# Books about short stories assigned in US schools

**3** books in the US-school assigned-reading canon explore _short stories_. Sourced from state ELA standards, AP/IB syllabi, and Common Core exemplar lists.

**Grade span:** 4–8
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/theme/short-stories
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Authors who explore short stories

- [Jon Scieszka](https://readinglist.school/author/jon-scieszka)

## short stories canon

- [Night Terrors](https://readinglist.school/book/night-terrors) by Murphy, Jim _(Grades 6–8)_
- [Once They See You: 13 Stories to Shiver and Shock](https://readinglist.school/book/once-they-see-you) by Josh Allen _(Grades 4–8)_
- [The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales](https://readinglist.school/book/the-stinky-cheese-man-and-other-fairly-stupid-tales) by Jon Scieszka _(Grades 4–8)_

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