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Kumon Reading Levels (A–L): Book Lists by Level

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Levels 7A through L
355 books
Read-aloud + independent + core

Reading journey

19 levels

From early pre-reader to advanced classics.

Why it works

Level clarity

Match books to confidence, then stretch upward.

Source

Kumon RRL

Based on the official recommended list (US).

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Level 7A Read-Aloud

Barnyard Banter

Denise Fleming

Square Fish

Level 7A Read-Aloud

You Be You

Linda Kranz

Taylor Trade Publishing

Level 7A Read-Aloud

Goodnight Moon

Margaret Wise Brown

HarperCollins

Level 7A Read-Aloud

Here Are My Hands

Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault

Square Fish

Level 7A Read-Aloud

Llama Llama Red Pajama

Anna Dewdney

Viking

Level 7A Read-Aloud

Giraffes Can’t Dance

Giles Andreae

Cartwheel Books

Level 7A Read-Aloud

Quick as a Cricket

Audrey Wood

Clarion Books

Level 7A Read-Aloud

Three Little Kittens

retold by Paul Galdone

Clarion Books

Level 7A Read-Aloud

Where’s My Teddy?

Jez Alborough

Candlewick Press

Level 7A Read-Aloud

Whose Mouse Are You?

Robert Kraus

Aladdin Paperbacks

Level 7A Read-Aloud

All the Colors of the Earth

Sheila Hamanaka

HarperCollins

Level 7A Read-Aloud

Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing

Judi Barrett

Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Level 7A Read-Aloud

Have You Seen My Duckling?

Nancy Tafuri

Greenwillow Books

Level 7A Read-Aloud

Lunch

Denise Fleming

Square Fish

Level 7A Read-Aloud

The Carrot Seed

Ruth Krauss

HarperCollins

Level 7A Read-Aloud

Kitten’s First Full Moon

Kevin Henkes

Greenwillow Books

Level 7A Read-Aloud

The Napping House

Audrey Wood

Clarion Books

Level 7A Read-Aloud

On Market Street

Arnold Lobel

HarperCollins

Level 7A Read-Aloud

Ten Black Dots

Donald Crews

Greenwillow Books

Level 7A Read-Aloud

They All Saw a Cat

Brendan Wenzel

Chronicle Books

Level 6A Read-Aloud

Hop on Pop

Dr. Seuss

Random House Children’s Books

Level 6A Read-Aloud

Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear?

Nancy White Carlstrom

Aladdin Paperbacks

Level 6A Read-Aloud

Eating the Alphabet, Fruits and Vegetables from A to Z

Lois Ehlert

Voyager Books

Level 6A Read-Aloud

Jabari Jumps

Gaia Cornwall

Candlewick Press

Level 6A Read-Aloud

Big Red Barn

Margaret Wise Brown

HarperFestival

Level 6A Read-Aloud

Noisy Nora

Rosemary Wells

Puffin

Level 6A Read-Aloud

Sheep in a Jeep

Nancy Shaw

Clarion Books

Level 6A Read-Aloud

Silly Sally

Audrey Wood

Clarion Books

Level 6A Read-Aloud

How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?

Jane Yolen

Scholastic

Level 6A Read-Aloud

Angus and the Cat

Marjorie Flack

Square Fish

Level 6A Read-Aloud

Swimmy

Leo Lionni

Dragonfly Books

Level 6A Read-Aloud

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

Laura Joffe Numeroff

HarperCollins

Level 6A Read-Aloud

Waiting

Kevin Henkes

Greenwillow Books

Level 6A Read-Aloud

Feast for 10

Cathryn Falwell

Clarion Books

Level 6A Read-Aloud

One Was Johnny: A Counting Book

Maurice Sendak

HarperCollins

Level 6A Read-Aloud

Ten Nine Eight

Molly Bang

Greenwillow Books

Level 6A Read-Aloud

Harold and the Purple Crayon

Crockett Johnson

HarperCollins

Level 6A Read-Aloud

In the Tall, Tall Grass

Denise Fleming

Square Fish

Level 6A Read-Aloud

Mr. Gumpy’s Outing

John Burningham

Square Fish

Level 6A Read-Aloud

Guess How Much I Love You

Sam McBratney

Candlewick Press

Level 5A Read-Aloud

We Are in a Book!

