# Books like Yuna's Cardboard Castles

**10** books similar to *Yuna's Cardboard Castles* by Marie Tang (Picture Book · grades K–2), 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:** identity, friendship, belonging
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## Similar books

- [How This Book Got Red](https://readinglist.school/book/how-this-book-got-red) by Margaret Chiu Greanias _(Grades K–2)_ — Shares themes of identity, friendship, and belonging, same genre (Picture Book), and overlapping grades (K–2).
- [Buffalo Fluffalo](https://readinglist.school/book/buffalo-fluffalo) by Bess Kalb _(Grades K–2)_ — Shares themes of identity and friendship, same genre (Picture Book), and overlapping grades (K–2).
- [Gibberish](https://readinglist.school/book/gibberish) by Young Vo _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of friendship and belonging, same genre (Picture Book), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [No Cats in the Library](https://readinglist.school/book/no-cats-in-the-library) by Lauren Emmons _(Grades K–2)_ — Shares themes of friendship and belonging, same genre (Picture Book), and overlapping grades (K–2).
- [You're So Amazing!](https://readinglist.school/book/youre-so-amazing) by James Catchpole _(Grades K–2)_ — Shares themes of identity and friendship, same genre (Picture Book), and overlapping grades (K–2).
- [Corduroy](https://readinglist.school/book/corduroy) by Don Freeman _(600L · Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of friendship and belonging, same genre (Picture Book), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [A Mischief of Mice](https://readinglist.school/book/a-mischief-of-mice) by Christie Matheson _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of friendship, same genre (Picture Book), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [I Lived Inside a Whale](https://readinglist.school/book/i-lived-inside-a-whale) by Xin Li _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of friendship, same genre (Picture Book), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [Just Like Millie](https://readinglist.school/book/just-like-millie) by Lauren Castillo _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of friendship, same genre (Picture Book), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [Knight Owl](https://readinglist.school/book/knight-owl) by Christopher Denise _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of friendship, same genre (Picture Book), and overlapping grades (K–3).

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