King Arthur's Very Great Grandson

9 best books like King Arthur's Very Great Grandson (Kenneth Kraegel): The Undefeated, The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown, Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré, Spencer's New Pet, Mommy's Khimar, Instructions, Waiting for the Biblioburro, People, Sophie's Squash

The Undefeated

Author	Kwame Alexander
ISBN	1328780961

The Newbery Award-winning author of THE CROSSOVER pens an ode to black American triumph and tribulation, with art from a two-time Caldecott Honoree.
Originally performed for ESPN's The Undefeated, this poem is a love letter to black life in the United States. It highlights the unspeakable trauma...

The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown

Author	Mac Barnett
ISBN	0062393448

A dazzling picture book biography of Margaret Wise Brown, the legendary author of Goodnight Moon, Runaway Bunny, and other children’s classics, that is as fearless and groundbreaking as the icon herself was—from award-winning, bestselling author Mac Barnett and rising star illustrator Sarah...

Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré

Author	Anika Aldamuy Denise
ISBN	0062748688

Follow la vida y legado of Pura Belpré, the first Puerto Rican librarian in New York City.

When she came to America in 1921, Pura carried the cuentos folklóricos of her Puerto Rican homeland. Finding a new home at the New York Public Library as a bilingual assistant, she turned her popular stories...

Spencer's New Pet

Author	Jessie Sima
ISBN	1534418776

From the creator of Not Quite Narwhal comes a classic tale of a boy and his dog—except in this unique story, one of them is a balloon!

When Spencer gets a new pet, he’s excited to do all the things that pets do—taking walks in the park, going to the vet, and attending parties together.
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Mommy's Khimar

Author	Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
ISBN	1534400591

Selected as a Best Book of 2018 by NPR, Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, and Shelf Awareness!

A young Muslim girl spends a busy day wrapped up in her mother’s colorful headscarf in this sweet and fanciful picture book from debut author and illustrator Jamilah Tompkins-Bigelow and...

Instructions

Author	Neil Gaiman
ISBN	0061960306

"A perfect reminder to always be on the lookout for magic and wonder. Sometimes, we need those two things the most" (Brightly.com, citing "Books That Teach Kids What It Means to Be a Kind Person").

In this breathtaking jacketed picture book, Neil Gaiman's lyrical poem guides a novice traveler...

Waiting for the Biblioburro

Author	Monica Brown
ISBN	1582463980

Ana loves stories. She often makes them up to help her little brother fall asleep. But in her small village there are only a few books and she has read them all. One morning, Ana wakes up to the clip-clop of hooves, and there before her, is the most wonderful sight: a traveling library resting on the backs...

People

Author

Peter Spier

We still own the battered beaten-up copy of this homage to humanity that our two daughters returned to so often that it needed patching up with a judicious amount of sticky tape. A wholehearted celebration of diversity, it devotes pages to appearance, homes, food, clothes, pastimes, jobs, pets, feasts...

Sophie's Squash

Author	Pat Zietlow Miller
ISBN	0307978966

This is a beautiful children’s book about a little girl, Sophie, who chooses a squash from a farmer’s market. This squash is the perfect size to hold, to bounce on her knee, to put a face on with marker, to fall in love with. The squash begins to become freckled and less bouncy, and in an effort to heal...