# Tops and Bottoms

**Author:** Janet Stevens
**Grade range:** Grades 2–3
**Age range:** 7–8
**First published:** 1997
**Genre:** Realistic Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9780152019228`
**ISBN-10:** `0152019227`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/tops-and-bottoms
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

With roots in European folktales and American slave stories, this tale celebrates the trickster tradition of overcoming hardship by using one's wits. An exciting vertical format takes this funny story to its most entertaining extreme.

## Where this book is assigned

### Common Core State Standards (ELA)

- **recommended** · 2nd grade — [source: CCSS ELA Appendix B, grades 2-3 story exemplar](https://www.nysed.gov/sites/default/files/programs/standards-instruction/appendix-b-text-exemplars-and-sample-performance-tasks.pdf)
- **recommended** · 3rd grade — [source: CCSS ELA Appendix B, grades 2-3 story exemplar](https://www.nysed.gov/sites/default/files/programs/standards-instruction/appendix-b-text-exemplars-and-sample-performance-tasks.pdf)

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