What books are similar to We Don’t Eat Our Classmates!?

The 10 closest matches to We Don’t Eat Our Classmates! by Ryan T. Higgins on ReadingList include Ten Rules You Absolutely Must Not Break If You Want to Survive the School Bus, The Monkey Goes Bananas, Buz, Skippyjon Jones, and Substitute Teacher Plans. Each is scored on shared themes (humorous stories, tyrannosaurus rex, and dinosaurs), shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades K–3), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.

Are books like We Don’t Eat Our Classmates! reading-level appropriate?

Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades K–3), 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.

Books like We Don’t Eat Our Classmates!

If you liked We Don’t Eat Our Classmates!, read Ten Rules You Absolutely Must Not Break If You Want to Survive the School Bus first — the closest match in our database, matched on shared themes and reading level.

Looking for books like We Don’t Eat Our Classmates! by Ryan T. Higgins (Humor · grades K–3)? It’s most often read for its themes of humorous stories, tyrannosaurus rex, and dinosaurs. 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–3 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.

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Ten Rules You Absolutely Must Not Break If You Want to Survive the School Busgrades 3–5: Shares themes of humorous stories and first day of school, same genre (Humor), and overlapping grades (3–5). Amazon → books like this →
The Monkey Goes Bananasgrades K–3: Shares themes of humorous stories, both on the Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania) list, and same genre (Humor). Amazon → books like this →
Buzgrades K–3: Shares themes of humorous stories, both on the Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania) list, and same genre (Humor). Amazon → books like this →
Skippyjon Jonesgrades K–3: Shares themes of humorous stories, both on the Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania) list, and same genre (Humor). Amazon → books like this →
Substitute Teacher Plansgrades K–3: Shares themes of humorous stories, both on the Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania) list, and same genre (Humor). Amazon → books like this →
The Great Fuzz Frenzygrades K–3: Shares themes of humorous stories, both on the Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania) list, and same genre (Humor). Amazon → books like this →
The Legend of Rock Paper Scissorsgrades 2–8: Shares themes of humorous stories, same genre (Humor), and overlapping grades (2–8). Amazon → books like this →
Arnie, the Doughnutgrades 2–8: Shares themes of humorous stories, same genre (Humor), and overlapping grades (2–8). Amazon → books like this →
Dear Mrs. LaRuegrades 3–5: Shares themes of humorous stories, same genre (Humor), and overlapping grades (3–5). Amazon → books like this →
Dog Breathgrades 2–8: Shares themes of humorous stories, same genre (Humor), and overlapping grades (2–8). Amazon → books like this →

Books like We Don’t Eat Our Classmates! for younger readers (K–2)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps K–2— same scoring, different audience.

Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin · grades K–3 — Shares themes of humorous stories, both on the Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania) list, and overlapping grades (K–3).
Hi! Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold · grades K–1 — Shares themes of humorous stories, same genre (Humor), and overlapping grades (K–1).
No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman · grades 2–8 — Shares themes of humorous stories, same genre (Humor), and overlapping grades (2–8).
A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon · grades 2–8 — Both on the Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania) list, same genre (Humor), and overlapping grades (2–8).
No David! by David Shannon · grades K–3 — Both on the Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania) list, same genre (Humor), and overlapping grades (K–3).

Books like We Don’t Eat Our Classmates! for elementary readers (grades 3–5)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 3–5— same scoring, different audience.

Double Fudge by Judy Blume · grades 4–6 — Shares themes of humorous stories, both on the Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania) list, and same genre (Humor).
Banana Twist by Florence Parry Heide · grades 4–6 — Shares themes of humorous stories and same genre (Humor).
Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days by Stephen Manes · grades 4–6 — Shares themes of humorous stories and same genre (Humor).
Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin · grades K–3 — Shares themes of humorous stories, both on the Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania) list, and overlapping grades (K–3).
Knocked Out by Nunga-Nungas by Louise Rennison · grades 3–5 — Shares themes of humorous stories, same genre (Humor), and overlapping grades (3–5).

Books like We Don’t Eat Our Classmates! for middle school (grades 6–8)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 6–8— same scoring, different audience.

Double Fudge by Judy Blume · grades 4–6 — Shares themes of humorous stories, both on the Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania) list, and same genre (Humor).
Banana Twist by Florence Parry Heide · grades 4–6 — Shares themes of humorous stories and same genre (Humor).
Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days by Stephen Manes · grades 4–6 — Shares themes of humorous stories and same genre (Humor).
My Horrible Secret by Stephen Roos · grades 4–6 — Shares themes of humorous stories and same genre (Humor).
No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman · grades 2–8 — Shares themes of humorous stories, same genre (Humor), and overlapping grades (2–8).

Books like We Don’t Eat Our Classmates! for high school & teens (grades 9–12)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 9–12— same scoring, different audience.

A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh · grades 11–12 — Same genre (Humor).
Creepy Carrots! by Aaron Reynolds · grades 3–10 — Both on the Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania) list, overlapping grades (3–10), and the same era (2010s).
Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick · grades 6–9 — Both on the Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania) list and the same era (2010s).
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell · grades 4–9 — Both on the Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania) list and the same era (2010s).
Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon · grades 9–12 — Both on the Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania) list and the same era (2010s).

Common questions

What books are similar to We Don’t Eat Our Classmates!?: The 10 closest matches to We Don’t Eat Our Classmates! by Ryan T. Higgins on ReadingList include Ten Rules You Absolutely Must Not Break If You Want to Survive the School Bus, The Monkey Goes Bananas, Buz, Skippyjon Jones, and Substitute Teacher Plans. Each is scored on shared themes (humorous stories, tyrannosaurus rex, and dinosaurs), shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades K–3), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.
Are books like We Don’t Eat Our Classmates! reading-level appropriate?: Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades K–3), 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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