# Books like Goin' Someplace Special

**10** books similar to *Goin' Someplace Special* by Patricia C. McKissack (Juvenile Fiction · 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.

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## Similar books

- [Cornrows](https://readinglist.school/book/cornrows) by Camille Yarbrough _(Grades K–3)_ — Both on the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award list, same genre (Juvenile Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [Firebird](https://readinglist.school/book/firebird) by Misty Copeland _(Grades K–3)_ — Both on the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award list, same genre (Juvenile Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [Half a Moon and One Whole Star](https://readinglist.school/book/half-a-moon-and-one-whole-star) by Crescent Dragonwagon _(Grades K–3)_ — Both on the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award list, same genre (Juvenile Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [I, Too, Am America](https://readinglist.school/book/i-too-am-america) by Langston Hughes _(Grades K–3)_ — Both on the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award list, same genre (JUVENILE FICTION), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [My Daddy Is a Cowboy](https://readinglist.school/book/my-daddy-is-a-cowboy) by Stephanie Seales _(Grades K–3)_ — Both on the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award list, same genre (Juvenile Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [Standing in the Need of Prayer](https://readinglist.school/book/standing-in-the-need-of-prayer) by Carole Boston Weatherford _(Grades K–3)_ — Both on the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award list, same genre (Juvenile Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [A Year Down Yonder](https://readinglist.school/book/a-year-down-yonder) by Richard Peck _(Grades 3–7)_ — Same genre (Juvenile Fiction), overlapping grades (3–7), and the same era (2000s).
- [Crispin: The Cross of Lead](https://readinglist.school/book/crispin-the-cross-of-lead) by Avi _(Grades 3–7)_ — Same genre (Juvenile Fiction), overlapping grades (3–7), and the same era (2000s).
- [Criss Cross](https://readinglist.school/book/criss-cross) by Lynne Rae Perkins _(Grades 3–7)_ — Same genre (Juvenile Fiction), overlapping grades (3–7), and the same era (2000s).
- [My Friend Rabbit](https://readinglist.school/book/my-friend-rabbit) by Eric Rohmann _(Grades K–3)_ — Same genre (JUVENILE FICTION), overlapping grades (K–3), and the same era (2000s).

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