# Realistic Fiction books about picture books

**5** realistic fiction books that explore picture books, 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:** picture books
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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 picture books reading list

- [A Boy, a Dog and a Frog](https://readinglist.school/book/a-boy-a-dog-and-a-frog) by Mercer Mayer _(Grades K–1 · pub 1967)_
- [Chalk](https://readinglist.school/book/chalk) by Bill Thomson _(Grades K–2 · pub 2010)_
- [Guji Guji](https://readinglist.school/book/guji-guji) by Chen, Zhiyuan _(Grades K–3 · pub 2004)_
- [Peabody](https://readinglist.school/book/peabody) by Rosemary Wells _(Grades K–3 · pub 1983)_
- [Two bad Ants](https://readinglist.school/book/two-bad-ants) by Chris Van Allsburg _(Grades K–3 · pub 1988)_

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