# Kirby Larson — books assigned in US schools

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

**Grade span:** 3–8
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/author/kirby-larson
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Recurring themes

- cats
- german shepherd dog
- human-animal relationships
- war use
- world war, 1939-1945

## Genres

- Realistic Fiction (3)

## Every Kirby Larson title on file

- [Hattie Big Sky](https://readinglist.school/book/hattie-big-sky) _(Grades 6–8 · 2007)_
- [Two Bobbies: A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship and Survival](https://readinglist.school/book/two-bobbies-a-true-story-of-hurricane-katrina-friendship-and-survival) _(Grades 3–6 · 2008)_
- [Duke](https://readinglist.school/book/duke) _(Grades 3–5 · 2012)_
- [Dash (Dogs of World War II)](https://readinglist.school/book/dash-kirby-larson) _(Grades 4–7 · 2016)_

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