21 must-read childrens books like Summer Birds: The Butterflies of Maria Merian by Margarita Engle, Julie Paschkis

Summer Birds: The Butterflies of Maria Merian

By: Margarita Engle , Julie Paschkis

3.62

Format: 120 pages,

In the Middle Ages, people believed that insects were evil, born from mud in a process called spont…

If you liked the childrens plot in Summer Birds: The Butterflies of Maria Merian by Margarita Engle, Julie Paschkis , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. Ish (Creatrilogy)

By: Peter H. Reynolds

4.39

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A creative spirit learns that thinking “ish-ly” is far more wonderful than “getting it right” in th… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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2. Karl, Get Out of the Garden!: Carolus Linnaeus and the Naming of Everything

By: Anita Sanchez

4.10

Format: 136 pages, Hardcover

Do you know what a Solanum caule inermi herbaceo, foliis pinnatis incises, racemis simplicibus is?*… read more

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  • biography
  • picture books
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
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3. The Lost Words

By: Robert Macfarlane , Jackie Morris

2.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From Acorn to Weasel: a gorgeous, hand-illustrated, large-format spellbook celebrating the magic an… read more

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  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • nature
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4. The Smallest Gift of Christmas

By: Peter H. Reynolds

4.27

Format: 24 pages, Hardcover

In Peter H. Reynolds's whimsical holiday storyyoung Roland learns that more isn't always better -- … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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5. The Dot

By: Peter H. Reynolds

4.25

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

With a simple, witty story and free-spirited illustrations, Peter H. Reynolds entices even the stub… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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6. Penguin and Pinecone

By: Salina Yoon

3.83

Format: None pages, Hardcover

When curious Penguin finds a lost pinecone in the snow, their friendship grows into something extra… read more

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  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens

7. Summer Birds: The Butterflies of Maria Merian

By: Margarita Engle , Julie Paschkis

3.62

Format: 120 pages,

In the Middle Ages, people believed that insects were evil, born from mud in a process called spont… read more

Similar categories in Margarita Engle's Summer Birds: The Butterflies of Maria Merian book and Margarita Engle's Summer Birds: The Butterflies of Maria Merian

  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science

8. Maybe Something Beautiful: How Art Transformed a Neighborhood

By: F. Isabel Campoy , Rafael López , Theresa Howell

3.76

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

What good can a splash of color do in a community of gray? As Mira and her neighbors discover, more… read more

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9. Homer Price

By: Robert McCloskey

4.09

Format: 149 pages, Paperback

Welcome to Centerburg! Where you can win a hundred dollars by eating all the doughnuts you want; wh… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
"By the time Uncle Ulysses and the sheriff arrived and pushed through the crowd, the lunchroom was a calamity of doughnuts! Doughnuts in the window, doughnuts piled high on the shelves, doughnuts stac…"

-Robert McCloskey, Homer Price

"Homer got down from the chair and pushed a button on the machine marked, "start". Rings of batter started dropping into the hot fat. After a ring of batter was cooked on one side, an automatic gadget…"

-Robert McCloskey, Homer Price

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10. Miracles on Maple Hill

By: Beth Krush , Virginia Sorensen

3.86

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Marly and her family share many adventures when they move from the city to a farmhouse on Maple Hil… read more

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  • childrens

11. Forest Has a Song: Poems

By: Amy Ludwig VanDerwater

4.57

Format: 201 pages, Hardcover

A spider is a "never-tangling dangling spinner / knitting angles, trapping dinner." A tree frog pro… read more

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12. Happy Dreamer

By: Peter H. Reynolds

3.62

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A celebration of the colorful spectrum of what it means to dreamand the many ways to find happy! Wh… read more

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13. How to Be a Cat

By: Nikki McClure

4.01

Format: 275 pages, Hardcover

In cut-paper artist Nikki McClure's latest picture book, a kitten practices the basics of feline be… read more

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14. Cry, Heart, But Never Break

