# Realistic Fiction books about cats

**11** realistic fiction books that explore cats, drawn from the US-school assigned-reading canon. Sourced from Common Core exemplars, AP, IB, Cambridge, and 50 state ELA curricula.

**Genre:** Realistic Fiction  ·  **Theme:** cats
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**Primary source — Common Core ELA exemplars:** https://www.nysed.gov/sites/default/files/programs/standards-instruction/appendix-b-text-exemplars-and-sample-performance-tasks.pdf

## Realistic Fiction cats reading list

- [Bad Kitty](https://readinglist.school/book/bad-kitty) by Nick Bruel _(Grades K–3 · pub 2005)_
- [Cat Secrets](https://readinglist.school/book/cat-secrets) by Jef Czekaj _(Grades K–3 · pub 2011)_
- [Chester](https://readinglist.school/book/chester) by Mélanie Watt _(Grades K–3 · pub 2010)_
- [Copycat](https://readinglist.school/book/copycat) by Ruth Brown _(Grades K–3 · pub 1994)_
- [Heart of a Tiger](https://readinglist.school/book/heart-of-a-tiger) by Marsha Diane Arnold _(Grades K–3 · pub 1995)_
- [The Dog Who Had Kittens](https://readinglist.school/book/the-dog-who-had-kittens) by Polly M. Robertus _(Grades K–3 · pub 1988)_
- [The Grannyman](https://readinglist.school/book/the-grannyman) by Judith Byron Schachner _(Grades K–3 · pub 1999)_
- [The Stranger Next Door](https://readinglist.school/book/the-stranger-next-door) by Peg Kehret _(Grades 3–8 · pub 2002)_
- [Titanicat](https://readinglist.school/book/titanicat) by Marty Crisp _(Grades K–3 · pub 2008)_
- [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) by Kirby Larson _(Grades 3–6 · pub 2008)_
- [Widget](https://readinglist.school/book/widget) by Lyn Rossiter McFarland _(Grades K–3 · pub 2001)_

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