Mo Willems

Hyperion Books for Children

Level 5A Read-Aloud

The Doorbell Rang

Pat Hutchins

Greenwillow Books

Level 5A Read-Aloud

Sleep Like a Tiger

Mary Logue

Clarion Books

Level 5A Read-Aloud

The Icky Bug Alphabet Book

Jerry Pallotta

Charlesbridge Publishing

Level 5A Read-Aloud

My Very First Mother Goose

edited by Iona Opie

Candlewick Press

Level 5A Read-Aloud

A Rainbow of My Own

Don Freeman

Puffin

Level 5A Read-Aloud

The Listening Walk

Paul Showers

HarperCollins

Level 5A Read-Aloud

The Little Red Hen

retold by Paul Galdone

Clarion Books

Level 5A Read-Aloud

The Runaway Bunny

Margaret Wise Brown

HarperCollins

Level 5A Read-Aloud

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt

Michael Rosen

Little Simon

Level 5A Read-Aloud

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault

Beach Lane Books

Level 5A Read-Aloud

Old Black Fly

Jim Aylesworth

Square Fish

Level 5A Read-Aloud

One Hundred Hungry Ants

Elinor J. Pinczes

Clarion Books

Level 5A Read-Aloud

The ABC Bunny

Wanda Gág

University of Minnesota Press

Level 5A Read-Aloud

Harry the Dirty Dog

Gene Zion

HarperCollins

Level 5A Read-Aloud

The Gigantic Turnip

Aleksei Tolstoy

Barefoot Books

Level 5A Read-Aloud

Green Eggs and Ham

Dr. Seuss

Random House

Level 5A Read-Aloud

How Rocket Learned to Read

Tad Hills

Random House

Level 5A Read-Aloud

Ask Mr. Bear

Marjorie Flack

Aladdin Paperbacks

Level 5A Read-Aloud

The Treasure

Uri Shulevitz

Square Fish

Level 4A Read-Aloud

Henny Penny

retold by Paul Galdone

Clarion Books

Level 4A Read-Aloud

Mel Fell

Corey R. Tabor

Balzer + Bray

Level 4A Read-Aloud

Bat Jamboree

Kathi Appelt

HarperCollins

Level 4A Read-Aloud

Emile and the Field

Kevin Young

Make Me a World

Level 4A Read-Aloud

Make Way for Ducklings

Robert McCloskey

Puffin

Level 4A Read-Aloud

Millions of Cats

Wanda Gág

Puffin

Level 4A Read-Aloud

Stone Soup

Marcia Brown

Greenwillow Books

Level 4A Read-Aloud

The Three Billy Goats Gruff

P. C. Asbjørnsen and J. E. Moe

Clarion Books

Level 4A Read-Aloud

Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story

Kevin Noble Maillard

Roaring Brook Press

Level 4A Read-Aloud

A House is a House for Me

Mary Ann Hoberman

Puffin

Level 4A Read-Aloud

Chicken Soup with Rice

Maurice Sendak

HarperCollins

Level 4A Read-Aloud

Fireman Small

Wong Herbert Yee

Clarion Books

Level 4A Read-Aloud

Someone Builds the Dream Lisa Wheeler Dial Books

for Young

Readers

Level 4A Read-Aloud

Wherever You Go

Pat Zietlow Miller

Little, Brown and Company

Level 4A Read-Aloud

This is the House that Jack Built

Simms Taback

Puffin

Level 4A Read-Aloud

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Trout!

Teri Sloat

Square Fish

Level 4A Read-Aloud

Leo the Late Bloomer

Robert Kraus

HarperCollins

Level 4A Read-Aloud

Sheila Rae, the Brave

Kevin Henkes

Greenwillow Books

Level 4A Read-Aloud

The Empty Pot

Demi

Square Fish

Level 4A Read-Aloud

Too Much Noise

Ann McGovern

Clarion Books

Level 3A Read-Aloud

Stellaluna

Janell Cannon

Clarion Books

Level 3A Read-Aloud

Each Orange Had 8 Slices:

A Counting Book

Paul Giganti, Jr. Greenwillow Books

Level 3A Read-Aloud

The Most Magnificent Thing

Ashley Spires

Kids Can Press

Level 3A Read-Aloud

Bread and Jam for Frances

Russell Hoban

HarperCollins

Level 3A Read-Aloud

Little Bear

Else Homelund Minarik

HarperCollins

Level 3A Read-Aloud

Lyle, Lyle Crocodile

Bernard Waber

Clarion Books

Level 3A Read-Aloud

Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel

Virginia Lee Burton

Clarion Books

Level 3A Read-Aloud

Ming Lo Moves the Mountain

Arnold Lobel

Greenwillow Books

Level 3A Read-Aloud

Strega Nona

Tomie dePaola

Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers

Level 3A Read-Aloud

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble

William Steig

Aladdin

Level 3A Read-Aloud

What Do You Do With an Idea?

