14 must-read fiction books like Breaking to the Beat! by Linda J. Acevedo

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Breaking to the Beat!

By: Linda J. Acevedo

3.63

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A boogie-down picture book about a shy boy named Manolo who overcomes his fears and insecurities to…

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1. 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

Similar categories in Vashti Harrison's Big book and Linda J. Acevedo's Breaking to the Beat!

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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2. No Cats in the Library

By: Lauren Emmons

4.46

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A stray cat follows her love of books all the way to a new library home in this charming debut pict… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Emmons's No Cats in the Library book and Linda J. Acevedo's Breaking to the Beat!

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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3. The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale

By: Jon Klassen

4.26

Format: 105 pages, None

Jon Klassen's retelling of a traditional Tyrolean folktale.In a big abandoned house, on a barren hi… read more

Similar categories in Jon Klassen's The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale book and Linda J. Acevedo's Breaking to the Beat!

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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4. The Eyes and the Impossible

By: Dave Eggers

4.25

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The illustrated story of a dog who unwittingly becomes a hero to a park full of animals. Johanne… read more

Similar categories in Dave Eggers's The Eyes and the Impossible book and Linda J. Acevedo's Breaking to the Beat!

  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"What monster would turn up his snout at the thought-through help of all the friends he had?"

-Dave Eggers, The Eyes and the Impossible

"Every reasonable creature knows that the worst thing any creature can do all day is think of themselves. If there are troubles in your mind, you should think first of the troubles of others; it is th…"

-Dave Eggers, The Eyes and the Impossible

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5. Ferris

By: Kate DiCamillo

4.30

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The beloved author of Because of Winn-Dixie has outdone herself with a hilarious and achingly real … read more

Similar categories in Kate DiCamillo's Ferris book and Linda J. Acevedo's Breaking to the Beat!

  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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6. The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

By: Nicholas Day

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A propulsive work of narrative nonfiction about how the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre, how t… read more

Similar categories in Nicholas Day's The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity book and Linda J. Acevedo's Breaking to the Beat!

  • art
  • historical
  • childrens
"Leonard da Vinci had painted the Mona Lisa. But Vincenzo Perugia had turned it into The Mona Lisa."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"The Lourve, he concluded, with an insult designed to puncture French pride, "is less well protected than a Spanish museum."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"If the Mona Lisa is the most famous face in art history, Les Demoiselles is a hatchet thrown at it. It's not a pretty painting. Its brutal and uncomfortable."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"Word of his midnight activities gets out. 'The pope has found out that I have skinned three corpses,' Leonardo writes in his notebook. He gets off easy. He's simply told: please stop skinning corpses."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

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7. Something Like Home

By: Andrea Beatriz Arango

4.31

Format: 256 pages, Library Binding

A novel in verse in which a lost dog helps a lonely girl find a way home to her family . . . only f… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Beatriz Arango's Something Like Home book and Linda J. Acevedo's Breaking to the Beat!

  • childrens
  • fiction
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8. 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

Similar categories in Jason Reynolds's There Was a Party for Langston book and Linda J. Acevedo's Breaking to the Beat!

  • music
  • art
  • childrens
  • historical
  • picture books
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9. The Teeny-Weeny Unicorn

By: Shawn Harris

3.76

Format: 48 pages, Library Binding

Meet Teeny-Weeny! A pint-sized unicorn in this funny, modern fairy tale about perception and self-c… read more

Similar categories in Shawn Harris's The Teeny-Weeny Unicorn book and Linda J. Acevedo's Breaking to the Beat!

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile
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10. Remember Us

By: Jacqueline Woodson

4.27

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson brings readers a powerful story that delves deeply in… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Woodson's Remember Us book and Linda J. Acevedo's Breaking to the Beat!

