raised in …

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Cover of You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?! by Jonah Winter, André Carrilho

1. You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?!

By: Jonah Winter , André Carrilho

3.96

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

In this striking picture book biography, an old-timer tells us what made Sandy Koufax such an amazi… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of Bobbie the Wonder Dog: A True Story by Tricia  Brown, Cary Porter

2. Bobbie the Wonder Dog: A True Story

By: Tricia Brown , Cary Porter

4.02

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Bob was an average-looking collie puppy in every way, except for his bobbed tail . . . and maybe th… read more

Similar categories in Tricia Brown's Bobbie the Wonder Dog: A True Story book and Gene Barretta's Lincoln and Kennedy: A Pair to Compare

  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo, Chris Sheban

3. Because of Winn-Dixie

By: Kate DiCamillo , Chris Sheban

3.00

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Kate DiCamillo's beloved, best-selling debut novel is now available in a paperback digest edition. … read more

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  • childrens
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4. Freckle Juice

By: Judy Blume

4.05

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Nicky has freckles: they cover his face, his ears, and the whole back of his neck. Sitting behind h… read more

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  • childrens
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5. Tornado

By: Doron Ben-Ami , Betsy Byars

3.02

Format: None pages, Paperback

A tornado appears in the distance, and Pete, the farmhand, gathers everyone into the storm cellar. … read more

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  • childrens
Cover of Lincoln and Kennedy: A Pair to Compare by Gene Barretta

6. Lincoln and Kennedy: A Pair to Compare

By: Gene Barretta

3.32

Format: None pages, Hardcover

President Abraham Lincoln grew up in a one-room log cabin. President John F. Kennedy was raised in … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • presidents
  • picture books
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of Frindle by Brian Selznick, Andrew Clements

7. Frindle

By: Brian Selznick , Andrew Clements

3.69

Format: 88 pages,

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  • childrens
Cover of The Chocolate Touch by Margot Apple, Patrick Skene Catling

8. The Chocolate Touch

By: Margot Apple , Patrick Skene Catling

3.91

Format: 163 pages, Paperback

In this zany twist on the legend of King Midas and his golden touch, a boy acquires a magical gift … read more

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  • childrens
Cover of The Lemonade War (The Lemonade War, #1) by Jacqueline Davies

9. The Lemonade War (The Lemonade War, #1)

By: Jacqueline Davies

3.67

Format: 44 pages, Hardcover

For a full hour, he poured lemonade. The world is a thirsty place, he thought as he nearly emptied … read more

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  • childrens
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10. Boxes for Katje

By: Candace Fleming , Stacey Dressen-McQueen

3.65

Format: None pages,

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  • picture books
  • childrens

11. Knights of the Kitchen Table (Time Warp Trio, #1)

By: Jon Scieszka , Lane Smith

4.32

Format: 318 pages, Paperback

Magician Uncle Joe's birthday present entitled "The Book" swirls green mist and grants pal Fred's w… read more

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12. Snow Treasure

By: Marie McSwigan , None

3.11

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

In the bleak winter of 1940, Nazi troops parachuted into Peter Lundstrom's tiny Norwegian village a… read more

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13. Muggie Maggie

By: Beverly Cleary , None

3.99

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

When Maggie's first attempt at cursive writing earns her the name Muggie Maggie because she doesn't… read more

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14. The Boys in the Boat: The True Story of an American Team's Epic Journey to Win Gold at the 1936 Olympics

By: Daniel James Brown , Gregory Mone

3.93

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Timesbestseller about the Greatest Generation freshly adapted for the next generati… read more

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15. Dragon Slippers (Dragon Slippers, #1)

By: Jessica Day George

3.49

Format: 465 pages, Hardcover

Poor Creel. She can't believe her aunt wants to sacrifice her to the local dragon. It's a ploy to l… read more

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16. The Infamous Ratsos

By: Kara LaReau , Matt Myers

3.60

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Louie and Ralphie Ratso's dad, Big Lou, always says that there are two kinds of people: those who a… read more

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17. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (Rats of NIMH, #1)

By: Robert C. O'Brien

3.83

Format: 35 pages, Paperback

Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse with four small children, must move her family to their summer quarter… read more

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18. The False Prince (The Ascendance Trilogy #1)