Kobi Yamada

Compendium

Level 3A Read-Aloud

The Tale of Peter Rabbit Beatrix Potter Penguin Young

Readers

Group

Level 3A Read-Aloud

A Giraffe and a Half

Shel Silverstein

HarperCollins

Level 3A Read-Aloud

Horton Hatches the Egg

Dr. Seuss

Random House

Level 3A Read-Aloud

Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present

Charlotte Zolotow

HarperCollins

Level 3A Read-Aloud

One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale

Demi

Scholastic

Level 3A Read-Aloud

Six-Dinner Sid

Inga Moore

Aladdin

Level 3A Read-Aloud

The Salamander Room

Anne Mazer

Dragonfly Books

Level 3A Read-Aloud

Umbrella

Taro Yashima

Puffin

Level 3A Read-Aloud

Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain

Verna Aardema

Puffin

Level 7A Independent

Truck

Donald Crews

Greenwillow Books

Level 7A Independent

Pancakes for Breakfast

Tomie dePaola

Clarion Books

Level 7A Independent

Changes, Changes

Pat Hutchins

Aladdin Picture Books

Level 7A Independent

The Red Book

Barbara Lehman

Clarion Books

Level 7A Independent

Free Fall

David Wiesner

HarperCollins

Level 7A Independent

Tuesday

David Wiesner

Clarion Books

Level 7A Independent

The Everything Book

Denise Fleming

Henry Holt & Co.

Level 7A Independent

Do You Want to Be My Friend?

Eric Carle

HarperCollins

Level 6A Independent

Anno’s Counting Book

Mitsumasa Anno

HarperCollins

Level 6A Independent

The Farmer and the Clown

Marla Frazee

Beach Lane Books

Level 6A Independent

Orange Pear Apple Bear

Emily Gravett

Little Simon

Level 6A Independent

Frog Goes to Dinner

Mercer Mayer

Dial Books

Level 6A Independent

ABC: A Child’s First Alphabet Book Alison Jay Penguin Young

Readers

Group

Level 6A Independent

Wolf in the Snow Matthew Cordell

Feiwel and

Friends

Level 6A Independent

Alphabet City

Stephen T. Johnson

Puffin

Level 6A Independent

My Very First Book of Words Eric Carle

World of

Eric Carle

Level 5A Independent

Museum ABC

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Level 5A Independent

Alphabatics

Suse MacDonald

Aladdin

Level 5A Independent

The Turn-Around, Upside-Down Alphabet Book

Lisa Campbell Ernst

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Level 5A Independent

The Lion and the Mouse

Jerry Pinkney

Little, Brown and Company

Level 5A Independent

Yo! Yes?

Chris Raschka

Scholastic

Level 5A Independent

The Big Umbrella

Amy June Bates and Juniper Bates

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Level 5A Independent

Rain

Robert Kalan

HarperCollins

Level 5A Independent

Mice Squeak, We Speak Arnold Shapiro

Putnam

Juvenile

Level 4A Independent

Brown Bear, Brown Bear,

What Do You See?

Bill Martin, Jr. Henry Holt & Co.

Level 4A Independent

I Went Walking

Sue Williams

Clarion Books

Level 4A Independent

It Looked Like Spilt Milk

Charles G. Shaw

HarperCollins

Level 4A Independent

Mary Wore Her Red Dress and Henry Wore His Green Sneakers

Merle Peek

HarperCollins

Level 4A Independent

Not a Box

Antoinette Portis

HarperCollins

Level 4A Independent

Hattie and the Fox

Mem Fox

Aladdin

Level 4A Independent

Rosie’s Walk

Pat Hutchins

Aladdin

Level 4A Independent

In the Tall, Tall Grass

Denise Fleming

Square Fish

Level 3A Independent

Here Are My Hands

Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault

Square Fish

Level 3A Independent

Cookie’s Week

Cindy Ward

Puffin

Level 3A Independent

The Lady with the Alligator Purse

Mary Ann Hoberman and Nadine Bernard Westcott

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Level 3A Independent

Freight Train

Donald Crews

Greenwillow Books

Level 3A Independent

Drummer Hoff

Barbara Emberley

Aladdin Paperbacks

Level 3A Independent

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt Michael Rosen

Margaret K.

