# A Meerkat Diary

**Author:** Suzi Eszterhas
**Grade range:** Grades 3–5
**Age range:** 8–11
**First published:** 2024
**Genre:** Middle Grade Nonfiction
**ISBN-13:** `9781771476386`
**ISBN-10:** `1771476389`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/a-meerkat-diary
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Wildlife photographer Suzi Eszterhas keeps a diary of the months she spent alongside a meerkat mob in the Kalahari, illustrated with her own photographs.

## Where this book is assigned

### Mississippi Magnolia Book Award

- **recommended** · 3rd grade · Mississippi — [source: Mississippi Library Association / USM — 2026 Magnolia Book Awards nominees (student-choice; PreK-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 divisions)](https://aquila.usm.edu/magnolia_book_awards/12)
- **recommended** · 4th grade · Mississippi — [source: Mississippi Library Association / USM — 2026 Magnolia Book Awards nominees (student-choice; PreK-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 divisions)](https://aquila.usm.edu/magnolia_book_awards/12)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · Mississippi — [source: Mississippi Library Association / USM — 2026 Magnolia Book Awards nominees (student-choice; PreK-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 divisions)](https://aquila.usm.edu/magnolia_book_awards/12)

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