# Books like Where the Wild Things Are

**10** books similar to *Where the Wild Things Are* by Maurice Sendak (Picture Book · 740L · grades K–3), matched on shared themes, 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:** imagination, anger and tantrums, home and family, wildness and order, boyhood
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## Similar books

- [Corduroy](https://readinglist.school/book/corduroy) by Don Freeman _(600L · Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of imagination, same genre (Picture Book), and a close reading level (600L vs 740L).
- [If You Give a Mouse a Cookie](https://readinglist.school/book/if-you-give-a-mouse-a-cookie) by Laura Numeroff _(410L · Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of imagination, same genre (Picture Book), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [Make Way for Ducklings](https://readinglist.school/book/make-way-for-ducklings) by Robert McCloskey _(730L · Grades K–3)_ — Same genre (Picture Book) and a close reading level (730L vs 740L).
- [The Adventures of Captain Underpants](https://readinglist.school/book/the-adventures-of-captain-underpants) by Dav Pilkey _(720L · Grades 2–5)_ — Shares themes of imagination and a close reading level (720L vs 740L).
- [The BFG](https://readinglist.school/book/the-bfg) by Roald Dahl _(720L · Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of imagination and a close reading level (720L vs 740L).
- [James and the Giant Peach](https://readinglist.school/book/james-and-the-giant-peach) by Roald Dahl _(870L · Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of imagination and a close reading level (870L vs 740L).
- [Frindle](https://readinglist.school/book/frindle) by Andrew Clements _(830L · Grades 3–7)_ — Shares themes of imagination and a close reading level (830L vs 740L).
- [Last Stop on Market Street](https://readinglist.school/book/last-stop-on-market-street) by Matt de la Peña _(610L · Grades K–3)_ — Same genre (Picture Book) and a close reading level (610L vs 740L).
- [The Giving Tree](https://readinglist.school/book/the-giving-tree) by Shel Silverstein _(530L · Grades K–5)_ — Same genre (Picture Book), a close reading level (530L vs 740L), and the same era (1960s).
- [The Snowy Day](https://readinglist.school/book/the-snowy-day) by Ezra Jack Keats _(500L · Grades K–2)_ — Same genre (Picture Book), a close reading level (500L vs 740L), and the same era (1960s).

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