# Books like Trombone Shorty

**10** books similar to *Trombone Shorty* by Troy Andrews (Juvenile Nonfiction · 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.

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## Similar books

- [Out of Wonder](https://readinglist.school/book/out-of-wonder) by Kwame Alexander _(Grades K–3)_ — Both on the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award list, same genre (Juvenile Nonfiction), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom](https://readinglist.school/book/moses-when-harriet-tubman-led-her-people-to-freedom) by Carole Boston Weatherford _(Grades K–3)_ — Both on the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award list, same genre (Juvenile Nonfiction), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [R-E-S-P-E-C-T](https://readinglist.school/book/r-e-s-p-e-c-t) by Carole Boston Weatherford _(Grades K–3)_ — Both on the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award list, same genre (Juvenile Nonfiction), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass](https://readinglist.school/book/lincoln-a-photobiography) by Russell Freedman _(Grades 3–7)_ — Same genre (Juvenile Nonfiction) and overlapping grades (3–7).
- [Baboushka and the Three Kings](https://readinglist.school/book/baboushka-and-the-three-kings) by Ruth Robbins _(Grades K–3)_ — Same genre (Juvenile Nonfiction) and overlapping grades (K–3).
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- [Dave the Potter](https://readinglist.school/book/dave-the-potter) by Laban Carrick Hill _(Grades K–3)_ — Both on the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award list, overlapping grades (K–3), and the same era (2010s).
- [Firebird](https://readinglist.school/book/firebird) by Misty Copeland _(Grades K–3)_ — Both on the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award list, overlapping grades (K–3), and the same era (2010s).
- [Forests](https://readinglist.school/book/forests) by Nell Cross Beckerman _(Grades 2–3)_ — Same genre (Juvenile Nonfiction) and overlapping grades (2–3).
- [H.O.R.S.E.](https://readinglist.school/book/horse-a-game-of-basketball-and-imagination) by Christopher Myers _(Grades 3–10)_ — Both on the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award list, overlapping grades (3–10), and the same era (2010s).

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