# Realistic Fiction books about stories in rhyme

**5** realistic fiction books that explore stories in rhyme, 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:** stories in rhyme
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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 stories in rhyme reading list

- [House Arrest](https://readinglist.school/book/house-arrest) by K. A. Holt _(Grades 6–9 · pub 2015)_
- [I Ain't Gonna Paint No More](https://readinglist.school/book/i-aint-gonna-paint-no-more) by Karen Beaumont _(Grades K–2 · pub 2005)_
- [Put Me in the Zoo](https://readinglist.school/book/put-me-in-the-zoo) by Robert Lopshire _(Grades K–1 · pub 1960)_
- [The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School](https://readinglist.school/book/the-gingerbread-man-loose-in-the-school) by Laura Murray _(Grades K–3 · pub 2010)_
- [The Monster Who Ate My Peas](https://readinglist.school/book/the-monster-who-ate-my-peas) by Danny Schnitzlein _(Grades K–3 · pub 2001)_

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