Books like Little Red Riding Hood (40th Anniversary Edition)
Looking for books like Little Red Riding Hood (40th Anniversary Edition) by Trina Schart Hyman (Children's · grades K–5)? The 10 titlesbelow are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, 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–5 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.
10 books similar to Little Red Riding Hood (40th Anniversary Edition)
- A Scar like a RiverLisa Graff
- A Sitting in St. JamesRita Williams-Garcia
- A World Without SummerNicholas Day
- Bubble TroubleMargaret Mahy
- Death in the JungleCandace Fleming
- From a Whisper to a Rallying CryPaula Yoo
- I Know How to Draw an OwlHilary Horder Hippely
- I Talk Like a RiverJordan Scott
- KinCarole Boston Weatherford
- King of RagtimeStephen Costanza
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Why each is a match
- A Scar like a Rivergrades 4–9
- Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (4–9), and the same era (2020s).
- A Sitting in St. Jamesgrades 4–9
- Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (4–9), and the same era (2020s).
- A World Without Summergrades 4–10
- Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (4–10), and the same era (2020s).
- Bubble Troublegrades K–5
- Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (K–5), and the same era (2020s).
- Death in the Junglegrades 4–10
- Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (4–10), and the same era (2020s).
- From a Whisper to a Rallying Crygrades 4–10
- Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (4–10), and the same era (2020s).
- I Know How to Draw an Owlgrades K–5
- Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (K–5), and the same era (2020s).
- I Talk Like a Rivergrades K–5
- Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (K–5), and the same era (2020s).
- Kingrades 4–9
- Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (4–9), and the same era (2020s).
- King of Ragtimegrades K–5
- Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (K–5), and the same era (2020s).