# Books like Where Butterflies Fill the Sky: A Story of Immigration, Family, and Finding Home

**10** books similar to *Where Butterflies Fill the Sky: A Story of Immigration, Family, and Finding Home* by Zahra Marwan (Picture Book Nonfiction · grades 2–3), matched on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level. Every pick is grade-appropriate (a reading-level match, not just a topical one) and links to where it is assigned in US schools.

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## Similar books

- [Action!: How Movies Began](https://readinglist.school/book/action-how-movies-began) by Meghan McCarthy _(Grades 2–3)_ — Both on the South Dakota Prairie Bud, Bloom & Pasque Awards list, same genre (Picture Book Nonfiction), and overlapping grades (2–3).
- [Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky](https://readinglist.school/book/blue) by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond _(Grades 2–3)_ — Both on the South Dakota Prairie Bud, Bloom & Pasque Awards list, same genre (Picture Book Nonfiction), and overlapping grades (2–3).
- [Concrete: From the Ground Up](https://readinglist.school/book/concrete-from-the-ground-up) by Larissa Theule _(Grades 2–3)_ — Both on the South Dakota Prairie Bud, Bloom & Pasque Awards list, same genre (Picture Book Nonfiction), and overlapping grades (2–3).
- [Growing an Artist: The Story of a Landscaper and His Son](https://readinglist.school/book/growing-an-artist) by John Parra _(Grades 2–3)_ — Both on the South Dakota Prairie Bud, Bloom & Pasque Awards list, same genre (Picture Book Nonfiction), and overlapping grades (2–3).
- [Symphony for a Broken Orchestra: How Philadelphia Collected Sounds to Save Music](https://readinglist.school/book/symphony-for-a-broken-orchestra-how-philadelphia-collected-sounds-to-save-music) by Amy Ignatow _(Grades 2–3)_ — Both on the South Dakota Prairie Bud, Bloom & Pasque Awards list, same genre (Picture Book Nonfiction), and overlapping grades (2–3).
- [Ice Cream Everywhere: Sweet Stories from Around the World](https://readinglist.school/book/ice-cream-everywhere) by Judy Campbell-Smith _(Grades K–3)_ — Same genre (Picture Book Nonfiction), overlapping grades (K–3), and the same era (2020s).
- [Whalesong: The True Story of the Musician Who Talked to Orcas](https://readinglist.school/book/whalesong-the-true-story-of-the-musician-who-talked-to-orcas) by Zachariah OHora _(Grades K–3)_ — Same genre (Picture Book Nonfiction), overlapping grades (K–3), and the same era (2020s).
- [Whirligigs: The Wondrous Windmills of Vollis Simpson's Imagination](https://readinglist.school/book/whirligigs) by Carole Boston Weatherford _(Grades K–3)_ — Same genre (Picture Book Nonfiction), overlapping grades (K–3), and the same era (2020s).
- [Zap! Clap! Boom!: The Story of a Thunderstorm](https://readinglist.school/book/zap-clap-boom) by Laura Purdie Salas _(Grades K–3)_ — Same genre (Picture Book Nonfiction), overlapping grades (K–3), and the same era (2020s).
- [Brave Baby Hummingbird](https://readinglist.school/book/brave-baby-hummingbird) by Sy Montgomery _(Grades K–2)_ — Same genre (Picture Book Nonfiction), overlapping grades (K–2), and the same era (2020s).

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