Books About Jealousy & Comparison for Ages 8–11

Comparison at chapter book age gets more sophisticated and more painful. Academics, athletics, popularity, the nagging sense that someone else's life is easier or better. These 1,918 books explore that territory with honesty about how corrosive comparison can be and how to stop measuring yourself against everyone else.

1,918 books

Mystery of the Hieroglyphs: The Story of the Rosetta Stone and the Race to Decipher Egyptian Hieroglyphs

Carol Donoughue

Follow the high-stakes 1799 race to crack the code of the Rosetta Stone and finally reveal the secrets of ancient Egypti

Ages 9–12

Beat the Story-Drum, Pum-Pum

Ashley Bryan

Rhythmic Nigerian folktales and bold woodcut art explain why frogs and snakes don't play together and how the animals fi

Ages 6–10

Much Bigger Than Martin

Steven Kellogg

Martin is a very bossy big brother, so his younger sibling begins dreaming up every possible way to finally outgrow him

Ages 4–8