# Books like Something Big Has Been Here

**10** books similar to *Something Big Has Been Here* by Jack Prelutsky (Mystery · grades 3–5), 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:** humorous poetry, american poetry, mystery and detective stories, humor
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## Similar books

- [The Stranger](https://readinglist.school/book/the-stranger) by Chris Van Allsburg _(Grades 3–5)_ — Shares themes of mystery and detective stories, both on the Kentucky Bluegrass Award list, and same genre (Mystery).
- [A Haunting in Williamsburg](https://readinglist.school/book/a-haunting-in-williamsburg) by Lou Kassem _(Grades 3–5)_ — Shares themes of mystery and detective stories, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (3–5).
- [Dead Man in Indian Creek](https://readinglist.school/book/dead-man-in-indian-creek) by Mary Downing Hahn _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of mystery and detective stories, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [Ghosts Don't Get Goose Bumps](https://readinglist.school/book/ghosts-dont-get-goose-bumps) by Elvira Woodruff _(Grades 3–5)_ — Shares themes of mystery and detective stories, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (3–5).
- [Scared Stiff](https://readinglist.school/book/scared-stiff) by Willo Davis Roberts _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of mystery and detective stories, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Scranimals](https://readinglist.school/book/scranimals) by Jack Prelutsky _(Grades 3–6)_ — Is by Jack Prelutsky, the same author, both on the Kentucky Bluegrass Award list, and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Tarot Says Beware](https://readinglist.school/book/tarot-says-beware) by Betsy Cromer Byars _(Grades 3–8)_ — Shares themes of mystery and detective stories, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [Terror at the Zoo](https://readinglist.school/book/terror-at-the-zoo) by Peg Kehret _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of mystery and detective stories, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [The Name of the Game Was Murder](https://readinglist.school/book/the-name-of-the-game-was-murder) by Joan Lowery Nixon _(Grades 3–8)_ — Shares themes of mystery and detective stories, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [Alvin's Swap Shop](https://readinglist.school/book/alvins-swap-shop) by Clifford B. Hicks _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of mystery and detective stories, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (4–6).

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