18 books like Lulu and the duck in the park

What to read after Lulu and the duck in the park — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger (Wayside School #3) Louis Sachar · 1995 · ★ 4.2 · 168p · ≈ 5h · Moderate All the kids from Wayside School had to spend 243 days in horrible schools while Wayside was closed to get rid of the infestation of cows! Now the kids are back and the fun begins again on every floor. Miss Mush has prepared a special lunch of baked liver in purple sauce and it is pet day on the 30th floor. Unusual things continue to happen in the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside… Shares: Humorous fiction, School Stories, Humorous stories, Schools

Romeo and Juliet Together (and Alive!) at Last Avi · 1987 · ★ 3.6 · 122p · ≈ 4h · Moderate The eighth grade's plan to get two reluctant "lovers" together by means of a classroom production of Shakespeare's play has some very unexpected results. Shares: Students, Humorous fiction, School Stories, Humorous stories

The Bears Go to School (A Pete & Gabby Book) Kay Winters · 2013 · ★ 4.0 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Two bear cubs, Gabby and Pete, visit a nearby town. For some reason, they are not warmly greeted by panicked residents all over town—from the ice cream store to the post office. All—bears and people—are rescued when the ranger comes to investigate the situation. Full-color illustrations throughout enhance the reading experience for newly independent readers. Shares: Humorous fiction, School Stories, Humorous stories, Schools

No more dead dogs Gordon Korman · 2000 · ★ 3.7 · 180p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Nobody understands Wallace Wallace. This reluctant school football hero has been suspended from the team for writing an unfavorable book report of Old Shep, My Pal. But Wallace won't tell a lie -- he hated every minute of the book! Why does the dog in every classic novel have to croak at the end? After refusing to do a rewrite, his English teacher, who happens to be directing the school play Old… Shares: Humorous fiction, School Stories, Humorous stories, Schools

Ms. LaGrange is strange! Dan Gutman · 2005 · ★ 4.2 · 99p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Something weird is going on! Ms. LaGrange talks funny and she's from some other country called France! She thinks the vomitorium is a fancy restaurant! She grows her own food right out of the ground! Yuck! Plus, she's writing secret messages in the mashed potatoes! Shares: Humorous fiction, School Stories, Humorous stories, Schools

Clementine's Letter (Clementine) Sara Pennypacker · 2008 · ★ 4.5 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Clementine can't believe her ears, her beloved teacher, Mr D'Matz, might be leaving them for the rest of the year to go on a research trip to Egypt! No other teacher has ever understood her impulsiveness, her itch to draw constantly, or her need to play "Beat the clock" when the day feels too long. Her new substitute teacher has a whole new set of rules that Clementine can't figure out. She… Shares: Students, School Stories, Humorous stories, Schools

Sixth Grade Secrets Louis Sachar · 1987 · ★ 4.1 · 201p · ≈ 6h · Moderate It starts when Laura finds a baseball cap at a rummage sale. The cap says "PIG CITY," and Laura decides to start a secret club based on the name. But part of the fun of a club is keeping other people out of it...and when Laura's best friend Gabe starts his own rival club called Monkey Town, it begins a prank war that escalates until more than feelings start getting hurt. Shares: Students, School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction

Super Schnoz and the Gates of Smell Gary Urey · 2013 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Andy Whiffler is your average eleven-year-old boy…except that his nose is so big he can use it to fly and his sense of smell is a hundred thousand times stronger than any human. In the first book of this hilarious series, Andy moves to a new school and is instantly picked on because of the size of his nose. But when his classmates discover how powerful his nose is, they decide he is more of a… Shares: Humorous fiction, School Stories, Humorous stories, Schools

Sideways Stories from Wayside School Louis Sachar · 1978 · ★ 4.2 · 144p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Presents humorous episodes from the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, which was accidentally built sideways with one classroom on each story. Shares: Students, Humorous stories, Schools, Children's fiction

The Unteachables Gordon Korman · 2019 · ★ 4.4 · 296p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Very Interesting. Love the storyline. Shares: Teacher-student relationships, Schools, Children's fiction

Never Race a Runaway Pumpkin Katherine Applegate · 2009 · ★ 4.5 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Pumpkin ContestIf Roscoe guesses the weight of a giant pumpkin, he'll be a winner! Easy, right? But a little black cat keeps trying to cross his path! Will the bad-luck kitty ruin Roscoe's chance to win? Shares: Humorous fiction, Animals, School Stories, Humorous stories

Freckle Juice Judy Blume · 1971 · ★ 3.8 · 44p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Freckle Juice is a 1971 children's chapter book by Judy Blume with illustrations by Sonia O. Lisker. It is about a second grade student who wants to have freckles. Shares: Students, Humorous fiction, School Stories, Humorous stories

Report to the Principal's Office Jerry Spinelli · 1991 · ★ 3.7 · 134p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Four totally different kids have only one thing in common--they're all about to report to the principal's office. Shares: Students, School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction

Jumped Rita Williams-Garcia · 2009 · ★ 3.4 The wrong angleTrina: "Hey," I say, though I don't really know them. The boyed-up basketball girl barely moves. The others, her girls, step aside. It's okay if they don't speak. I know how it is. They can't all be Trina.Dominique: Some stupid little flit cuts right in between us and is like, "Hey." Like she don't see I'm here and all the space around me is mines. I slam my fist into my other hand… Shares: 1000blackgirlbooks, School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction

Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You Barthe DeClements · 1985 · ★ 3.7 · 146p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Helen fears that lack of improvement in her reading may leave her stuck in the sixth grade forever, until a good teacher recognizes her reading problem. Shares: Teacher-student relationships, School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction

Fourth Grade Rats Jerry Spinelli · 1991 · ★ 3.8 · 90p · ≈ 3h · Moderate A fast, fun, friendship read from the Newbery-award winning author of Maniac Magee. Fourth graders are tough. They aren't afraid of spiders. They say no to their moms. They push first graders off the swings. And they never, ever cry. Suds knows that now that he's in fourth grade, he's supposed to be a rat. But whenever he tries to act like one, something goes wrong. Can Suds's friend Joey teach… Shares: Students, School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction

It's Not My Fault I Know Everything (Dear Dumb Diary #8) Jim Benton · 2009 · ★ 4.4 · 131p · ≈ 4h · Moderate New York Times Bestselling author Jamie Kelly is back with another hilarious, candid, and sometimes not-so-nice diary! Dear Dumb Diary, I went back and read some of my very oldest diaries. The entries say things like "I eated salad dressing" and "I got a Barbie shoe stuck in Stinker's nose again" and "The vet was mean to me about the Barbie shoe so I tried to bite him but vets are quick at not… Shares: Humorous fiction, Animals, School Stories, Humorous stories

Rotten School #10 - The Rottenest Angel Robert Lawrence Stine · 2006 · ★ 4.0 · 112p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Angel Goodeboy is a perfect angel...You can almost picture a halo over his head! He even wears a T-shirt that says "Mommy's Little Angel."Bernie Bridges is horrified when Mrs. Heinie makes him share his room with Angel. She wants Angel's goodness to rub off on Bernie. But wait a minute—when no teachers are watching, Angel is no angel!The little sneak takes over Bernie's room. He steals away… Shares: Students, School Stories, Humorous stories, Schools

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