9 best-selling nonfiction books like Gregor Mendel: The Friar Who Grew Peas by Jos. A. Smith, Cheryl Bardoe

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Gregor Mendel: The Friar Who Grew Peas

By: Jos. A. Smith , Cheryl Bardoe

3.37

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

Regarded as the world's first geneticist, Gregor Mendel overcame poverty and obscurity to discover …

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1. Abigail Adams: Witness to a Revolution

By: Natalie S. Bober

4.23

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Abigail Adams is often referred to as the wife of one president and the mother of another. Rarely i… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • childrens
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2. Last Stop on Market Street

By: Matt de la Peña , Christian Robinson

4.30

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

"Sometimes when you're surrounded by dirt, CJ, you're a better witness for what's beautiful." CJ… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
"He wondered how his nana always found beautiful where he never even thought to look."

-Matt de la Peña, Last Stop on Market Street

"Sometimes when you're surrounded by dirt...you're a better witness for what's beautiful."

-Matt de la Peña, Last Stop on Market Street

"Nana, how come we don't got a car?' 'Boy, what do we need a car for? We got a bus that breathes fire, and old Mr. Daniels, who always has a trick for you."

-Matt de la Peña, Last Stop on Market Street

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3. The Story Book of Science

By: Jean-Henri Fabre

4.17

Format: 456 pages, Paperback

The wonders of plant and animal life told with rare literary charm by Uncle Paul in conversations w… read more

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  • history
  • childrens
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
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4. The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare

By: Jonathan Lethem , G.K. Chesterton

2.67

Format: 166 pages,

G.K. Chesterton's 1908 masterpiece, The Man Who Was Thursday, is a metaphysical thriller, and a det… read more

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5. Just So Stories

By: Rudyard Kipling

3.73

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Twelve stories about animals, insects, and other subjects include How the Camel Got His Hump. The B… read more

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  • childrens
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6. Owl at Home

By: Arnold Lobel

3.77

Format: 341 pages, Paperback

Welcome to Owl's house! Owl lives all by himself in a cozy little house. But whether he's inviting … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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7. Rip Van Winkle

By: Washington Irving

3.81

Format: 343 pages, Paperback

What would you do if you met the Strange Men in the mountains? Would you dare to pass the haunted t… read more

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8. Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

3.79

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Tricked by the uncle who has stolen his inheritance, young David Balfour is kidnapped and bound for… read more

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"And life is all a variorum, at the best."

-Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)

"To be feared of a thing and yet to do it, is what makes the prettiest kind of a man."

-Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)

"There are two things that men should never weary of, goodness and humility; we get none too much of them in this rough world among cold, proud people."

-Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)

"But besides that I was of an unforgiving disposition from my birth, slow to take offense, slower to forget it, and now incensed both against my companion and myself."

-Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)

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9. Poetry for Young People: Robert Frost

By: Henri Sorensen , Gary D. Schmidt , Robert Frost

4.08

Format: 31 pages, Hardcover

"In an attractive large-size volume...25 poems to introduce Robert Frost to young people. The selec… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature
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10. James Herriot's Treasury for Children: Warm and Joyful Tales by the Author of All Creatures Great and Small

By: James Herriot , Ruth Brown , Peter Barrett

4.08

Format: 31 pages, Hardcover

James Herriot's Treasury for Children collects all of the beloved veterinarian's delightful tales f… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
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11. The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree: An Appalachian Story

By: Barbara Cooney , Gloria Houston

3.78

Format: 377 pages, Paperback

This unforgettable tale, illustrated by Caldecott Medalist Barbara Cooney, has become a seasonal cl… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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12. Gregor Mendel: The Friar Who Grew Peas

By: Jos. A. Smith , Cheryl Bardoe

3.37

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

Regarded as the world's first geneticist, Gregor Mendel overcame poverty and obscurity to discover … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
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13. 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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  • nonfiction
  • history
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14. Minn of the Mississippi

By: Holling Clancy Holling

3.59

Format: 251 pages, Paperback

The history of the Mississippi River Valley is told in text and pictures through the adventures of … read more

