# Books like Don't Need Friends

**10** books similar to *Don't Need Friends* by Carolyn Crimi (Realistic Fiction · grades K–2), 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:** animals, rats, friendship, dogs
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## Similar books

- [Rugby and Rosie](https://readinglist.school/book/rugby-and-rosie) by Nan Parson Rossiter _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of friendship and dogs, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [Madeline Finn and the Library Dog](https://readinglist.school/book/madeline-finn-and-the-library-dog) by Lisa Papp _(Grades K–2)_ — Shares themes of dogs, both on the Kentucky Bluegrass Award list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Trouper](https://readinglist.school/book/trouper) by Meg Kearney _(Grades K–2)_ — Shares themes of dogs, both on the Kentucky Bluegrass Award list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Martha Speaks](https://readinglist.school/book/martha-speaks) by Susan Meddaugh _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of dogs, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [Riptide](https://readinglist.school/book/riptide) by Frances Ward Weller _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of dogs, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [When Zachary Beaver Came to Town](https://readinglist.school/book/when-zachary-beaver-came-to-town) by Kimberly Willis Holt _(Grades 2–8)_ — Shares themes of friendship, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (2–8).
- [¡Vamos! Let's Go Eat](https://readinglist.school/book/vamos-lets-go-eat) by Raúl the Third III _(Grades 2–8)_ — Shares themes of dogs, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (2–8).
- [Are You My Mother?](https://readinglist.school/book/are-you-my-mother) by P. D. Eastman _(Grades K–1)_ — Shares themes of animals, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–1).
- [Basket](https://readinglist.school/book/basket) by George Ella Lyon _(Grades K–3)_ — Both on the Kentucky Bluegrass Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [Can I Be Your Dog?](https://readinglist.school/book/can-i-be-your-dog) by Troy Cummings _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of dogs, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3).

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