# Elvira Woodruff — books assigned in US schools

**2** books by Elvira Woodruff appear in the US-school assigned-reading canon. Sourced from state ELA standards, AP/IB syllabi, and Common Core exemplar lists.

**Grade span:** 3–6
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/author/elvira-woodruff
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Recurring themes

- orphans
- truck drivers
- uncles
- undertakers and undertaking

## Genres

- Realistic Fiction (2)

## Every Elvira Woodruff title on file

- [The Secret Funeral of Slim Jim the Snake](https://readinglist.school/book/the-secret-funeral-of-slim-jim-the-snake) _(Grades 4–6 · 1993)_
- [The Ghost of Lizard Light](https://readinglist.school/book/the-ghost-of-lizard-light) _(Grades 3–5 · 2001)_

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