5 Best animals books like The Popper Penguin Rescue by Eliot Schrefer

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The Popper Penguin Rescue

By: Eliot Schrefer

3.67

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

From two-time National Book Award finalist Eliot Schrefer comes an original penguin-tastic adventur…

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1. The 13th Gift: A True Story of a Christmas Miracle

By: Joanne Huist Smith

4.00

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

For readers of Richard Paul Evans and Greg Kincaid comes The 13th Gift, a heartwarming Christmas st… read more

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2. My Father's Dragon (My Father's Dragon, #1)

By: Ruth Stiles Gannett

3.70

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

Elmer Elevator (narrator's father as a boy) runs away with an old alley cat to rescue a flying baby… read more

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  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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3. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street

By: Karina Yan Glaser

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The Vanderbeekers have always lived in the brownstone on 141st Street. It's practically another mem… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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4. The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends, #1)

By: Garth Williams , George Selden

4.04

Format: 134 pages, Paperback

One night, the sounds of New York City--the rumbling of subway trains, thrumming of automobile tire… read more

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  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
"Harry had been down to Washington Square to hear an open-air concert of chamber music. How you could play chamber music outdoors Chester didn't understand—but it was New York and anything could happe…"

-Garth Williams, The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends, #1)

"I guess I'm just feeling Septemberish," sighed Chester. "It's getting towards autumn now. And it's so pretty up in Connecticut. All the trees change color. The days get very clear―with a little smoke…"

-Garth Williams, The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends, #1)

"Just this once, in the very heart of the busiest of cities, everyone was perfectly content not to move and hardly to breathe. And for those few minutes, while the song lasted, Times Square was still …"

-Garth Williams, The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends, #1)

"Chester's playing filled the station. Like ripples around a stone dropped into still water, the circles of silence spread out from the newsstand. And as people listened, a change came over their face…"

-Garth Williams, The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends, #1)

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5. Three Tales Of My Father's Dragon

By: Ruth Stiles Gannett , Ruth Chrisman Gannett

4.33

Format: 268 pages,

My Father's Dragon, Elmer And The Dragon, The Dragons Of Blueland Also includes an introduction by … read more

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  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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6. The Chocolate Touch

By: Margot Apple , Patrick Skene Catling

3.91

Format: 163 pages, Paperback

In this zany twist on the legend of King Midas and his golden touch, a boy acquires a magical gift … read more

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  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy

7. Ralph S. Mouse (Ralph S. Mouse, #3)

By: Tracy Dockray , Beverly Cleary

3.98

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

In this third and final Mouse novel from Newbery Medal-winning author Beverly Cleary, Ralph heads t… read more

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8. Stuart Little

By: E.B. White , Garth Williams

3.90

Format: 131 pages, Paperback

E.B. White's classic novel about one small mouse on a very big adventure! Stuart Little is no o… read more

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  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
"Well,"

-E.B. White, Stuart Little

"Very fine law,"

-E.B. White, Stuart Little

"(Not every doctor can look into a mouse's ear without laughing)"

-E.B. White, Stuart Little

"A shaft of sunlight at the end of a dark afternoon, a note of music, and the way the back of a baby’s neck smells if it’s mother keeps it tidy,"

-E.B. White, Stuart Little

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9. The Trumpet of the Swan

By: E.B. White , Fred Marcellino

4.10

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

Generations have grown up with E. B. White's classic novels. One of his best-loved books, The Trump… read more

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  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
"When in love, one must take risks."

-E.B. White, The Trumpet of the Swan

"Safety is all well and good: I prefer freedom."

-E.B. White, The Trumpet of the Swan

"Besides, my life is a catastrophe. It's a catastrophe to be without a voice."

-E.B. White, The Trumpet of the Swan

"In almost everyone's life there is one event that changes the whole course of his existence."

-E.B. White, The Trumpet of the Swan

10. Sideways Stories from Wayside School (Wayside School #1)

By: Louis Sachar , Adam McCauley

4.20

Format: None pages, Paperback

There was a terrible mistake - Wayside School was built with one classroom on top of another, thirt… read more

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11. The Minpins

By: Patrick Benson , Roald Dahl

3.81

Format: 263 pages, Paperback

Come deep into the forest if you dare...but beware the Terrible Bloodsuckling Toothpluckling Stonec… read more

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12. Beezus and Ramona (Ramona, #1)

By: Beverly Cleary

3.15

Format: 252 pages,

Nine-year-old Beezus Quimby has her hands full with her little sister, Ramona. Sure, other people h… read more

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13. Runaway Ralph (Ralph S. Mouse, #2)

By: Beverly Cleary

3.89

Format: None pages, Paperback

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14. The Mouse and the Motorcycle (Ralph S. Mouse, #1)

By: Tracy Dockray , Beverly Cleary , Louis Darling

3.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Pb-pb-b-b-b. Pb-pb-b-b-b." With these magic vocables, Ralph the mouse revs up a dream come true--h… read more

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15. The Book of Three (The Chronicles of Prydain, #1)

By: Lloyd Alexander

3.92

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

Taran wanted to be a hero, and looking after a pig wasn't exactly heroic, even though Hen Wen was a… read more

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16. The Wild Robot Escapes (The Wild Robot, #2)

By: Peter Brown

3.45

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

The sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Wild Robot, by award-winning author Peter Brown. S… read more

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17. The Vanderbeekers Ever After (The Vanderbeekers, #7)

