# Books like Picture Purrfect (Bodega Cats #1)

**10** books similar to *Picture Purrfect (Bodega Cats #1)* by Hilda Eunice Burgos (Early Chapter Book · grades 2–5), 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:** family, community, animals
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## Similar books

- [Mercy Watson to the Rescue](https://readinglist.school/book/mercy-watson-to-the-rescue) by Kate DiCamillo _(450L · Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of family and animals, same genre (Early Chapter Book), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [Old Yeller](https://readinglist.school/book/old-yeller) by Fred Gipson _(Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of family and animals, both on the Oklahoma Sequoyah Children's Book Award list, and overlapping grades (5–8).
- [Rascal](https://readinglist.school/book/rascal) by Sterling North _(Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of family and animals, both on the Oklahoma Sequoyah Children's Book Award list, and overlapping grades (5–8).
- [Summer of the Monkeys](https://readinglist.school/book/summer-of-the-monkeys) by Wilson Rawls _(Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of family and animals, both on the Oklahoma Sequoyah Children's Book Award list, and overlapping grades (4–7).
- [The Trumpet of the Swan](https://readinglist.school/book/the-trumpet-of-the-swan) by E.B. White _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of family and animals, both on the Oklahoma Sequoyah Children's Book Award list, and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Night in the City](https://readinglist.school/book/night-in-the-city) by Julie Downing _(Grades K–2)_ — Shares themes of family and community and overlapping grades (K–2).
- [The Labors of Hercules Beal](https://readinglist.school/book/the-labors-of-hercules-beal) by Gary D. Schmidt _(Grades 3–7)_ — Shares themes of family and community and overlapping grades (3–7).
- [The One and Only Ruby](https://readinglist.school/book/the-one-and-only-ruby) by Katherine Applegate _(Grades 2–5)_ — Shares themes of family and animals and overlapping grades (2–5).
- [A Boy Called Bat](https://readinglist.school/book/a-boy-called-bat) by Elana K. Arnold _(Grades 3–5)_ — Shares themes of family and animals and overlapping grades (3–5).
- [Beanie the Bansheenie](https://readinglist.school/book/beanie-the-bansheenie) by Eoin Colfer _(Grades 2–5)_ — Both on the Oklahoma Sequoyah Children's Book Award list, same genre (Early Chapter Book), and overlapping grades (2–5).

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