# Books like Baby Monkey, Private Eye

**10** books similar to *Baby Monkey, Private Eye* by Brian Selznick (Mystery · grades K–3), matched on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level. Every pick is grade-appropriate (a reading-level match, not just a topical one) and links to where it is assigned in US schools.

**Themes:** private investigators, humorous stories, monkeys, animal stories
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## Similar books

- [The Monkey Goes Bananas](https://readinglist.school/book/the-monkey-goes-bananas) by C. P. Bloom _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of humorous stories and monkeys and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [Crash, Splash, or Moo!](https://readinglist.school/book/crash-splash-or-moo) by Bob Shea _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of humorous stories, both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [Even Monsters Need Haircuts](https://readinglist.school/book/even-monsters-need-haircuts) by Matthew McElligott _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of humorous stories, both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [The Invention of Hugo Cabret](https://readinglist.school/book/the-invention-of-hugo-cabret) by Brian Selznick _(Grades 3–7)_ — Is by Brian Selznick, the same author, overlapping grades (3–7), and the same era (2010s).
- [Bubba the Cowboy Prince](https://readinglist.school/book/bubba-the-cowboy-prince) by Helen Ketteman _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of humorous stories, both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [Closed for the Season](https://readinglist.school/book/closed-for-the-season) by Mary Downing Hahn _(Grades 3–8)_ — Both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs](https://readinglist.school/book/cloudy-with-a-chance-of-meatballs) by Judi Barrett _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of humorous stories, both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [Is Anybody There?](https://readinglist.school/book/is-anybody-there) by Eve Bunting _(Grades 3–5)_ — Both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (3–5).
- [Nightmare Mountain](https://readinglist.school/book/nightmare-mountain) by Peg Kehret _(Grades 3–6)_ — Both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Piggins](https://readinglist.school/book/piggins) by Jane Yolen _(Grades K–3)_ — Both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (K–3).

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