# Books like Funny Bones

**10** books similar to *Funny Bones* by Duncan Tonatiuh, 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.

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## Similar books

- [Diego Rivera](https://readinglist.school/book/diego-rivera-his-world-and-ours) by Duncan Tonatiuh _(Grades K–5)_ — Is by Duncan Tonatiuh, the same author, overlapping grades (K–5), and the same era (2010s).
- [Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote](https://readinglist.school/book/pancho-rabbit-and-the-coyote-a-migrants-tale) by Duncan Tonatiuh _(Grades K–5)_ — Is by Duncan Tonatiuh, the same author, overlapping grades (K–5), and the same era (2010s).
- [Balloons over Broadway](https://readinglist.school/book/balloons-over-broadway) by Melissa Sweet _(Grades 1–4)_ — Both on the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal list, overlapping grades (1–4), and the same era (2010s).
- [Cotorras Sobre Puerto Rico](https://readinglist.school/book/parrots-over-puerto-rico) by Susan L. Roth _(Grades 2–5)_ — Both on the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal list and overlapping grades (2–5).
- [The People's Painter](https://readinglist.school/book/the-peoples-painter) by Cynthia Levinson _(Grades 2–5)_ — Both on the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal list and overlapping grades (2–5).
- [A Band of Angels](https://readinglist.school/book/a-band-of-angels) by Deborah Hopkinson _(Grades K–5)_ — Overlapping grades (K–5) and the same era (2010s).
- [A Boy Called Bat](https://readinglist.school/book/a-boy-called-bat) by Elana K. Arnold _(Grades 3–5)_ — Overlapping grades (3–5) and the same era (2010s).
- [A Dance Like Starlight](https://readinglist.school/book/a-dance-like-starlight-one-ballerinas-dream) by Kristy Dempsey _(Grades K–5)_ — Overlapping grades (K–5) and the same era (2010s).
- [A Dog Called Homeless](https://readinglist.school/book/a-dog-called-homeless) by Sarah Lean _(Grades 3–6)_ — Overlapping grades (3–6) and the same era (2010s).
- [A Green Place to be](https://readinglist.school/book/a-green-place-to-be-the-creation-of-central-park) by Ashley Benham Yazdani _(Grades K–5)_ — Overlapping grades (K–5) and the same era (2010s).

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