McElderry Books

Level 3A Independent

More Spaghetti, I Say!

Rita Golden Gelman

Scholastic

Level 3A Independent

You Read to Me, I’ll Read to You: Very Short Stories to Read Together

Mary Ann Hoberman

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Level 2A Core

The Prince and the Pauper

Mark Twain, retold by Kathleen Olmstead

Sterling Children’s Books

Level 2A Core

Big Foot and Little Foot

Ellen Potter

Amulet Books

Level 2A Core

Peter Pan

J. M. Barrie, retold by Tania Zamorksy

Sterling Children’s Books

Level 2A Core

Heartwood Hotel: A True Home

Kallie George

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Level 2A Core

My Father’s Dragon

Ruth Stiles Gannett

Dover Publications

Level 2A Core

Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express

Margaret K. Wetterer

Carolrhoda Books

Level 2A Core

Little Melba and Her Big Trombone

Katheryn Russell-Brown

Lee & Low

Level 2A Core

Doña Flor Pat Mora

Alfred A.

Knopf Books for Young Readers

Level 2A Core

Lighter than Air

Matthew Clark Smith

Candlewick Press

Level 2A Core

Balloons over Broadway

Melissa Sweet

Clarion Books

Level 2A Core

One Well: The Story of Water on Earth Rochelle Strauss

Kids Can

Press

Level 2A Core

Solving the Puzzle Under the Sea: Marie Tharp Maps the Ocean Floor

Robert Burleigh

Paula Wiseman Books

Level 2A Core

Ticktock Banneker’s Clock

Shana Keller

Sleeping Bear Press

Level 2A Core

My Diary from Here to There

Amada Irma Perez

Children’s Book Press

Level 2A Core

Mr. Ferris and His Wheel

Katheryn Gibbs Davis

Clarion Books

Level 2A Core

The Shrinking of Treehorn

Florence Parry Heide

Holiday House

Level 2A Core

Miss Mary Reporting

Sue Macy

Paula Wiseman Books

Level 2A Core

Charlotte’s Web

E. B. White

HarperCollins

Level 2A Core

Frindle

Andrew Clements

Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Level 2A Core

Song for a Whale

Lynne Kelly

Delacorte Press

Level A Core

Aliens for Breakfast

Stephanie Spinner and Jonathan Etra

Random House Books for Young Readers

Level A Core

If You Decide to Go to the Moon

Faith McNulty

Scholastic

Level A Core

Arthur’s Pen Pal

Lillian Hoban

HarperCollins

Level A Core

Key Hunters: The Mysterious Moonstone

Eric Luper

Scholastic

Level A Core

The Kingdom of Wrenly: The Lost Stone Jordan Quinn

Little

Simon

Level A Core

Lenny & Lucy

Philip C. Stead

Roaring Brook Press

Level A Core

Crouching Tiger

Ying Chang Compestine

Candlewick Press

Level A Core

Dr. Seuss: The Great Doodler

Kate Klimo

Random House Children’s Books

Level A Core

The Mitten

Alvin Tresselt

HarperCollins

Level A Core

Oscar Lives Next Door

Bonnie Farmer

Owlkids

Level A Core

The William Hoy Story

Nancy Churnin

Albert Whitman & Co.