By: Glenn Ringtved , None , None

5.00

Format: 30 pages, Hardcover

Aware their grandmother is gravely ill, four siblings make a pact to keep death from taking her awa… read more

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15. Take Away the A

By: Kris di Giacomo , Michaël Escoffier

4.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Take Away the Ais a fun, imaginative romp through the alphabet. The idea behind the book is that wi… read more

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16. Strictly No Elephants

By: Lisa Mantchev , Taeeun Yoo

4.67

Format: None pages, Hardcover

When the local Pet Club won't admit a boy's tiny pet elephant, he finds a solution--one that involv… read more

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17. My Side of the Mountain (Mountain, #1)

By: Jean Craighead George

2.57

Format: None pages, Paperback

Terribly unhappy in his family's crowded New York City apartment, Sam Gribley runs away to the soli… read more

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18. An Ambush of Tigers: A Wild Gathering of Collective Nouns

By: Jago , Betsy Rosenthal

3.20

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Have you ever heard of a prickle of porcupines? Or a tower of giraffes? What about a parcel of peng… read more

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19. Negative Cat

By: Sophie Blackall

4.11

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Two-time Caldecott winner Sophie Blackall spins a winning tale about Max, a feline whose behavior d… read more

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  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
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20. If You Come to Earth

By: Sophie Blackall

4.27

Format: 74 pages, Hardcover

From two-time Caldecott Winner author-illustrator Sophie Blackall! If You Come to Earth  is a glori… read more

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  • animals
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature
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21. Berry Song

By: Michaela Goade

4.43

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Caldecott Medalist Michaela Goade's first self-authored picture book is a celebration of the land s… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature
Cover of Eyes That Speak to the Stars by Joanna Ho

22. Eyes That Speak to the Stars

By: Joanna Ho

4.37

Format: None pages, None

A young Asian boy notices that his eyes look different from his peers' after seeing his friend’s dr… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Hello Lighthouse (Caldecott Medal Winner) by Sophie  Blackall

23. Hello Lighthouse (Caldecott Medal Winner)

By: Sophie Blackall

4.38

Format: 44 pages, Hardcover

A new picture book that will transport readers to the seaside. Watch the days and seasons pass a… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature
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24. The Tree in Me

By: Corinna Luyken

3.99

Format: 56 pages, Hardcover

A stunning and sensitive portrait of the strength within each of us and the nourishment we receive … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature
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25. The Word Collector

By: Peter H. Reynolds

4.38

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Some people collect stamps. Some people collect coins. Some people collect art. And Jerome? … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Buzzing with Questions: The Inquisitive Mind of Charles Henry Turner by Janice N. Harrington

26. Buzzing with Questions: The Inquisitive Mind of Charles Henry Turner

By: Janice N. Harrington

4.18

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

The curiosity of the first African American entomologist Charles Henry Turner--a scientist who stud… read more

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  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
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27. Have You Ever Seen a Flower?

By: Shawn Harris

3.87

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

One child experiences a flower with all five senses—from its color to its fragrance to the entire u… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • nature
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28. Nigel and the Moon

By: Antwan Eady

4.31

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

From debut author Antwan Eady and artist Gracey Zhang comes a glowing tale about the young dreaming… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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29. Wishes

By: Mượn Thị Văn

4.50

Format: 34 pages, Hardcover

A reflection on immigration, family, and home.Wishes tells the honest story about one Vietnamese fa… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of We Are Starlings: Inside the Mesmerizing Magic of a Murmuration by Robert Furrow

30. We Are Starlings: Inside the Mesmerizing Magic of a Murmuration

By: Robert Furrow

4.25

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A stunning picture book for young nature lovers about starlings and the fascinating phenomenon of m… read more

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  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
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31. At the Pond

By: David Elliott

3.82

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A lyrical narration and breathtaking illustrations transport us to the world of a pond with all its… read more

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  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science

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Anita Sanchez

4.10

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2.50

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3.62

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4.05

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Lesa Cline-Ransome , None

4.50

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4.18

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Helaine Becker

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