# Realistic Fiction books about dogs

**22** realistic fiction books that explore dogs, 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:** dogs
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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 dogs reading list

- [A Dog Called Kitty](https://readinglist.school/book/a-dog-called-kitty) by Wallace, Bill _(Grades 3–5 · pub 1980)_
- [Bagdad Ate It](https://readinglist.school/book/bagdad-ate-it) by Phyllis Green _(Grades K–3 · pub 1980)_
- [Bristle Face](https://readinglist.school/book/bristle-face) by Zachary Ball _(Grades 4–8 · pub 1962)_
- [Can I Be Your Dog?](https://readinglist.school/book/can-i-be-your-dog) by Troy Cummings _(Grades K–3 · pub 2018)_
- [Don't Need Friends](https://readinglist.school/book/dont-need-friends) by Carolyn Crimi _(Grades K–2 · pub 1999)_
- [Ellie's Story](https://readinglist.school/book/ellies-story) by W. Bruce Cameron _(Grades 3–6 · pub 2015)_
- [Fudge](https://readinglist.school/book/fudge) by Charlotte Towner Graeber _(Grades 4–6 · pub 1987)_
- [High-Wire Henry](https://readinglist.school/book/high-wire-henry) by Mary Calhoun _(Grades K–3 · pub 1991)_
- [Madeline Finn and the Library Dog](https://readinglist.school/book/madeline-finn-and-the-library-dog) by Lisa Papp _(Grades K–2 · pub 2016)_
- [Martha Speaks](https://readinglist.school/book/martha-speaks) by Susan Meddaugh _(Grades K–3 · pub 1992)_
- [My Dog, My Hero](https://readinglist.school/book/my-dog-my-hero) by Betsy Cromer Byars _(Grades 3–5 · pub 2000)_
- [Owney: The Mail-Pouch Pooch](https://readinglist.school/book/owney-the-mail-pouch-pooch) by Mona Kerby _(Grades 3–8 · pub 2008)_
- [Riptide](https://readinglist.school/book/riptide) by Frances Ward Weller _(Grades K–3 · pub 1990)_
- [Rugby and Rosie](https://readinglist.school/book/rugby-and-rosie) by Nan Parson Rossiter _(Grades K–3 · pub 1997)_
- [Shiloh Season](https://readinglist.school/book/shiloh-season) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor _(Grades 3–6 · pub 1996)_
- [Star in the Storm](https://readinglist.school/book/star-in-the-storm) by Joan Hiatt Harlow _(Grades 2–8 · pub 2000)_
- [The Dog Who Had Kittens](https://readinglist.school/book/the-dog-who-had-kittens) by Polly M. Robertus _(Grades K–3 · pub 1988)_
- [The Good Dog](https://readinglist.school/book/the-good-dog) by Avi _(Grades 3–6 · pub 2001)_
- [Tornado](https://readinglist.school/book/tornado) by Betsy Cromer Byars _(Grades 3–6 · pub 1996)_
- [Trouper](https://readinglist.school/book/trouper) by Meg Kearney _(Grades K–2 · pub 2013)_
- [Widget](https://readinglist.school/book/widget) by Lyn Rossiter McFarland _(Grades K–3 · pub 2001)_
- [¡Vamos! Let's Go Eat](https://readinglist.school/book/vamos-lets-go-eat) by Raúl the Third III _(Grades 2–8 · pub 2020)_

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