5 must-read nature books like Wait by Antoinette Portis

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Wait

By: Antoinette Portis

4.16

Format: None pages,

If you liked the nature plot in Wait by Antoinette Portis , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems

1. Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!

By: Mo Willems

4.33

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

When a bus driver takes a break from his route, a very unlikely volunteer springs up to take his pl… read more

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  • storytime
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
"I bet your mom would let me." -Pigeon, Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus-"

-Mo Willems, Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!

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2. Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons

By: James Dean , Eric Litwin

4.41

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

An award-winning and bestselling Pete the Cat hardcover picture book! Count down with Pete in th… read more

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  • storytime
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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3. Llama Llama Red Pajama

By: Anna Dewdney

4.30

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Llama, Llama red pajama waiting, waiting for his mama. Mama isn’t coming yet. Baby Llama starts … read more

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  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • storytime
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4. Journey (Journey Trilogy #1)

By: Aaron Becker

4.37

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Follow a girl on an elaborate flight of fancy in a wondrously illustrated, wordless picture book ab… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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5. No, David!

By: David Shannon

3.75

Format: 132 pages, Hardcover

When author and artist David Shannon was five years old, he wrote a semi-autobiographical story of … read more

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • storytime
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6. There is a Bird on Your Head! (Elephant & Piggie, #4)

By: Mo Willems

4.03

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Gerald is careful. Piggie is not. Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can. Gerald worries so that Pi… read more

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  • storytime
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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7. Dogs

By: Emily Gravett

3.74

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Gorgeous canines of every shape and size are bounding through this book. Can you choose one dog to … read more

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  • storytime
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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8. Wait

By: Antoinette Portis

4.16

Format: None pages,

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • storytime
  • nature
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9. I Want My Hat Back

By: Jon Klassen

4.35

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A picture-book delight by a rising talent tells a cumulative tale with a mischievous twist. The … read more

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"What if I never see it again? What if nobody ever finds it? My poor hat. I miss it so much."

-Jon Klassen, I Want My Hat Back

10. Waiting is Not Easy! (Elephant & Piggie, #22)

By: Mo Willems

3.72

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Gerald is careful. Piggie is not. Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can. Gerald worries so that Pi… read more

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11. Wolfie the Bunny

By: Zachariah OHora , Ame Dyckman

3.89

Format: 266 pages, Hardcover

The Bunny family has adopted a wolf son, and daughter Dot is the only one who realizes Wolfie can--… read more

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12. A Different Pond

By: Bao Phi , Thi Bui

4.50

Format: 34 pages, Hardcover

Acclaimed poet Bao Phi delivers a powerful, honest glimpse into a relationship between father and s… read more

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13. Firebird: Ballerina Misty Copeland Shows a Young Girl How to Dance Like the Firebird

By: Misty Copeland , Christopher Myers

4.11

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In her debut picture book, Misty Copeland tells the story of a young girl--an every girl--whose con… read more

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14. Dear Zoo: A Lift-the-Flap Book

By: Rod Campbell

4.60

Format: None pages, Board Book

A child writes to the zoo for a pet. The zoo send a series of unsuitable pets, revealed behind flap… read more

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15. The Gruffalo (Gruffalo, #1)

By: Julia Donaldson , Axel Scheffler

4.46

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Just what is the Gruffalo? He has terrible tusks... and terrible claws... and terrible teeth in … read more

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  • storytime
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction

16. Moo!

By: Mike Wohnoutka , David LaRochelle

4.18

Format: 578 pages, Hardcover

When Cow gets her hooves on the farmer's car, she takes it for a wild ride through the country. Moo… read more

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17. Big

By: Vashti Harrison

4.66

Format: 60 pages, Kindle Edition

This deeply moving story shares valuable lessons about fitting in, standing out, and the beauty of … read more

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • storytime
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18. Knight Owl (The Knight Owl Series, 1)

