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Books like Maya and the Robot

24 books recommended for fans of Maya and the Robot by Eve L. Ewing, tied together by themes of Robots, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, African American & Black, and People & Places.

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Top related books to Maya and the Robot

Titles selected for shared themes, overlapping readership, and similar literary appeal.

Girl Scouts: Maven Takes the Lead — Yamile Saied Méndez

Girl Scouts: Maven Takes the Lead

Yamile Saied Méndez

Themes: Robots • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • People & Places

Under Water — J. L. Powers

Under Water — J. L. Powers

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • African American & Black • People & Places

Who Are Your People? — Bakari Sellers

Who Are Your People?

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • African American & Black • People & Places

The Joys of Being a Little Black Boy — Valerie Reynolds

The Joys of Being a Little Black Boy

Valerie Reynolds

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • African American & Black • People & Places

The Blacker the Berry Poems — Joyce Carol Thomas

The Blacker the Berry Poems

Joyce Carol Thomas

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • African American & Black • People & Places

A Door Made for Me — Tyler Merritt

A Door Made for Me

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • African American & Black • People & Places

The Many Fortunes of Maya — Nicole D. Collier

The Many Fortunes of Maya

Nicole D. Collier

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • African American & Black • People & Places

Fresh Princess: Style Rules! — Denene Millner

Fresh Princess: Style Rules!

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • African American & Black • People & Places

Skin Again — Bell Hooks

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • African American & Black • People & Places

A Night Out with Mama — Quvenzhané Wallis

A Night Out with Mama

Quvenzhané Wallis

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • African American & Black • People & Places

Remember to Dream, Ebere — Cynthia Erivo

Remember to Dream, Ebere

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • African American & Black • People & Places

Sweet and Sunny — Coleen Paratore

Sweet and Sunny

Coleen Paratore

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • African American & Black • People & Places

More Than Peach (an Original Picture Book) — Bellen Woodard

More Than Peach (an Original Picture Book)

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • African American & Black • People & Places

Most Perfect You — Jazmyn Simon

Most Perfect You

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • African American & Black • People & Places

Allie’s Basketball Dream — Barbara E. Barber

Allie’s Basketball Dream

Barbara E. Barber

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • African American & Black • People & Places

I’m from — Gary R. Gray (Jr.)

Gary R. Gray (Jr.)

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • African American & Black • People & Places

I Can Grow It!: An Acorn Book (Princess Truly #10) — Kelly Greenawalt

I Can Grow It!: An Acorn Book (Princess Truly #10)

Kelly Greenawalt

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • African American & Black • People & Places

Solomon — Marilyn Bishop Shaw

Marilyn Bishop Shaw

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • African American & Black • People & Places

Hair Love — Matthew A. Cherry

Matthew A. Cherry

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • African American & Black • People & Places

Something to Say — Lisa Moore Ramée

Something to Say

Lisa Moore Ramée

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • African American & Black • People & Places

Concrete Cowboy: Movie Tie-In (Ghetto Cowboy) — G. Neri

Concrete Cowboy: Movie Tie-In (Ghetto Cowboy)

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • African American & Black • People & Places

Stella’s Stellar Hair — Yesenia Moises

Stella’s Stellar Hair

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • African American & Black • People & Places

I’m Going to Have a Good Day! Daily Affirmations with Scarlett — Tiania Haneline

I’m Going to Have a Good Day! Daily Affirmations with Scarlett

Tiania Haneline

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • African American & Black • People & Places

Be, Black Girl, Be — Taylor Darks

Be, Black Girl, Be

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • African American & Black • People & Places

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with Maya and the Robot by Eve L. Ewing. Connected by Robots, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, African American & Black. Authors featured include Yamile Saied Méndez, J.L. Powers, Bakari Sellers, Valerie Reynolds, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.

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