Books like Pecos Bill

If you liked Pecos Bill, read A Spoon for Every Bite, Because of Winn-Dixie, or Brown Girl Dreaming — the closest matches in our database, matched on shared award lists and reading level.

Looking for books like Pecos Bill by Steven Kellogg? 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 4–6 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.

10 books similar to Pecos Bill

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A Spoon for Every Bitegrades 3–5
Both on the Land of Enchantment Book Award list and overlapping grades (3–5). Amazon → books like this →
Because of Winn-Dixie610L
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Brown Girl Dreaming990L
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Bud, Not Buddy950L
Both on the Land of Enchantment Book Award list and overlapping grades (4–7). Amazon → books like this →
Bunniculagrades 3–6
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City of Orphansgrades 6–8
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Dangerousgrades 6–8
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Deep and Dark and Dangerousgrades 4–6
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El Cucuy!grades 3–5
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Eleanor & Parkgrades 4–9
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Common questions

What books are similar to Pecos Bill?
The 10 closest matches to Pecos Bill by Steven Kellogg on ReadingList include A Spoon for Every Bite, Because of Winn-Dixie, Brown Girl Dreaming, Bud, Not Buddy, and Bunnicula. Each is scored on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades 4–6), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.
Are books like Pecos Bill reading-level appropriate?
Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades 4–6), 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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