# Books like Put Me in the Zoo

**10** books similar to *Put Me in the Zoo* by Robert Lopshire (Realistic Fiction · grades K–1), 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:** animals, stories in rhyme, animals, fiction
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## Similar books

- [Just Another Ordinary Day](https://readinglist.school/book/just-another-ordinary-day) by Rod Clement _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of animals and animals, fiction and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [Are You My Mother?](https://readinglist.school/book/are-you-my-mother) by P. D. Eastman _(Grades K–1)_ — Shares themes of animals, both on the Common Core State Standards (ELA) list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [I Ain't Gonna Paint No More](https://readinglist.school/book/i-aint-gonna-paint-no-more) by Karen Beaumont _(Grades K–2)_ — Shares themes of stories in rhyme, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–2).
- [Peabody](https://readinglist.school/book/peabody) by Rosemary Wells _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of animals, fiction, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School](https://readinglist.school/book/the-gingerbread-man-loose-in-the-school) by Laura Murray _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of stories in rhyme, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [The Monster Who Ate My Peas](https://readinglist.school/book/the-monster-who-ate-my-peas) by Danny Schnitzlein _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of stories in rhyme, 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 animals, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–2).
- [Mei Li](https://readinglist.school/book/mei-li) by Thomas Handforth _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of animals, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [Never Spit on Your Shoes](https://readinglist.school/book/never-spit-on-your-shoes) by Denys Cazet _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of animals, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [Hi! Fly Guy](https://readinglist.school/book/hi-fly-guy) by Tedd Arnold _(Grades K–1)_ — Shares themes of animals, both on the Common Core State Standards (ELA) list, and overlapping grades (K–1).

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