Level A Core

The Josefina Story Quilt

Eleanor Coerr

HarperCollins

Level A Core

A Chair for My Mother

Vera B. Williams

Greenwillow Books

Level A Core

Tales for Very Picky Eaters

Josh Schneider

Clarion Books

Level A Core

Flat Stanley: The Original Tale

Jeff Brown

HarperCollins

Level A Core

Doctor DeSoto

William Steig

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Level A Core

The One in the Middle Is the Green Kangaroo

Judy Blume

Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Level A Core

The Three Questions

Jon J. Muth

Scholastic

Level A Core

Judy Moody Gets Famous

Megan McDonald

Candlewick Press

Level A Core

Amos & Boris

William Steig

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Level B Core

The Chick and the Duckling

Mirra Ginsburg

Simon & Schuster

Level B Core

A Hat for Minerva Louise Janet Morgan Stoeke

Picture

Puffins

Level B Core

The Easy-to-Read Little Engine that Could

Watty Piper and Walter Retan

Grosset & Dunlap

Level B Core

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Eric Carle

Putnam

Level B Core

Jump, Frog, Jump! Robert Kalan

William

Morrow

Level B Core

The Cat in the Hat

Dr. Seuss

Random House

Level B Core

Clifford the Big Red Dog

Norman Bridwell

Scholastic

Level B Core

Farmer Duck

Martin Waddell

Candlewick Press

Level B Core

Herman the Helper

Robert Kraus

Simon & Schuster

Level B Core

Baby Bear, Baby Bear,

What Do You See?

Bill Martin, Jr. Henry Holt & Co.

