Nora's Chicks

8 best books like Nora's Chicks (Patricia MacLachlan): Julián Is a Mermaid, Alma and How She Got Her Name, Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race, The Snow Rabbit, Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor: The Woman Who Loved Reptiles, Ada Twist, Scientist, Green Is a Chile Pepper: A Book of Colors, Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth

Julián Is a Mermaid

Author	Jessica Love
ISBN	0763690457

In an exuberant picture book, a glimpse of costumed mermaids leaves one boy flooded with wonder and ready to dazzle the world.

While riding the subway home from the pool with his abuela one day, Julián notices three women spectacularly dressed up. Their hair billows in brilliant hues, their...

Alma and How She Got Her Name

Author	Juana Martinez-Neal
ISBN	0763693553

What's in a name? For one little girl, her very long name tells the vibrant story of where she came from — and who she may one day be.

If you ask her, Alma Sofia Esperanza José Pura Candela has way too many names: six! How did such a small person wind up with such a large name? Alma turns to Daddy for...

Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

Author	Margot Lee Shetterly
ISBN	0062742469

Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden were good at math...really good.

They participated in some of NASA's greatest successes, like providing the calculations for America's first journeys into space. And they did so during a time when being black and a...

The Snow Rabbit

Author	Camille Garoche
ISBN	1592701817

Two sisters look longingly through their window at the snowy sky. One goes out and sculpts a little rabbit, but when she brings it back inside to her wheelchair-bound sister, it begins to melt. So they take it outside and into the forest where enchanted things begin to happen. A follow up to her hauntingly...

Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor: The Woman Who Loved Reptiles

Author	Patricia Valdez
ISBN	0399557261

For fans of Ada Twist: Scientist comes a fascinating picture book biography of a pioneering female scientist--who loved reptiles!

Back in the days of long skirts and afternoon teas, young Joan Procter entertained the most unusual party guests: slithery and scaly ones, who turned over teacups...

Ada Twist, Scientist

Author	Andrea Beaty
ISBN	1419721372

Scientist Ada has a boundless imagination and has always been hopelessly curious. Why are there pointy things stuck to a rose? Why are there hairs growing inside your nose? When her house fills with a horrific, toe-curling smell, Ada knows it’s up to her to find the source. What would you do with a problem...

Green Is a Chile Pepper: A Book of Colors

Author	Roseanne Thong
ISBN	1452102031

This book is a mixture of Spanish and English words. It’s a simple book that talks about the things that are of specific colors in Hispanic culture. This book has a rhyming text and also teaches how to say each color in Spanish and English.
This book is an award-winning book from ‘Pura Belpre Honor...

Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth

Author

Oliver Jeffers

SO Sweet! A father’s story explaining his world when his child is 2 months old.

I love this book. It does the macrocosm all the way to the day to day, not quite microcosm. It is powerful to show how small this little planet is in all that space and then when you see all the diversity and wonders on...