The Hole Story of the Doughnut

10 best books like The Hole Story of the Doughnut (Pat Miller): Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré, Another, The Very Last Castle, The Quiet Book, Jabari Jumps, Keith Haring: The Boy Who Just Kept Drawing, A Poem for Peter, I Walk with Vanessa: A Story about a Simple Act of Kindness, Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions, Balderdash!: John Newbery and the Boisterous Birth of Children's Books (Nonfiction Books for Kids, Early Elementary History Books)

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...

Another

Author

Christian Robinson

A 2019 New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Book!
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2019!

In his eagerly anticipated debut as author-illustrator, Caldecott and Coretta Scott King honoree Christian Robinson brings young readers on a playful, imaginative...

The Very Last Castle

Author	Travis Jonker
ISBN	1419725742

A curious little girl watches the man who guards the last castle in town. Every time she passes by him, she tries to catch his eye. While the other townspeople fear what may be locked up inside the mysterious castle, the girl finally gets up the courage to knock on the door and find out what’s really behind...

The Quiet Book

Author	Deborah Underwood
ISBN	0547215673

All quiet is not created equal. In this irresistibly charming picture book, many different quiet moments are captured, from the anticipation-heavy “Top of the roller coaster quiet” to the shocked-into-silence “First look at your new hairstyle quiet.” The impossibly sweet bears, rabbits,...

Jabari Jumps

Author	Gaia Cornwall
ISBN	0763678384

Working up the courage to take a big, important leap is hard, but Jabari is almost absolutely ready to make a giant splash.

Jabari is definitely ready to jump off the diving board. He's finished his swimming lessons and passed his swim test, and he's a great jumper, so he's not scared at all. "Looks...

Keith Haring: The Boy Who Just Kept Drawing

Author	Kay Haring
ISBN	0525428194

Iconic pop artist Keith Haring comes to life for young readers in this picture book biography lovingly written by his sister

This one-of-a-kind book explores the life and art of Keith Haring from his childhood through his meteoric rise to fame. It sheds light on this important artist's great...

A Poem for Peter

Author	Andrea Davis Pinkney
ISBN	0425287688

A celebration of the extraordinary life of Ezra Jack Keats, creator of The Snowy Day.

The story of The Snowy Day begins more than one hundred years ago, when Ezra Jack Keats was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. The family were struggling Polish immigrants, and despite Keats’s obvious talent, his...

I Walk with Vanessa: A Story about a Simple Act of Kindness

Author	Kerascoët
ISBN	1524769568

This simple yet powerful picture book tells the story of an elementary school girl named Vanessa who is bullied and a fellow student who witnesses the act and is at first unsure of how to help. I Walk with Vanessa explores the feelings of helplessness and anger that arise in the wake of seeing a classmate...

Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions

Author	Chris Barton
ISBN	1580892973

A cool idea with a big splash.

You know the Super Soaker. It’s one of top twenty toys of all time. And it was invented entirely by accident. Trying to create a new cooling system for refrigerators and air conditioners, impressive inventor Lonnie Johnson instead created the mechanics for the...

Balderdash!: John Newbery and the Boisterous Birth of Children's Books (Nonfiction Books for Kids, Early Elementary History Books)

Author	Michelle Markel
ISBN	0811879224

This rollicking and fascinating picture book biography chronicles the life of the first pioneer of children's books—John Newbery himself. While most children's books in the 18th century contained lessons and rules, John Newbery imagined them overflowing with entertaining stories, science,...

Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille

Author	Jen Bryant
ISBN	0449813371

An inspiring picture-book biography of Louis Braille—a blind boy so determined to read that he invented his own alphabet.
 
Louis Braille was just five years old when he lost his sight. He was a clever boy, determined to live like everyone else, and what he wanted more than anything was to...

The Very Impatient Caterpillar

Author	Ross Burach
ISBN	1338289411

HEY! What are you guys doing?

We're going to metamorphosize.

Meta-WHAT-now?

Transform into butterflies.

Right. Right. I knew that...

WAIT?! You're telling me I can become a BUTTERFLY?

Yes.

With wings?

Yes.

Wait...

Felipe and Claudette

Author	Mark Teague
ISBN	0545914329

Felipe and Claudette are the only animals left at the pet shelter. Who would ever adopt pets like them?
Each adoption day, all of the pets at Mrs. Barrett's adoption shelter are sure to look their best. And each adoption day, all of the pets are adopted, except for two -- Felipe (a grumpy cat) and Claudette...

How to Read a Book

Author

Kwame Alexander

A stunning new picture book from Newbery Medalist Kwame Alexander and Caldecott Honoree Melissa Sweet! This New York Times bestselling duo has teamed up for the first time to bring you How to Read a Book, a poetic and beautiful journey about the experience of reading.

Find a tree—a

black...