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Books like Eleanor

Readers who finished Eleanor by Barbara Cooney and wanted more will find 24 strong picks here, all connected by Presidents & First Families (U.S.), Women, Juvenile Nonfiction, and Biography & Autobiography.

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Top related books to Eleanor

Curated picks selected for thematic resonance, narrative overlap, and author diversity.

Who Is Hillary Clinton? — Heather Alexander

Who Is Hillary Clinton?

Heather Alexander

Themes: Presidents & First Families (U.S.) • Women • Juvenile Nonfiction

Edith Wilson The Woman Who Ran the United States — James Cross Giblin

Edith Wilson The Woman Who Ran the United States

James Cross Giblin

Themes: Presidents & First Families (U.S.) • Women • Juvenile Nonfiction

Michelle Obama First Lady, Going Higher — Shana Corey

Michelle Obama First Lady, Going Higher

Themes: Presidents & First Families (U.S.) • Women • Juvenile Nonfiction

Michelle Obama: Meet the First Lady — David Bergen Brophy

Michelle Obama: Meet the First Lady

David Bergen Brophy

Themes: Presidents & First Families (U.S.) • Women • Juvenile Nonfiction

Black Heroes of the American Revolution — Burke Davis

Black Heroes of the American Revolution

Themes: Presidents & First Families (U.S.) • Women • Juvenile Nonfiction

Women Who Broke the Rules: Dolley Madison — Kathleen Krull

Women Who Broke the Rules: Dolley Madison

Themes: Presidents & First Families (U.S.) • Women • Juvenile Nonfiction

Lincoln A Photobiography — Russell Freedman

Lincoln A Photobiography

Russell Freedman

Themes: Presidents & First Families (U.S.) • Women • Juvenile Nonfiction

Becoming: Adapted for Young Readers — Michelle Obama

Becoming: Adapted for Young Readers

Themes: Presidents & First Families (U.S.) • Women • Juvenile Nonfiction

Big George How a Shy Boy Became President Washington — Anne F. Rockwell

Big George How a Shy Boy Became President Washington

Anne F. Rockwell

Themes: Presidents & First Families (U.S.) • Women • Juvenile Nonfiction

Melania Trump First Lady & be Best Backer — Grace Hansen

Melania Trump First Lady & be Best Backer

Themes: Presidents & First Families (U.S.) • Women • Juvenile Nonfiction

The Story of Michelle Obama An Inspiring Biography for Young Readers — Christine Platt

The Story of Michelle Obama An Inspiring Biography for Young Readers

Christine Platt

Themes: Presidents & First Families (U.S.) • Women • Juvenile Nonfiction

Melania Trump — Joan Stoltman

Themes: Presidents & First Families (U.S.) • Women • Juvenile Nonfiction

Eleanor Roosevelt A Life of Discovery — Russell Freedman

Eleanor Roosevelt A Life of Discovery

Russell Freedman

Themes: Presidents & First Families (U.S.) • Women • Juvenile Nonfiction

Michelle Obama An American Story — David Colbert

Michelle Obama An American Story

Themes: Presidents & First Families (U.S.) • Women • Juvenile Nonfiction

Mary Todd Lincoln — Joanne Mattern

Mary Todd Lincoln

Themes: Presidents & First Families (U.S.) • Women • Juvenile Nonfiction

Who Was Jacqueline Kennedy? — Bonnie Bader

Who Was Jacqueline Kennedy?

Themes: Presidents & First Families (U.S.) • Women • Juvenile Nonfiction

Abe Lincoln Grows Up — Carl Sandburg

Abe Lincoln Grows Up

Themes: Presidents & First Families (U.S.) • Women • Juvenile Nonfiction

Major Makes History From the Shelter to the White House — Jill Twiss

Major Makes History From the Shelter to the White House

Themes: Presidents & First Families (U.S.) • Women • Juvenile Nonfiction

Michelle Obama First Lady and Superhero — Sarah Howden

Michelle Obama First Lady and Superhero

Themes: Presidents & First Families (U.S.) • Women • Juvenile Nonfiction

Ladies, First Common Threads — Debra Scala Giokas

Ladies, First Common Threads

Debra Scala Giokas

Themes: Presidents & First Families (U.S.) • Women • Juvenile Nonfiction

Who Was Eleanor Roosevelt? — Gare Thompson

Who Was Eleanor Roosevelt?

Themes: Presidents & First Families (U.S.) • Women • Juvenile Nonfiction

Who Was Abigail Adams? — True Kelley

Who Was Abigail Adams?

Themes: Presidents & First Families (U.S.) • Women • Juvenile Nonfiction

Hillary Rodham Clinton: Some Girls Are Born to Lead — Michelle Markel

Hillary Rodham Clinton: Some Girls Are Born to Lead

Michelle Markel

Themes: Presidents & First Families (U.S.) • Women • Juvenile Nonfiction

Exploring the White House Inside America’s Most Famous Home — Kate Andersen Brower

Exploring the White House Inside America’s Most Famous Home

Kate Andersen Brower

Themes: Presidents & First Families (U.S.) • Women • Juvenile Nonfiction

A curated shelf of 24 read-alikes for Eleanor by Barbara Cooney — spanning Presidents & First Families (U.S.), Women, Juvenile Nonfiction and featuring authors such as Heather Alexander, James Cross Giblin, Shana Corey, David Bergen Brophy, and others.

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