Books like Up Periscope!: How Engineer Raye Montague Revolutionized Shipbuilding

If you liked Up Periscope!: How Engineer Raye Montague Revolutionized Shipbuilding, read Barnaby Unboxed!, Braided Roots, or Cabin Head and Tree Head — the closest matches in our database, matched on shared award lists and reading level.

Closest match: Barnaby Unboxed! by Terry Fan

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Looking for books like Up Periscope!: How Engineer Raye Montague Revolutionized Shipbuilding by Jennifer Swanson (Picture Books · grades 2–3)? 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.

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10 books similar to Up Periscope!: How Engineer Raye Montague Revolutionized Shipbuilding

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Barnaby Unboxed!grades 2–3
Both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award list and overlapping grades (2–3). Amazon → books like this →
Braided Rootsgrades 2–3
Both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award list and overlapping grades (2–3). Amazon → books like this →
Cabin Head and Tree Headgrades 2–3
Both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award list and overlapping grades (2–3). Amazon → books like this →
Cactus Queen: Minerva Hoyt Establishes Joshua Tree National Parkgrades 2–3
Both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award list and overlapping grades (2–3). Amazon → books like this →
Detective Sweet Pea: The Case of the Golden Bonegrades 2–3
Both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award list and overlapping grades (2–3). Amazon → books like this →
Forestsgrades 2–3
Both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award list and overlapping grades (2–3). Amazon → books like this →
Little Shrewgrades 2–3
Both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award list and overlapping grades (2–3). Amazon → books like this →
Officer Buckle and Gloriagrades K–3
Both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award list and overlapping grades (K–3). Amazon → books like this →
Steve, a Rare Egggrades 2–3
Both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award list and overlapping grades (2–3). Amazon → books like this →
The One About the Blackbirdgrades 2–3
Both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award list and overlapping grades (2–3). Amazon → books like this →

Common questions

What books are similar to Up Periscope!: How Engineer Raye Montague Revolutionized Shipbuilding?
The 10 closest matches to Up Periscope!: How Engineer Raye Montague Revolutionized Shipbuilding by Jennifer Swanson on ReadingList include Barnaby Unboxed!, Braided Roots, Cabin Head and Tree Head, Cactus Queen: Minerva Hoyt Establishes Joshua Tree National Park, and Detective Sweet Pea: The Case of the Golden Bone. Each is scored on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades 2–3), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.
Are books like Up Periscope!: How Engineer Raye Montague Revolutionized Shipbuilding reading-level appropriate?
Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades 2–3), 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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