Level B Core

The Snowy Day

Ezra Jack Keats

Viking Penguin

Level B Core

The Giving Tree

Shel Silverstein

HarperCollins

Level B Core

If You Give a Moose a Muffin

Laura Joffe Numeroff

HarperCollins

Level B Core

The Adventures of Taxi Dog Debra and Sal Barracca

Penguin

USA

Level B Core

Here’s a Little Poem

Compiled by Jane Yolen and Andrew Fusek Peters

Candlewick Press

Level B Core

Chrysanthemum

Kevin Henkes

Greenwillow Books

Level B Core

Over and Under the Pond

Kate Messner

Chronicle Books

Level B Core

Knight Owl

Christopher Denise

Christy Ottaviano Books

Level B Core

Ocean Meets Sky

Terry Fan and Eric Fan

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Level B Core

The Word Collector

Peter H. Reynolds

Orchard Books

Level C Core

Good Night, Good Knight

Shelley Moore Thomas

Penguin Young Readers

Level C Core

Cork & Fuzz: Short and Tall

Dori Chaconas

Penguin Young Readers

Level C Core

The Horse in Harry’s Room

Syd Hoff

HarperCollins

Level C Core

Amelia Bedelia

Peggy Parish

Greenwillow Books

Level C Core

Henry and Mudge: The First Book Cynthia Rylant

Simon

Spotlight

Level C Core

Fancy Nancy

Jane O’Connor

HarperCollins

Level C Core

Gorilla

Anthony Browne

Candlewick Press

Level C Core

Purple, Green, and Yellow

Robert Munsch

Annick Press

Level C Core

The Fire Cat

Esther Averill

HarperCollins

Level C Core

Ira Sleeps Over

Bernard Waber

Clarion Books

Level C Core

First Flight: The Story of Tom Tate and the Wright Brothers

George Shea

HarperCollins

Level C Core

Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear

Lindsay Mattick

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Level C Core

Stanley’s Party Linda Bailey

Kids Can

Press

Level C Core

A Baby Sister for Frances

Russell Hoban

HarperCollins

Level C Core

Upstairs Mouse, Downstairs Mole

Wong Herbert Yee

Clarion Books

Level C Core

Farfallina and Marcel

Holly Keller

Greenwillow Books

Level C Core

Goodnight, Hockey Fans Andrew Larsen

Kids Can

Press

Level C Core

Sophie’s Squash

Pat Zietlow Miller

Anne Schwartz Books

Level C Core

Corduroy Don Freeman Penguin Young

Readers

Group

Level C Core

Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge Mem Fox

Kane Miller

Books

Level D Core

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

Grace Lin

Little, Brown and Company

Level D Core

Pinocchio Carlo Collodi, retold by

Tania Zamorsky

Sterling Children’s Books

Level D Core

The One and Only Ivan

Katherine Applegate

HarperCollins

Level D Core

Absolutely Truly: A Pumpkin Falls Mystery

Heather Vogel Frederick

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Level D Core

The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart

Stephanie Burgis

Bloomsbury

Level D Core

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

Eleanor Coerr

Puffin

Level D Core

The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship

Arthur Ransome

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Level D Core

The Hundred Penny Box

Sharon Bell Mathis

Puffin

Level D Core

Sarah, Plain and Tall

Patricia MacLachlan

HarperCollins

Level D Core

The Big Wave

Pearl S. Buck

HarperCollins

Level D Core

The Very, Very Far North

Dan Bar-el

Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Level D Core

The Wild Robot

Peter Brown

Little, Brown and Company

Level D Core

Mama’s Bank Account

Kathryn Forbes

Mariner Books

Level D Core

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library

Chris Grabenstein

Yearling

Level D Core

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

Robert C. O’Brien

Aladdin

Level D Core

The Phantom Tollbooth

Norton Juster

Yearling

Level D Core

The Doll’s House

Rumer Godden

Viking

Level D Core

All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys’ Soccer Team

Christina Soontornvat

Candlewick Press

Level D Core

My Side of the Mountain

Jean Craighead George

Puffin

Level D Core

The Little Prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Clarion Books

Level E Core

The Wizard of Oz

L. Frank Baum

Puffin

Level E Core

Li Lun, Lad of Courage

Carolyn Treffinger

Bloomsbury

Level E Core

Black Beauty

Anna Sewell

Puffin

Level E Core

Old Yeller Fred Gipson

Harper

Trophy

Level E Core

Island of the Blue

Island of the Blue

Dolphins Scott O’Dell Clarion Books

Level E Core

James and the Giant Peach

Roald Dahl

Puffin

Level E Core

The Enormous Egg

Oliver Butterworth

Little, Brown and Company

Level E Core

It’s Like This, Cat

Emily Cheney Neville

HarperCollins

Level E Core

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Roald Dahl

Puffin

Level E Core

Pippi Longstocking

Astrid Lindgren

Puffin

Level E Core

...and now Miguel

Joseph Krumgold

HarperCollins

Level E Core

Encyclopedia Brown Shows the Way

Donald J. Sobol

Bantam

Level E Core

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe C. S. Lewis

Harper

Trophy

Level E Core

Walk Two Moons Sharon Creech

Harper

Trophy

Level E Core

Maniac Magee

Jerry Spinelli

Little, Brown and Company

Level E Core

The Borrowers

Mary Norton

Clarion Books

Level E Core

Bridge to Terabithia

Katherine Paterson

HarperCollins

Level E Core

Tuck Everlasting

Natalie Babbitt

Square Fish

Level E Core

By the Great Horn Spoon!