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

3.43

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

In a discontent kingdom, civil war is brewing. To unify the divided people, Conner, a nobleman of t… read more

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19. An Inconvenient Letter

By: Julie Wright

3.88

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Complications arise when Marietta’s secret love letters are accidentally found by the wrong man. … read more

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Cover of Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre by Carole Boston Weatherford

20. Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre

By: Carole Boston Weatherford

4.48

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A look at the Tulsa Race Massacre, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in US history. The… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • history
  • childrens
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21. Words on Fire

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.27

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Danger is never far from Audra's family farm in Lithuania. She always avoids the occupying Russian … read more

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  • childrens
"The words wouldn't lead to our independence - words, themselves, their very existence, were our independence"

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, Words on Fire

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22. Windsong Manor

By: Julie Wright

3.94

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A young widow. A gentle stable master. A secret that could change everything. Will Nora dare risk h… read more

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Cover of How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee by Carole Boston Weatherford

23. How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee

By: Carole Boston Weatherford

4.44

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book From a multi-award-winning pair comes a deeply affecting … read more

Similar categories in Carole Boston Weatherford's How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee book and Gene Barretta's Lincoln and Kennedy: A Pair to Compare

  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of Protecting Her Heart (Matchmakers #3) by Nancy Campbell Allen

24. Protecting Her Heart (Matchmakers #3)

By: Nancy Campbell Allen

4.19

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

London, 1887 When newly graduated medical doctor Charlotte Duvall receives word that her father ha… read more

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Cover of Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13 by Helaine Becker

25. Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13

By: Helaine Becker

4.50

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

The story of Katherine Johnson, an African-American mathematician who worked for NASA during the sp… read more

Similar categories in Helaine Becker's Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13 book and Gene Barretta's Lincoln and Kennedy: A Pair to Compare

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

26. 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

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  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of You Are Here: Connecting Flights by Ellen Oh

27. You Are Here: Connecting Flights

By: Ellen Oh

4.26

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An incident at a TSA security check point sows chaos and rumors, creating a chain of events that im… read more

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  • childrens
"Being good was slippery. It didn't stay still; it moved around, and not only that, sometimes it meant exactly opposite things. Like, there were times when being good meant speaking up, but other time…"

-Ellen Oh, You Are Here: Connecting Flights

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28. Just a Girl: A True Story of World War II

By: Lia Levi

3.84

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

In this memoir translated from Italian to English, a Jewish girl grows up during a difficult time o… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • childrens
"Mi racconto le mie paure anche per tenerle sott'occhio. Per me è così da sempre: se penso a una cosa, se la temo, so che non può succedermi. Le disgrazie arrivano perché non ti sono mai venute in men…"

-Lia Levi, Just a Girl: A True Story of World War II

Cover of Solving Sophronia (The Blue Orchid Society #1) by Jennifer  Moore

29. Solving Sophronia (The Blue Orchid Society #1)

By: Jennifer Moore

4.04

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Lady Sophronia Bremerton is a far cry from the typical debutante, but she's the toast of London's u… read more

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Cover of Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly

30. Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

By: Margot Lee Shetterly

4.44

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden were good at math...really g… read more

Similar categories in Margot Lee Shetterly's Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race book and Gene Barretta's Lincoln and Kennedy: A Pair to Compare

  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
Cover of Mae Among the Stars by Roda Ahmed

31. Mae Among the Stars

By: Roda Ahmed

4.24

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by the life of the first African American woman to travel in space, Mae Jemison. When L… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction

19 must-read childrens books like Lincoln and Kennedy: A Pair to Compare by Gene Barretta

Transform Your Habits

You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?!

Jonah Winter , André Carrilho

3.96

Transform Your Habits

Bobbie the Wonder Dog: A True Story

Tricia Brown , Cary Porter

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Because of Winn-Dixie

Kate DiCamillo , Chris Sheban

3.00

Transform Your Habits

Freckle Juice

Judy Blume

4.05

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Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library (Mr. Lemoncello's Library, #1)

Chris Grabenstein

4.12

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No Talking

Andrew Clements

3.97

Transform Your Habits

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (Fudge, #1)

Judy Blume

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Lunch Money

Brian Selznick , Andrew Clements

3.92

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