# Books like Rugby and Rosie

**10** books similar to *Rugby and Rosie* by Nan Parson Rossiter (Realistic Fiction · grades K–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:** training, guide dogs, friendship, dogs
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## Similar books

- [Don't Need Friends](https://readinglist.school/book/dont-need-friends) by Carolyn Crimi _(Grades K–2)_ — Shares themes of friendship and dogs, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–2).
- [Martha Speaks](https://readinglist.school/book/martha-speaks) by Susan Meddaugh _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of dogs, both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Riptide](https://readinglist.school/book/riptide) by Frances Ward Weller _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of dogs, both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Shiloh Season](https://readinglist.school/book/shiloh-season) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of dogs, both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [A Dog Called Kitty](https://readinglist.school/book/a-dog-called-kitty) by Wallace, Bill _(Grades 3–5)_ — Shares themes of dogs, both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Madeline Finn and the Library Dog](https://readinglist.school/book/madeline-finn-and-the-library-dog) by Lisa Papp _(Grades K–2)_ — Shares themes of dogs, both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [We Forgot Brock!](https://readinglist.school/book/we-forgot-brock) by Carter Goodrich _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of friendship, both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Tornado](https://readinglist.school/book/tornado) by Betsy Cromer Byars _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of dogs, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [When Zachary Beaver Came to Town](https://readinglist.school/book/when-zachary-beaver-came-to-town) by Kimberly Willis Holt _(Grades 2–8)_ — Shares themes of friendship, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (2–8).
- [¡Vamos! Let's Go Eat](https://readinglist.school/book/vamos-lets-go-eat) by Raúl the Third III _(Grades 2–8)_ — Shares themes of dogs, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (2–8).

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