By: Karina Yan Glaser

4.58

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling Vanderbeeker family finds love and hope in hard times as they face the challenge of… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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18. The Vanderbeekers on the Road (The Vanderbeekers, #6)

By: Karina Yan Glaser

4.29

Format: 333 pages, Hardcover

A surprise road trip turns rocky when the younger siblings try to keep their family from ever facin… read more

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  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
"There was a brief pause. Then Laney pointed a finger at Oliver and exclaimed, 'You want to keep them! 'No!' said Mama and Papa. 'I'm just saying,' Oliver said, looking at the two cats, who were stret…"

-Karina Yan Glaser, The Vanderbeekers on the Road (The Vanderbeekers, #6)

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19. Nothing Else But Miracles

By: Kate Albus

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the author of A Place to Hang the Moon comes a hopeful World War II story about three scrappy … read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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20. 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

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  • middle grade
  • 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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21. The Ghosts of Rose Hill

By: R.M. Romero

3.98

Format: 380 pages, Hardcover

Magic will burn you up. Sent to stay with her aunt in Prague and witness the humble life of an a… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"PS I know I can always count on your silence. It's my own I'm not used to."

-R.M. Romero, The Ghosts of Rose Hill

"The kiss lasts for his lifetime and my unfolding one. It reaches lives we haven't lived yet, and all the ones we've forgotten."

-R.M. Romero, The Ghosts of Rose Hill

"In a house full of children, there are always bangs, clatters, shrieks of delight and dismay. Just because the kids here are dead doesn't make them an exception."

-R.M. Romero, The Ghosts of Rose Hill

"I lay a dress on the white sheets, and see the monster nod his approval. A girl who intends to run doesn't bring a wardrobe with her. (But a girl who intends to fight does.)"

-R.M. Romero, The Ghosts of Rose Hill

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22. Dork Diaries 15: Tales from a Not-So-Posh Paris Adventure

By: Rachel Renée Russell

4.14

Format: 336 pages, ebook

Nikki Maxwell deals with the trials and triumphs of middle school in this fifteenth installment of … read more

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  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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23. The Popper Penguin Rescue

By: Eliot Schrefer

3.67

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

From two-time National Book Award finalist Eliot Schrefer comes an original penguin-tastic adventur… read more

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  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
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24. Kinfolk

By: Sean Dietrich

4.50

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Sometimes it’s the most unlikely meetings that give us life’s greatest gifts. 1970s, Southern Alaba… read more

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  • fiction
"But then, life was full of overlooked miracles. And miracles never happened the way you expect them to. They are softer than a baby's breath. They are, at times, as noticeable as a ladybug. A miracle…"

-Sean Dietrich, Kinfolk

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25. The Vanderbeekers Lost and Found (The Vanderbeekers, #4)

By: Karina Yan Glaser

4.52

Format: 351 pages, Hardcover

When autumn arrives on 141st Street, the Vanderbeekers are busy helping Mr. Beiderman get ready for… read more

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  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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26. The Vanderbeekers to the Rescue (The Vanderbeekers, #3)

By: Karina Yan Glaser

4.45

Format: 351 pages, Hardcover

Harlem’s favorite family returns in the third installment in the Vanderbeerkers series! In To the R… read more

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  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"The universe is so big, much bigger than you and me and bigger than any of our mistakes. There are always opportunities to forgive and be forgiven."

-Karina Yan Glaser, The Vanderbeekers to the Rescue (The Vanderbeekers, #3)

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27. Song for a Whale

By: Lynne Kelly

4.23

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

The story of a deaf girl's connection to a whale whose song can't be heard by his species, and the … read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
"A sound can move anything if it's strong enough."

-Lynne Kelly, Song for a Whale

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28. The Vanderbeekers Make A Wish (The Vanderbeekers, #5)

By: Karina Yan Glaser

4.45

Format: 319 pages, Hardcover

Witness the power of family history and family love in this funny, poignant addition to a series th… read more

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  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of Tales from a Not-So-Happy Birthday (Dork Diaries, #13) by Rachel Renée Russell

29. Tales from a Not-So-Happy Birthday (Dork Diaries, #13)

By: Rachel Renée Russell

4.27

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

It’s Nikki Maxwell’s birthday!! Will it be a blast or a bust? Find out in Nikki’s newest diary, the… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl by Stacy McAnulty

30. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl

By: Stacy McAnulty

4.29

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

A lightning strike gave her a super power... but even a super genius can't solve the problem of mid… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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31. The Vanderbeekers and the Hidden Garden (The Vanderbeekers, #2)

By: Karina Yan Glaser

4.41

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Return to Harlem's "wildly entertaining" family in this funny, heartwarming sequel. When catastroph… read more

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  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"Keep calm and garden on! -Oliver"

-Karina Yan Glaser, The Vanderbeekers and the Hidden Garden (The Vanderbeekers, #2)

"Music makes a garden bloom. -Isa"

-Karina Yan Glaser, The Vanderbeekers and the Hidden Garden (The Vanderbeekers, #2)

"Being in a garden makes we want to dance! -Laney"

-Karina Yan Glaser, The Vanderbeekers and the Hidden Garden (The Vanderbeekers, #2)

"A garden should always have a party in it. -Jessie"

-Karina Yan Glaser, The Vanderbeekers and the Hidden Garden (The Vanderbeekers, #2)

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4.05

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4.04

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