What books are similar to What Do They Do with All That Poo??

The 10 closest matches to What Do They Do with All That Poo? by Jane Kurtz on ReadingList include Copycat, River Friendly, River Wild, Can I Be Your Dog?, Chester, and Library Mouse. Each is scored on shared themes (animal behavior, animal droppings, and feces), shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades K–3), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.

Are books like What Do They Do with All That Poo? reading-level appropriate?

Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades K–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.

Books like What Do They Do with All That Poo?

If you liked What Do They Do with All That Poo?, read Copycat, River Friendly, River Wild, or Can I Be Your Dog? — the closest matches in our database, matched on shared themes, shared award lists, and reading level.

Closest match: Copycat by Ruth Brown — shares animal behavior

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Looking for books like What Do They Do with All That Poo? by Jane Kurtz (Realistic Fiction · grades K–3)? It’s most often read for its themes of animal behavior, animal droppings, and feces. 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 K–3 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.

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Copycatgrades K–3: Shares themes of animal behavior, both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction). Amazon → books like this →
River Friendly, River Wildgrades K–5: Is by Jane Kurtz, the same author and overlapping grades (K–5). Amazon → books like this →
Can I Be Your Dog?grades K–3: Both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3). Amazon → books like this →
Chestergrades K–3: Both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3). Amazon → books like this →
Library Mousegrades K–3: Both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3). Amazon → books like this →
Lion vs. Rabbitgrades K–3: Both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3). Amazon → books like this →
The Gingerbread Man Loose in the Schoolgrades K–3: Both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3). Amazon → books like this →
Who Wet My Pants?grades K–3: Both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3). Amazon → books like this →
Againgrades K–3: Both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3). Amazon → books like this →
Are You a Cheeseburger?grades K–3: Both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3). Amazon → books like this →

Books like What Do They Do with All That Poo? for middle school (grades 6–8)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 6–8— same scoring, different audience.

Breakout by Kate Messner · grades 6–8 — Both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and the same era (2010s).
Ghost by Jason Reynolds · 730L — Both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and the same era (2010s).
Planet Earth Is Blue by Nicole Panteleakos · grades 6–8 — Both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and the same era (2010s).

Books like What Do They Do with All That Poo? for high school & teens (grades 9–12)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 9–12— same scoring, different audience.

Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn · grades 9–12 — Both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and the same era (2010s).
Learning to Swear in America by Katie Kennedy · grades 9–12 — Both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and the same era (2010s).
The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream by Davis Sampson · grades 9–12 — Both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and the same era (2010s).
The Year of Secret Assignments by Jaclyn Moriarty · grades 9–12 — Both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and the same era (2010s).

Common questions

What books are similar to What Do They Do with All That Poo??: The 10 closest matches to What Do They Do with All That Poo? by Jane Kurtz on ReadingList include Copycat, River Friendly, River Wild, Can I Be Your Dog?, Chester, and Library Mouse. Each is scored on shared themes (animal behavior, animal droppings, and feces), shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades K–3), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.
Are books like What Do They Do with All That Poo? reading-level appropriate?: Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades K–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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