Books like Mad Dog McGraw
If you liked Mad Dog McGraw, read A Pocket for Corduroy, Are We There Yet?, or Arthur's Nose — the closest matches in our database, matched on shared award lists and reading level.
Closest match: A Pocket for Corduroy by Don Freeman
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Looking for books like Mad Dog McGraw by Myron Uhlberg? 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 K–2 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.
10 books similar to Mad Dog McGraw
- A Pocket for CorduroyDon Freeman
Are We There Yet?Nina Laden
Arthur's NoseMarc Brown
BamboozledDavid Legge
Bunny MoneyRosemary Wells
EpossumondasColeen Salley
Even Monsters Need HaircutsMatthew McElligott
Go Away, Big Green MonsterEd Emberley
Humpty-Dumpty Egg-SplodesO'Malley, Kevin
I Ain't Gonna Paint No MoreKaren Beaumont
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Why each is a match
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- A Pocket for Corduroygrades K–1
- Both on the Alabama Camellia Children's Choice Book Award list and overlapping grades (K–1). Amazon → books like this →
- Are We There Yet?grades K–1
- Both on the Alabama Camellia Children's Choice Book Award list and overlapping grades (K–1). Amazon → books like this →
- Arthur's Nosegrades K–1
- Both on the Alabama Camellia Children's Choice Book Award list and overlapping grades (K–1). Amazon → books like this →
- Bamboozledgrades K–2
- Both on the Alabama Camellia Children's Choice Book Award list and overlapping grades (K–2). Amazon → books like this →
- Bunny Moneygrades K–2
- Both on the Alabama Camellia Children's Choice Book Award list and overlapping grades (K–2). Amazon → books like this →
- Epossumondasgrades K–3
- Both on the Alabama Camellia Children's Choice Book Award list and overlapping grades (K–3). Amazon → books like this →
- Even Monsters Need Haircutsgrades K–3
- Both on the Alabama Camellia Children's Choice Book Award list and overlapping grades (K–3). Amazon → books like this →
- Go Away, Big Green Monstergrades K–3
- Both on the Alabama Camellia Children's Choice Book Award list and overlapping grades (K–3). Amazon → books like this →
- Humpty-Dumpty Egg-Splodesgrades K–3
- Both on the Alabama Camellia Children's Choice Book Award list and overlapping grades (K–3). Amazon → books like this →
- I Ain't Gonna Paint No Moregrades K–2
- Both on the Alabama Camellia Children's Choice Book Award list and overlapping grades (K–2). Amazon → books like this →
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Common questions
- What books are similar to Mad Dog McGraw?
- The 10 closest matches to Mad Dog McGraw by Myron Uhlberg on ReadingList include A Pocket for Corduroy, Are We There Yet?, Arthur's Nose, Bamboozled, and Bunny Money. Each is scored on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades K–2), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.
- Are books like Mad Dog McGraw reading-level appropriate?
- Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades K–2), 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.