9 best-selling historical books like The Wheel on the School by Maurice Sendak, Meindert DeJong

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The Wheel on the School

By: Maurice Sendak , Meindert DeJong

3.97

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Why do the storks no longer come to the little Dutch fishing village of Shora to nest? It was Lina,…

"... but first to dream and then to do - isn't that the way to make a dream come true?"

-Maurice Sendak, The Wheel on the School

"That's the trouble with being twins - if you don't know something, you don't know it double."

-Maurice Sendak, The Wheel on the School

If you liked the historical plot in The Wheel on the School by Maurice Sendak, Meindert DeJong , here is a list of 9 books like this:

Cover of Secret of the Andes (Puffin Newberry Library) by Ann Nolan Clark

1. Secret of the Andes (Puffin Newberry Library)

By: Ann Nolan Clark

3.54

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

An Indian boy who tends llamas in a hidden valley in Peru learns the traditions and secrets of his … read more

Similar categories in Ann Nolan Clark's Secret of the Andes (Puffin Newberry Library) book and Maurice Sendak's The Wheel on the School

  • classics
  • childrens
  • school
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Gray Vining, Robert Lawson, Elizabeth Janet Gray

2. Adam of the Road

By: Elizabeth Gray Vining , Robert Lawson , Elizabeth Janet Gray

3.77

Format: 317 pages, Paperback

"A road's a kind of holy thing," said Roger the Minstrel to his son, Adam. "That's why it's a good… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Gray Vining's Adam of the Road book and Maurice Sendak's The Wheel on the School

  • classics
  • childrens
  • school
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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3. Thimble Summer

By: Elizabeth Enright

3.75

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

When Garnet finds a silver thimble in the sand by the river, she is sure it’s magical. But is it ma… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Enright's Thimble Summer book and Maurice Sendak's The Wheel on the School

  • classics
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • juvenile
"Garnet was very happy. She was so happy, for no especial reason, that she felt as if she must move carefully so she wouldn’t jar or shake the feeling of happiness. She descended from the roof cautiou…"

-Elizabeth Enright, Thimble Summer

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4. Gone-Away Lake

By: Elizabeth Enright , Joe Krush , Beth Krush

4.14

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Summer has a magic all its own. When Portia sets out for a visit with her cousin Julian, she exp… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Enright's Gone-Away Lake book and Maurice Sendak's The Wheel on the School

  • classics
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • juvenile
"Things are always happening to my socks. One's always going off someplace. I don't know why."

-Elizabeth Enright, Gone-Away Lake

"Self-pity is the hens' besetting sin," remarked Mr. Payton. "Foolish fowl. How they came to achieve anything as perfect as the egg I do not know! I cannot fathom."

-Elizabeth Enright, Gone-Away Lake

"Yes, except that nothing sleeps inside but furniture, and that's probably gone to pieces by now. Time gets into anything; yes, indeed it does; and weather helps it."

-Elizabeth Enright, Gone-Away Lake

"Mr. Payton was at work on his pipe again, lighting and coaxing it. "They need constant attention, pipes, like babies and guinea hens," he said, and sucked in the smoke."

-Elizabeth Enright, Gone-Away Lake

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5. Onion John

By: Joseph Krumgold , Symeon Shimin

2.67

Format: 166 pages, Paperback

The story of a friendship between a 12-year-old boy and an immigrant handyman, almost wrecked by th… read more

Similar categories in Joseph Krumgold's Onion John book and Maurice Sendak's The Wheel on the School

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • juvenile
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6. Rabbit Hill

By: Robert Lawson

4.25

Format: 355 pages,

It has been a while since Folks lived in the Big House, and an even longer time has passed since th… read more

Similar categories in Robert Lawson's Rabbit Hill book and Maurice Sendak's The Wheel on the School

  • classics
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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7. The Bronze Bow

By: Elizabeth George Speare

4.01

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze. –from the Song of David (2 Sa… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth George Speare's The Bronze Bow book and Maurice Sendak's The Wheel on the School

  • classics
  • childrens
  • school
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"the demons that make a person afraid are the hardest to cast out."

-Elizabeth George Speare, The Bronze Bow

"It is the hate that is the enemy. Not men. Hate does not die with killing. It only springs up a hundredfold. The only thing stronger than hate is love."