By: Christopher Denise

4.51

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A Caldecott Honor Winner and  New York Times  Bestseller!  A determined Owl builds strength and … read more

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  • storytime
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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19. Watercress

By: Andrea Wang

4.53

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Gathering watercress by the side of the road brings a girl closer to her family's Chinese Heritage.… read more

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
Cover of The Year We Learned to Fly by Jacqueline Woodson

20. The Year We Learned to Fly

By: Jacqueline Woodson

4.39

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Jacqueline Woodson and Rafael López’s highly anticipated companion to their #1 New York Times bests… read more

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  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • storytime
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21. Freewater

By: Amina Luqman-Dawson

4.18

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A middle-grade novel about two enslaved children’s escape from a plantation and the many ways they … read more

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  • childrens
  • fiction
"Lord only knows how many of us they keep from running. How many of us stay in these hateful places out of love. I used to think it was from scaring us - beating, cutting, or whipping us that did it. …"

-Amina Luqman-Dawson, Freewater

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22. There Was a Party for Langston

By: Jason Reynolds

4.48

Format: 56 pages, ebook

New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Jason Reynolds’s debut picture book is a snappy… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of We Are Water Protectors: (Caldecott Medal Winner) by Carole Lindstrom

23. We Are Water Protectors: (Caldecott Medal Winner)

By: Carole Lindstrom

4.51

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by the many Indigenous-led movements across North America, We Are Water Protectors issues … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature
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24. In Every Life

By: Marla Frazee

4.28

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A simple and profound meditation on the many wonders of life from two-time Caldecott Honor recipien… read more

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  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • nature
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25. Marshmallow & Jordan

By: Alina Chau

4.22

Format: 379 pages, Hardcover

Jordan’s days as star player for her school’s basketball team ended when an accident left her paral… read more

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  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Dinosnores (Boynton on Board) by Sandra Boynton

26. Dinosnores (Boynton on Board)

By: Sandra Boynton

4.27

Format: 24 pages, Board book

“Honk SHOOOOOO! Honk SHOOOOOO! . . .”           The snoring goes on, on and on through the night. T… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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27. Mister Kitty Is Lost!

By: Greg Pizzoli

4.07

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A fun and interactive preschool adventure (with cutout surprises on almost every page!) that explor… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • storytime
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28. The Day You Begin

By: Jacqueline Woodson

4.44

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson and two-time Pura Belpre Illustrator Award winner Raf… read more

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  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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29. Beneath

By: Cori Doerrfeld

4.42

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

In this stunning story from New York Times bestselling creator Cori Doerrfeld, a child and their gr… read more

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  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • storytime
  • nature
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30. What Happened to You?

By: James Catchpole

4.44

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

The first ever picture book addressing how a disabled child might want to be spoken to.What happene… read more

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • storytime
Cover of Our Planet! There's No Place Like Earth (Our Universe, 6) by Stacy McAnulty

31. Our Planet! There's No Place Like Earth (Our Universe, 6)

By: Stacy McAnulty

4.16

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From writer Stacy McAnulty and illustrator Stevie Lewis, Our Planet! There's No Place Like Earth is… read more

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  • nature
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • storytime

21 Best fiction books like Wait by Antoinette Portis

Transform Your Habits

Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!

Mo Willems

4.33

Transform Your Habits

Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons

James Dean , Eric Litwin

4.41

Transform Your Habits

Llama Llama Red Pajama

Anna Dewdney

4.30

Transform Your Habits

Journey (Journey Trilogy #1)

Aaron Becker

4.37

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Transform Your Habits

The Big Cheese (The Food Group, #7)

Jory John

4.17

Transform Your Habits

There’s a Ghost in This House

Oliver Jeffers

4.43

Transform Your Habits

Invasion of the Unicorns

David Biedrzycki

4.23

Transform Your Habits

Seen and Unseen: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams's Photographs Reveal About the Japanese American Incarceration

Elizabeth Partridge

4.53

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