# Books like High-Wire Henry

**10** books similar to *High-Wire Henry* by Mary Calhoun (Realistic 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.

**Themes:** cats, tightrope walking, dogs, cats, fiction
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## Similar books

- [Widget](https://readinglist.school/book/widget) by Lyn Rossiter McFarland _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of cats, dogs, and cats, fiction, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [Cat Secrets](https://readinglist.school/book/cat-secrets) by Jef Czekaj _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of cats and cats, fiction, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [Titanicat](https://readinglist.school/book/titanicat) by Marty Crisp _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of cats and cats, fiction, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [The Dog Who Had Kittens](https://readinglist.school/book/the-dog-who-had-kittens) by Polly M. Robertus _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of cats and dogs, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [Martha Speaks](https://readinglist.school/book/martha-speaks) by Susan Meddaugh _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of dogs, both on the California Young Reader Medal list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Copycat](https://readinglist.school/book/copycat) by Ruth Brown _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of cats, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [Heart of a Tiger](https://readinglist.school/book/heart-of-a-tiger) by Marsha Diane Arnold _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of cats, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [The Grannyman](https://readinglist.school/book/the-grannyman) by Judith Byron Schachner _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of cats, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [Don't Need Friends](https://readinglist.school/book/dont-need-friends) by Carolyn Crimi _(Grades K–2)_ — Shares themes of dogs, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–2).
- [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).

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