# Books like Poppleton in Winter

**10** books similar to *Poppleton in Winter* by Cynthia Rylant (Realistic Fiction · grades 2–3), 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:** birthdays, fiction, friendship, fiction, pigs, fiction, winter, fiction
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## Similar books

- [My Lucky Day](https://readinglist.school/book/my-lucky-day) by Keiko Kasza _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of pigs, fiction, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [Amos & Boris](https://readinglist.school/book/amos-boris) by William Steig _(Grades 2–3)_ — Shares themes of friendship, fiction, both on the Common Core State Standards (ELA) list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Beware of Boys](https://readinglist.school/book/beware-of-boys) by Tony Blundell _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of friendship, fiction, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [Henry and Mudge Ready-to-Read Value Pack #2](https://readinglist.school/book/henry-and-mudge-and-the-great-grandpas) by Cynthia Rylant _(Grades K–2)_ — Is by Cynthia Rylant, the same author and overlapping grades (K–2).
- [A Perfect Pork Stew](https://readinglist.school/book/a-perfect-pork-stew) by Paul Brett Johnson _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of pigs, fiction and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [Piggins](https://readinglist.school/book/piggins) by Jane Yolen _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of pigs, fiction and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [My Friend the Vampire](https://readinglist.school/book/my-friend-the-vampire) by Angela Sommer-Bodenburg _(Grades 3–5)_ — Shares themes of friendship, fiction, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–5).
- [The Hot and Cold Summer](https://readinglist.school/book/the-hot-and-cold-summer) by Johanna Hurwitz _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of friendship, fiction, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa](https://readinglist.school/book/cowgirl-kate-and-cocoa) by Erica Silverman _(Grades 2–3)_ — Both on the Common Core State Standards (ELA) list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (2–3).
- [The Sign Painter](https://readinglist.school/book/the-sign-painter) by Allen Say _(Grades 2–3)_ — Both on the Common Core State Standards (ELA) list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (2–3).

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