Books like The Real Dada Mother Goose: A Treasury of Complete Nonsense
If you liked The Real Dada Mother Goose: A Treasury of Complete Nonsense, read Knights of the Kitchen Table, Math Curse, or A Duet for Home — the closest matches in our database, matched on shared award lists and reading level.
Closest match: Knights of the Kitchen Table by Jon Scieszka
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Looking for books like The Real Dada Mother Goose: A Treasury of Complete Nonsense by Jon Scieszka (Poetry / Nonsense Verse · grades 4–5)? The 10 titles below are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, shared award lists, 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 4–5 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.
10 books similar to The Real Dada Mother Goose: A Treasury of Complete Nonsense
Knights of the Kitchen TableJon Scieszka
Math CurseJon Scieszka
A Duet for HomeKarina Yan Glaser
Because of You, John LewisAndrea Davis Pinkney
Cress WatercressGregory Maguire
High ScoreDestiny Howell
Little MonarchsJonathan Case
LumberjackulaMat Heagerty
The MarvellersDhonielle Clayton
The Ogress and the OrphansKelly Barnhill
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Why each is a match
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- Knights of the Kitchen Tablegrades 4–6
- Is by Jon Scieszka, the same author and overlapping grades (4–6). Amazon → books like this →
- Math Cursegrades 4–8
- Is by Jon Scieszka, the same author and overlapping grades (4–8). Amazon → books like this →
- A Duet for Homegrades 4–5
- Both on the South Dakota Prairie Bud, Bloom & Pasque Awards list, overlapping grades (4–5), and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →
- Because of You, John Lewisgrades 3–5
- Both on the South Dakota Prairie Bud, Bloom & Pasque Awards list, overlapping grades (3–5), and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →
- Cress Watercressgrades 4–5
- Both on the South Dakota Prairie Bud, Bloom & Pasque Awards list, overlapping grades (4–5), and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →
- High Scoregrades 4–5
- Both on the South Dakota Prairie Bud, Bloom & Pasque Awards list, overlapping grades (4–5), and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →
- Little Monarchsgrades 4–5
- Both on the South Dakota Prairie Bud, Bloom & Pasque Awards list, overlapping grades (4–5), and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →
- Lumberjackulagrades 4–5
- Both on the South Dakota Prairie Bud, Bloom & Pasque Awards list, overlapping grades (4–5), and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →
- The Marvellersgrades 4–5
- Both on the South Dakota Prairie Bud, Bloom & Pasque Awards list, overlapping grades (4–5), and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →
- The Ogress and the Orphansgrades 4–5
- Both on the South Dakota Prairie Bud, Bloom & Pasque Awards list, overlapping grades (4–5), and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →
Books like The Real Dada Mother Goose: A Treasury of Complete Nonsense for younger readers (K–2)
Closest matches whose grade range overlaps K–2— same scoring, different audience.
- A Seed Grows by Antoinette Portis · grades K–1 — Both on the South Dakota Prairie Bud, Bloom & Pasque Awards list and the same era (2020s).
- Abuelita and Me by Leonarda Carranza · grades K–1 — Both on the South Dakota Prairie Bud, Bloom & Pasque Awards list and the same era (2020s).
- Action!: How Movies Began by Meghan McCarthy · grades 2–3 — Both on the South Dakota Prairie Bud, Bloom & Pasque Awards list and the same era (2020s).
- Bathe the Cat by Alice B. McGinty · grades K–1 — Both on the South Dakota Prairie Bud, Bloom & Pasque Awards list and the same era (2020s).
- Beautiful You, Beautiful Me by Tasha Spillett-Sumner · grades K–1 — Both on the South Dakota Prairie Bud, Bloom & Pasque Awards list and the same era (2020s).
Books like The Real Dada Mother Goose: A Treasury of Complete Nonsense for elementary readers (grades 3–5)
Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 3–5— same scoring, different audience.
- Action!: How Movies Began by Meghan McCarthy · grades 2–3 — Both on the South Dakota Prairie Bud, Bloom & Pasque Awards list and the same era (2020s).
- Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond · grades 2–3 — Both on the South Dakota Prairie Bud, Bloom & Pasque Awards list and the same era (2020s).
- Concrete: From the Ground Up by Larissa Theule · grades 2–3 — Both on the South Dakota Prairie Bud, Bloom & Pasque Awards list and the same era (2020s).
- Cornbread & Poppy by Matthew Cordell · grades 2–3 — Both on the South Dakota Prairie Bud, Bloom & Pasque Awards list and the same era (2020s).
- Growing an Artist: The Story of a Landscaper and His Son by John Parra · grades 2–3 — Both on the South Dakota Prairie Bud, Bloom & Pasque Awards list and the same era (2020s).
Common questions
- What books are similar to The Real Dada Mother Goose: A Treasury of Complete Nonsense?
- The 10 closest matches to The Real Dada Mother Goose: A Treasury of Complete Nonsense by Jon Scieszka on ReadingList include Knights of the Kitchen Table, Math Curse, A Duet for Home, Because of You, John Lewis, and Cress Watercress. Each is scored on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades 4–5), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.
- Are books like The Real Dada Mother Goose: A Treasury of Complete Nonsense reading-level appropriate?
- Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades 4–5), so the picks stay grade-appropriate. See how ReadingList judges text difficulty on the /standard methodology page.
- How does ReadingList choose similar books?
- Matches are ranked by shared themes, shared award and reading-program lists (two books picked for the same state award were chosen by the same committees for the same readers), same genre, comparable Lexile and grade band, and publication decade — computed from cited public curriculum data, not editorial opinion or AI-generated summaries.
Book data last updated 2026-09-05. Matches are computed from each book’s cited attributes — see the methodology.
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