# Books like Skinnybones

**10** books similar to *Skinnybones* by Barbara Park (Humor · grades 3–6), 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:** humorous stories, baseball stories, schools in fiction, baseball
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/similar/skinnybones
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Similar books

- [My Horrible Secret](https://readinglist.school/book/my-horrible-secret) by Stephen Roos _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of humorous stories and baseball stories, same genre (Humor), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [Double Trouble in Walla Walla](https://readinglist.school/book/double-trouble-in-walla-walla) by Andrew Clements _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of humorous stories and schools in fiction, same genre (Humor), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [Junie B. Jones and Her Big Fat Mouth](https://readinglist.school/book/junie-b-jones-and-her-big-fat-mouth) by Barbara Park _(Grades 3–8)_ — Is by Barbara Park, the same author, same genre (Humor), and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [Ten Rules You Absolutely Must Not Break If You Want to Survive the School Bus](https://readinglist.school/book/ten-rules-you-absolutely-must-not-break-if-you-want-to-survive-the-school-bus) by John Grandits _(Grades 3–5)_ — Shares themes of humorous stories, both on the Texas Bluebonnet Award list, and same genre (Humor).
- [Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days](https://readinglist.school/book/be-a-perfect-person-in-just-three-days) by Stephen Manes _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of humorous stories, same genre (Humor), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [When the Boys Ran the House](https://readinglist.school/book/when-the-boys-ran-the-house) by Joan Davenport Carris _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of humorous stories, same genre (Humor), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Arnie, the Doughnut](https://readinglist.school/book/arnie-the-doughnut) by Laurie Keller _(Grades 2–8)_ — Shares themes of humorous stories, same genre (Humor), and overlapping grades (2–8).
- [Banana Twist](https://readinglist.school/book/banana-twist) by Florence Parry Heide _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of humorous stories, same genre (Humor), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [Bubba the Cowboy Prince](https://readinglist.school/book/bubba-the-cowboy-prince) by Helen Ketteman _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of humorous stories, same genre (Humor), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [Buz](https://readinglist.school/book/buz) by Richard Egielski _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of humorous stories, same genre (Humor), and overlapping grades (K–3).

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