-Elizabeth George Speare, The Bronze Bow

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8. The Matchlock Gun

By: Walter D. Edmonds

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

A Newbery Medal Winner In 1756, New York State was still a British colony, and the French and the I… read more

Similar categories in Walter D. Edmonds's The Matchlock Gun book and Maurice Sendak's The Wheel on the School

  • classics
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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9. The Door in the Wall

By: Marguerite de Angeli

4.88

Format: 242 pages,

The bells clang above plague-ridden London as Robin lies helpless, cold, and hungry. The great hous… read more

Similar categories in Marguerite de Angeli's The Door in the Wall book and Maurice Sendak's The Wheel on the School

  • classics
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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10. Strawberry Girl

By: Lois Lenski

4.48

Format: None pages, Paperback

The land was theirs, but so were its hardships Strawberries -- big, ripe, and juicy. Ten-year-old B… read more

Similar categories in Lois Lenski's Strawberry Girl book and Maurice Sendak's The Wheel on the School

  • classics
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Four-Story Mistake (The Melendy Family, #2) by Elizabeth Enright

11. The Four-Story Mistake (The Melendy Family, #2)

By: Elizabeth Enright

4.30

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The Melendy family moves from their New York City brownstone to an odd old house in the country. Mo… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Enright's The Four-Story Mistake (The Melendy Family, #2) book and Maurice Sendak's The Wheel on the School

  • classics
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • juvenile

12. Rifles for Watie

By: Harold Keith

4.36

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

Jeff Bussey walked briskly up the rutted wagon road toward Fort Leavenworth on his way to join the … read more

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Cover of Miracles on Maple Hill by Beth Krush, Virginia Sorensen

13. 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

Similar categories in Beth Krush's Miracles on Maple Hill book and Maurice Sendak's The Wheel on the School

  • classics
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of The Wheel on the School by Maurice Sendak, Meindert DeJong

14. The Wheel on the School

By: Maurice Sendak , Meindert DeJong

3.97

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Why do the storks no longer come to the little Dutch fishing village of Shora to nest? It was Lina,… read more

Similar categories in Maurice Sendak's The Wheel on the School book and Maurice Sendak's The Wheel on the School

  • classics
  • childrens
  • school
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • juvenile
"... but first to dream and then to do - isn't that the way to make a dream come true?"

-Maurice Sendak, The Wheel on the School

"That's the trouble with being twins - if you don't know something, you don't know it double."

-Maurice Sendak, The Wheel on the School

15. 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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16. The Twenty-One Balloons

By: William Pène du Bois

4.15

Format: 222 pages,

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17. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

By: Jean Lee Latham

5.00

Format: 87 pages, Paperback

A fictionalized biography of the mathematician and astronomer who realized his childhood desire to … read more

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18. It's Like This, Cat

By: Emily Cheney Neville , Emil Weiss

4.28

Format: 141 pages, Paperback

My father is always talking about how a dog can be very educational for a boy. This is one reason I… read more

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19. ...And Now Miguel

By: Jean Charlot , Joseph Krumgold

4.04

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

He wanted to be treated like a man, not a child. Every summer the men of the Chavez family go on a … read more

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20. Amos Fortune, Free Man

By: Elizabeth Yates , Nora S. Unwin

3.97

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

A Newbery Medal Winner When Amos Fortune was only fifteen years old, he was captured by slave trade… read more

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21. Ginger Pye (The Pyes, #1)

By: Eleanor Estes

3.91

Format: 434 pages, Paperback

The disappearance of a new puppy named Ginger and the appearance of a mysterious man in a mustard y… read more

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13 Best fiction books like The Wheel on the School by Maurice Sendak, Meindert DeJong

Transform Your Habits

Secret of the Andes (Puffin Newberry Library)

Ann Nolan Clark

3.54

Transform Your Habits

Adam of the Road

Elizabeth Gray Vining , Robert Lawson , Elizabeth Janet Gray

3.77

Transform Your Habits

Thimble Summer

Elizabeth Enright

3.75

Transform Your Habits

Gone-Away Lake

Elizabeth Enright , Joe Krush , Beth Krush

4.14

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22 Top fiction books like The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli

Transform Your Habits

Secret of the Andes (Puffin Newberry Library)

Ann Nolan Clark

3.54

Transform Your Habits

Adam of the Road

Elizabeth Gray Vining , Robert Lawson , Elizabeth Janet Gray

3.77

Transform Your Habits

Thimble Summer

Elizabeth Enright

3.75

Transform Your Habits

A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-32

Joan W. Blos

3.54

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