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  • history
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nature
  • science
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15. Paddle-to-the-Sea

By: Holling Clancy Holling

4.28

Format: 64 pages, Library Binding

A 1942 Caldecott Honor Book A young Indian boy carves a little canoe with a figure inside and na… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature
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16. Make Way for Ducklings

By: Robert McCloskey

4.24

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

This classic tale of the famous Mallard ducks of Boston is available for the first time in a full-s… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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17. Ox-Cart Man

By: Barbara Cooney , Donald Hall

4.08

Format: 40 pages, Paperback

Winner of the Caldecott Medal (1980) Thus begins a lyrical journey through the days and weeks, t… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens

18. The Landing of the Pilgrims

By: James Daugherty

4.12

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

In England in the early 1600s, everyone was forced to join the Church of England. Young William Bra… read more

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19. Understood Betsy

By: Dorothy Canfield Fisher

4.22

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

For all of her nine years, fragile Elizabeth Ann has heard her Aunt Frances refer in whispers to he… read more

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  • childrens
"What's the matter?" asked the teacher, seeing her bewildered face. "Why—why," said Elizabeth Ann, "I don't know what I am at all. If I'm second-grade arithmetic and seventh-grade reading and third-gr…"

-Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Understood Betsy

20. Benjamin Franklin

By: Ingri d'Aulaire , Edgar Parin d'Aulaire

3.85

Format: 96 pages,

A biography of the witty author, scientist, and statesman who helped with the Declaration of Indepe… read more

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21. Pagoo

By: Holling Clancy Holling , None

3.80

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

An intricate study of tide pool life is presented in text and pictures through the story of Pagoo, … read more

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22. Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei

By: Peter Sís

4.24

Format: 376 pages,

"If they had seen what we see, they would have judged as we judge." -- Galileo Galilei In every age… read more

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23. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (The Herdmans, #1)

By: Barbara Robinson

4.22

Format: 128 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Laughs abound in this bestselling Christmas classic by Barbara Robinson! The Best Christmas Pageant… read more

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  • childrens
"I've got the baby here," Imogene barked at the Wise Men. "Don touch him! I named him Jesus."

-Barbara Robinson, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (The Herdmans, #1)

"When they got to the part about swaddling clothes and the manger, Imogene asked, “You mean they tied him up and put him in a feedbox? Where was the Child Welfare?"

-Barbara Robinson, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (The Herdmans, #1)

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24. Blueberries for Sal

By: Robert McCloskey

4.21

Format: 56 pages, Hardcover

Caldecott Honor Book What happens when Sal and her mother meet a mother bear and her cub? A belo… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature

25. Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones (Alcatraz, #2)

By: Brandon Sanderson

3.00

Format: 253 pages,

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26. Over and Under the Snow

By: Kate Messner , Christopher Silas Neal

3.69

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Over the snow, the world is hushed and white. But under the snow exists a secret kingdom of squirre… read more

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27. The Little Duke

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

4.13

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful sca… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • childrens

28. Chains (Seeds of America, #1)

By: Laurie Halse Anderson

3.96

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

If an entire nation could seek its freedom, why not a girl? As the Revolutionary War begins, thirte… read more

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29. Parables from Nature (Yesterday's Classics)

By: Mrs. Alfred Gatty

4.03

Format: 456 pages, Paperback

Parables for children inspired by nature. This collection includes all 29 stories from the first, s… read more

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  • childrens
  • nature
  • science
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30. The Gospel Comes with a House Key

By: Rosaria Champagne Butterfield

4.31

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

What did God use to draw a radical, committed unbeliever to himself? Did God take her to an evangel… read more

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  • nonfiction
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31. Poor Richard

By: James Daugherty

3.85

Format: 175 pages, Paperback

A biography of Benjamin Franklin from his birth in Boston in 1706 through his years as printer,stat… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • childrens

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Natalie S. Bober

4.23

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Jean-Henri Fabre

4.17

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3.37

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Susan Wise Bauer

3.42

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Paul Kriwaczek

3.91

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Adrian Goldsworthy

4.19

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Mary Beard

3.59

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