Books like The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza

Looking for books like The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza by Mac Barnett (Middle Grade Graphic Novel · grades 2–5)? It’s most often read for its themes of space, humor, and adventure. The 10 titlesbelow are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, genre, and reading level, and each linked to the curricula, states, and grades where it’s assigned, with primary sources.

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10 books similar to The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza

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Why each is a match

A Royal Conundrumgrades 3–6
Shares themes of humor, adventure, and friendship and overlapping grades (3–6).
Chronicles of a Lizard Nobodygrades 4–8
Shares themes of humor and friendship, same genre (Middle Grade Graphic Novel), and overlapping grades (4–8).
Big Nate: In a Class by Himself500L
Shares themes of humor and friendship, same genre (Middle Grade Graphic Novel), and overlapping grades (4–7).
Dog Man390L
Shares themes of humor and friendship, same genre (Middle Grade Graphic Novel), and overlapping grades (2–5).
Geronimo Stilton: Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye530L
Shares themes of humor, adventure, and friendship and overlapping grades (2–5).
Smile410L
Shares themes of humor and friendship, same genre (Middle Grade Graphic Novel), and overlapping grades (4–8).
A Lot to Like!grades 2–5
Shares themes of humor and friendship and overlapping grades (2–5).
Buffalo Fluffalogrades K–2
Shares themes of humor and friendship and overlapping grades (K–2).
Curveballgrades 3–5
Shares themes of friendship, same genre (Middle Grade Graphic Novel), and overlapping grades (3–5).
Dog Trouble: A Graphic Novelgrades 3–6
Shares themes of humor, same genre (Middle Grade Graphic Novel), and overlapping grades (3–6).

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