Books like Gooney Bird Greene

If you liked Gooney Bird Greene, read All About Sam, Attaboy, Sam!, or A Rover's Story — the closest matches in our database, matched on shared award lists and reading level.

Looking for books like Gooney Bird Greene by Lois Lowry? The 10 titles below are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level, and each linked to the curricula, states, and grades where it’s assigned, with primary sources.

These are reading-level matches, not just topical ones — so the picks stay grade-appropriate for a grades 3–5 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.

10 books similar to Gooney Bird Greene

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All About Samgrades 4–6
Is by Lois Lowry, the same author and overlapping grades (4–6). Amazon → books like this →
Attaboy, Sam!grades 4–6
Is by Lois Lowry, the same author and overlapping grades (4–6). Amazon → books like this →
A Rover's Storygrades 4–5
Both on the Rhode Island Children's Book Award list and overlapping grades (4–5). Amazon → books like this →
Allergicgrades 4–6
Both on the Rhode Island Children's Book Award list and overlapping grades (4–6). Amazon → books like this →
Call Me Roberto!: Roberto Clemente Goes to Bat for Latinosgrades 2–5
Both on the Rhode Island Children's Book Award list and overlapping grades (2–5). Amazon → books like this →
Clementinegrades 3–8
Both on the Rhode Island Children's Book Award list and overlapping grades (3–8). Amazon → books like this →
Deep and Dark and Dangerousgrades 4–6
Both on the Rhode Island Children's Book Award list and overlapping grades (4–6). Amazon → books like this →
El Deafo420L
Both on the Rhode Island Children's Book Award list and overlapping grades (4–6). Amazon → books like this →
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Librarygrades 4–6
Both on the Rhode Island Children's Book Award list and overlapping grades (4–6). Amazon → books like this →
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Both on the Rhode Island Children's Book Award list and overlapping grades (3–7). Amazon → books like this →

Common questions

What books are similar to Gooney Bird Greene?
The 10 closest matches to Gooney Bird Greene by Lois Lowry on ReadingList include All About Sam, Attaboy, Sam!, A Rover's Story, Allergic, and Call Me Roberto!: Roberto Clemente Goes to Bat for Latinos. Each is scored on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades 3–5), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.
Are books like Gooney Bird Greene reading-level appropriate?
Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades 3–5), so the picks stay grade-appropriate. See how ReadingList judges text difficulty on the /standard methodology page.
How does ReadingList choose similar books?
Matches are ranked by shared themes, shared award and reading-program lists (two books picked for the same state award were chosen by the same committees for the same readers), same genre, comparable Lexile and grade band, and publication decade — computed from cited public curriculum data, not editorial opinion or AI-generated summaries.

Book data last updated 2026-09-05. Matches are computed from each book’s cited attributes — see the methodology.

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