Books like Three-Star Billy

If you liked Three-Star Billy, read A Pocket for Corduroy, Are We There Yet?, or Arthur's Nose — the closest matches in our database, matched on shared award lists and reading level.

Looking for books like Three-Star Billy by Pat Hutchins? The 10 titles below are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level, and each linked to the curricula, states, and grades where it’s assigned, with primary sources.

These are reading-level matches, not just topical ones — so the picks stay grade-appropriate for a grades K–2 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.

10 books similar to Three-Star Billy

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A Pocket for Corduroygrades K–1
Both on the Alabama Camellia Children's Choice Book Award list and overlapping grades (K–1). Amazon → books like this →
Are We There Yet?grades K–1
Both on the Alabama Camellia Children's Choice Book Award list and overlapping grades (K–1). Amazon → books like this →
Arthur's Nosegrades K–1
Both on the Alabama Camellia Children's Choice Book Award list and overlapping grades (K–1). Amazon → books like this →
Bamboozledgrades K–2
Both on the Alabama Camellia Children's Choice Book Award list and overlapping grades (K–2). Amazon → books like this →
Bunny Moneygrades K–2
Both on the Alabama Camellia Children's Choice Book Award list and overlapping grades (K–2). Amazon → books like this →
Epossumondasgrades K–3
Both on the Alabama Camellia Children's Choice Book Award list and overlapping grades (K–3). Amazon → books like this →
Even Monsters Need Haircutsgrades K–3
Both on the Alabama Camellia Children's Choice Book Award list and overlapping grades (K–3). Amazon → books like this →
For the Love of Autumngrades 2–3
Both on the Alabama Camellia Children's Choice Book Award list and overlapping grades (2–3). Amazon → books like this →
Giant Childrengrades 2–3
Both on the Alabama Camellia Children's Choice Book Award list and overlapping grades (2–3). Amazon → books like this →
Go Away, Big Green Monstergrades K–3
Both on the Alabama Camellia Children's Choice Book Award list and overlapping grades (K–3). Amazon → books like this →

Common questions

What books are similar to Three-Star Billy?
The 10 closest matches to Three-Star Billy by Pat Hutchins on ReadingList include A Pocket for Corduroy, Are We There Yet?, Arthur's Nose, Bamboozled, and Bunny Money. Each is scored on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades K–2), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.
Are books like Three-Star Billy reading-level appropriate?
Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades K–2), so the picks stay grade-appropriate. See how ReadingList judges text difficulty on the /standard methodology page.
How does ReadingList choose similar books?
Matches are ranked by shared themes, shared award and reading-program lists (two books picked for the same state award were chosen by the same committees for the same readers), same genre, comparable Lexile and grade band, and publication decade — computed from cited public curriculum data, not editorial opinion or AI-generated summaries.

Book data last updated 2026-09-05. Matches are computed from each book’s cited attributes — see the methodology.

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