
We Don’t Eat Our Classmates!
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Widely assigned — 3 curriculum lists · 3 states
Grade placement varies by school — the median assigned book spans 4 grade levels (83% span three or more, across 13,258 source-cited assignments).
We Don’t Eat Our Classmates! by Ryan T. Higgins is assigned in US schools at grades k–3. It appears across 3 curriculum references and 3 states, sourced from state DOE pages and AP/IB/Common Core syllabi. Every citation below links to the primary source.
This page shows where We Don’t Eat Our Classmates! is assigned in US schools — curricula, states, grades, and the primary-source citations behind each placement. Not a summary or study guide.
- Grade range
- Grades K–3
- Age range
- Ages 5–8
- Pages
- 48
- Reading time
- about 55 minutes (est.)
- First published
- 2018
- Genre
- Humor
- ISBN-13
- 9781338734225
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Why widely assigned
This Humor title, typically at grades k–3. Written in the 2010s; pairs with curriculum units on humorous stories and tyrannosaurus rex; cited across 3 curriculum frameworks.
Themes
humorous stories · tyrannosaurus rex · dinosaurs · first day of school
Where this book is assigned
California Young Reader Medal
- recommended·Kindergarten grade · Californiasource: California Young Reader Medal past winners, 2023 winner (Primary)
- recommended·1st grade · Californiasource: California Young Reader Medal past winners, 2023 winner (Primary)
- recommended·2nd grade · Californiasource: California Young Reader Medal past winners, 2023 winner (Primary)
- recommended·3rd grade · Californiasource: California Young Reader Medal past winners, 2023 winner (Primary)
Kentucky Bluegrass Award
- recommended·Kindergarten grade · Kentuckysource: Kentucky Association of School Librarians — Kentucky Bluegrass Award Winner's Circle, 2020 winner (K-2)
- recommended·1st grade · Kentuckysource: Kentucky Association of School Librarians — Kentucky Bluegrass Award Winner's Circle, 2020 winner (K-2)
- recommended·2nd grade · Kentuckysource: Kentucky Association of School Librarians — Kentucky Bluegrass Award Winner's Circle, 2020 winner (K-2)
Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania)
- recommended·Kindergarten grade · Pennsylvaniasource: Mountain Laurel Book Award / Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award — PSLA past winners list, 2019-2020 winner (K-3)
- recommended·1st grade · Pennsylvaniasource: Mountain Laurel Book Award / Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award — PSLA past winners list, 2019-2020 winner (K-3)
- recommended·2nd grade · Pennsylvaniasource: Mountain Laurel Book Award / Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award — PSLA past winners list, 2019-2020 winner (K-3)
- recommended·3rd grade · Pennsylvaniasource: Mountain Laurel Book Award / Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award — PSLA past winners list, 2019-2020 winner (K-3)
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Common questions
- What grade level is We Don’t Eat Our Classmates!?
- We Don’t Eat Our Classmates! is most commonly assigned in US schools in grades K–3. It appears on 3 school reading lists across 3 states. Exact placement varies by school and district.
- How long does it take to read We Don’t Eat Our Classmates!?
- It takes about 55 minutes to read We Don’t Eat Our Classmates! (48 pages) at an average adult reading pace of about 250 words per minute — roughly 55 minutes. Faster or slower readers will vary; the estimate is a planning guide for assigning the book.
- What curricula assign We Don’t Eat Our Classmates!?
- We Don’t Eat Our Classmates! appears on reading lists for California Young Reader Medal, Kentucky Bluegrass Award, Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania). Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
- Is We Don’t Eat Our Classmates! banned in schools?
- We Don’t Eat Our Classmates! does not appear in PEN America's Index of School Book Bans 2022-2024. No documented multi-district removals on record, but individual districts may challenge titles locally.
- What themes does We Don’t Eat Our Classmates! explore?
- Central themes in We Don’t Eat Our Classmates! include humorous stories, tyrannosaurus rex, dinosaurs, first day of school.
Why this book is on this list
How we classifyHide
Each dimension below is sourced from a public reference. The full framework is documented on the classification standard page.
- Lexile measure
- Not classified — this book has no published Lexile measure.
- Grade band
- Grades K–3 — drawn from state ELA frameworks and AP/IB syllabi citing this book.
- Curriculum alignment
- Cited in 3 curricula on this site (see “Where assigned” above for primary-source links).
- State-level evidence
- Cited in 3 states ELA frameworks or DOE list (see citations above).
- Removal / banning records
- No tracked removal or challenge records in cited sources.
- Seasonal / contextual tags
- Tagged for: book-club.