  • childrens
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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11. The First State of Being

By: Erin Entrada Kelly

4.14

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

When twelve-year-old Michael Rosario meets a mysterious boy from the future, his life is changed fo… read more

Similar categories in Erin Entrada Kelly's The First State of Being book and Linda J. Acevedo's Breaking to the Beat!

  • childrens
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • juvenile
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12. Big Tree

By: Brian Selznick

4.04

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

The fate of all life on Earth may depend on the bravery of two little seeds in this epic adventure … read more

Similar categories in Brian Selznick's Big Tree book and Linda J. Acevedo's Breaking to the Beat!

  • juvenile
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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13. 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 Linda J. Acevedo's Breaking to the Beat!

  • historical
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile
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14. The Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music

By: Roberta Flack

4.09

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

This autobiographical picture book by the multiple Grammy Award-winning singer Roberta Flack recoun… read more

Similar categories in Roberta Flack's The Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music book and Linda J. Acevedo's Breaking to the Beat!

  • music
  • picture books
  • childrens
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15. The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn

By: Sally J. Pla

4.57

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Neurodivergent Maudie is ready to spend an amazing summer with her dad, but will she find the coura… read more

Similar categories in Sally J. Pla's The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn book and Linda J. Acevedo's Breaking to the Beat!

  • fiction
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16. The Last Stand

By: Antwan Eady

4.40

Format: 24 pages, Hardcover

The author of Nigel and the Moon, delivers a tender intergenerational story inspired by his childho… read more

Similar categories in Antwan Eady's The Last Stand book and Linda J. Acevedo's Breaking to the Beat!

  • childrens
  • historical
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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17. Jovita Wore Pants

By: Aida Salazar

4.20

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Scholastic/Levine has acquired Aida Salazar's debut picture book, Jovita Wore Pants, the story of J… read more

Similar categories in Aida Salazar's Jovita Wore Pants book and Linda J. Acevedo's Breaking to the Beat!

  • historical
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile
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18. Henry, Like Always

By: Jenn Bailey

4.19

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A beginning chapter book series based on the award-winning picture book A Friend for Henry. Henr… read more

Similar categories in Jenn Bailey's Henry, Like Always book and Linda J. Acevedo's Breaking to the Beat!

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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19. On the Tip of a Wave: How Ai Weiwei's Art Is Changing the Tide

By: Joanna Ho

4.31

Format: 48 pages, Kindle Edition

From New York Times bestselling author of Eyes That Kiss in the Corners, Joanna Ho, and critically … read more

Similar categories in Joanna Ho's On the Tip of a Wave: How Ai Weiwei's Art Is Changing the Tide book and Linda J. Acevedo's Breaking to the Beat!

  • art
  • historical
  • picture books
  • childrens
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20. Lolo's Sari-Sari Store

By: Sophia N. Lee

4.13

Format: 40 pages, ebook

A little girl holds lessons learned in her grandfather’s sari-sari store close while adjusting to a… read more

Similar categories in Sophia N. Lee's Lolo's Sari-Sari Store book and Linda J. Acevedo's Breaking to the Beat!

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of Breaking to the Beat! by Linda J. Acevedo

21. Breaking to the Beat!

By: Linda J. Acevedo

3.63

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A boogie-down picture book about a shy boy named Manolo who overcomes his fears and insecurities to… read more

Similar categories in Linda J. Acevedo's Breaking to the Beat! book and Linda J. Acevedo's Breaking to the Beat!

  • music
  • new york
  • art
  • childrens
  • historical
  • hip hop
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • juvenile

20 must-read childrens books like Breaking to the Beat! by Linda J. Acevedo

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Big

Vashti Harrison

4.66

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No Cats in the Library

Lauren Emmons

4.46

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The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale

Jon Klassen

4.26

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The Eyes and the Impossible

Dave Eggers

4.25

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Ferris

Kate DiCamillo

4.30

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A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1)

Lisa Yee

3.82

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The First State of Being

Erin Entrada Kelly

4.14

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Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

Dan Gemeinhart

4.54

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