Sid Fleischman

Little, Brown and Company

Level E Core

Esperanza Rising

Pam Muñoz Ryan

Scholastic

Level F Core

The Princess and the Goblin

George MacDonald

Puffin

Level F Core

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland Lewis Carroll

Scholastic

Level F Core

The Red Pony

John Steinbeck

Penguin

Level F Core

Secret of the Andes

Ann Nolan Clark

Puffin

Level F Core

The Shakespeare Stealer

Gary Blackwood

Puffin

Level F Core

The House of Dies Drear

Virginia Hamilton

Aladdin

Level F Core

A Wizard of Earthsea

Ursula K. Le Guin

Clarion Books

Level F Core

Homesick: My Own Story

Jean Fritz

Puffin

Level F Core

Dicey’s Song

Cynthia Voigt

Atheneum

Level F Core

Beyond the Bright Sea

Lauren Wolk

Puffin

Level F Core

Bud, Not Buddy

Christopher Paul Curtis

Yearling

Level F Core

Pictures of Hollis Woods

Patricia Reilly Giff

Yearling

Level F Core

Sounder

William H. Armstrong

HarperCollins

Level F Core

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

E. L. Konigsburg

Atheneum

Level F Core

The Wind in the Willows

Kenneth Grahame

Signet Classics

Level F Core

Harriet the Spy

Louise Fitzhugh

Yearling

Level F Core

Number the Stars

Lois Lowry

Clarion Books

Level F Core

Prairie Lotus

Linda Sue Park

Clarion Books

Level F Core

Black Ships Before Troy

Rosemary Sutcliff

Laurel Leaf

Level F Core

When You Trap a Tiger

Tae Keller

Yearling

Level L Core

101 Great American Poems

Various authors

Dover Thrift Editions

Level L Core

Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience

William Blake

Dover Thrift Editions

Level L Core

The World’s Greatest Short Stories

Various authors

Dover Thrift Editions

Level L Core

The Awakening and Selected Stories of Kate Chopin

Kate Chopin

Simon & Schuster Enriched Classics

Level L Core

Lord of the Flies

William Golding

Penguin

Level L Core

The Waste Land and Other Poems

T. S. Eliot

Dover Thrift Editions

Level L Core

Macbeth William Shakespeare

Shakespeare

Made Easy

Level L Core

Hidden Figures Margot Lee Shetterley

William

Morrow

Level L Core

Death of a Salesman

Arthur Miller

Penguin Plays

Level L Core

The French Lieutenant’s Woman

John Fowles

Little, Brown and Company

Level K Core

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

John le Carré

Pocket Books

Level K Core

Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

Simon & Schuster Enriched Classics

Level K Core

Lyrical Ballads

William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Penguin Classics

Level K Core

Hamlet William Shakespeare

Shakespeare

Made Easy

Level K Core

Ethan Frome

Edith Wharton

Simon & Schuster Enriched Classics

Level K Core

King Oedipus

King Oedipus

Sophocles Oxford World’s Classics

Level K Core

The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays

Oscar Wilde

Simon & Schuster Enriched Classics

Level K Core

A Midsummer Night’s Dream William Shakespeare

Shakespeare

Made Easy

Level K Core

Night Elie Wiesel

Hill and

Wang

Level K Core

Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

Harper Perennial

Level G Core

A Wrinkle in Time

Madeleine L'Engle

Square Fish

Level G Core

A Single Shard

Linda Sue Park

Clarion Books

Level G Core

Boy

Roald Dahl

Puffin

Level G Core

The Yearling

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Aladdin Classics

Level G Core

Julie of the Wolves

Jean Craighead George

HarperCollins

Level G Core

The Giver

Lois Lowry

Clarion Books

Level G Core

I, Robot

Isaac Asimov

Del Rey

Level G Core

Song of the Buffalo Boy

Sherry Garland

Clarion Books

Level G Core

Freewater

Amina Luqman-Dawson

Little, Brown and Company

Level G Core

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Mark Twain

Simon and Schuster Enriched Classics

Level G Core

The Diary of a Young Girl

Anne Frank

Knopf Doubleday

Level G Core

The Race to Save the Lord God Bird

Phillip Hoose

Square Fish

Level G Core

A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens

Simon & Schuster Enriched Classics

Level G Core

Chinese Cinderella

Adeline Yen Mah

Ember

Level G Core

The Other Side of Truth

Beverley Naidoo

HarperCollins

Level J Core

A White Heron and Other Stories

Sarah Orne Jewett

Dover Thrift Editions

Level J Core

My Family and Other Animals

Gerald Durrell

Penguin

Level J Core

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

Thornton Wilder

Harper Collins

Level J Core

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Robert Louis Stevenson

Penguin Classics

Level J Core

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Jules Verne

Simon & Schuster Enriched Classics

Level J Core

Go Tell It on the Mountain

James Baldwin

Vintage International

Level J Core

Annie John

Jamaica Kincaid

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Level J Core

Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen

Simon & Schuster Enriched Classics

Level J Core

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain

Simon & Schuster Enriched Classics

Level J Core

A Separate Peace

John Knowles

Scribner

Level I Core

Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury

Simon & Schuster

Level I Core

Code Talker

Joseph Bruchac

Speak

Level I Core

The Time Machine

H. G. Wells

Simon and Schuster Enriched Classic

Level I Core

The Color of Magic

Terry Pratchett

Harper Touch

Level I Core

Watership Down

Richard Adams

Scribner

Level I Core

Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë

Signet Classics

Level I Core

The Beekeeper’s Apprentice

Laurie R. King

Picador

Level I Core

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Aladdin Classics

Level I Core

David Copperfield

Charles Dickens

Signet Classics

Level I Core

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

Simon and Schuster Enriched Classic

Level I Core

To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee

Harper Perennial

Level I Core

archy and mehitabel

Don Marquis

Anchor

Level I Core

I, Juan de Pareja

Elizabeth Borton de Treviño

Square Fish

Level I Core

Across Five Aprils

Irene Hunt

Berkley

Level I Core

Farewell to Manzanar

Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston

Clarion Books

Level H Core

Jacob Have I Loved

Katherine Paterson

HarperCollins

Level H Core

The Secret Garden

Frances Hodgson Burnett

HarperCollins

Level H Core

The Hobbit J. R. R. Tolkien

William

Morrow

Level H Core

Kidnapped

Robert Louis Stevenson

Penguin Classics

Level H Core

The Old Man and the Sea

Ernest Hemingway

Scribner

Level H Core

King of the Wind

Marguerite Henry

Aladdin

Level H Core

Fever, 1793

Laurie Halse Anderson

Simon & Schuster

Level H Core

Cry, the Beloved Country

Alan Paton

Scribner

Level H Core

The Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief

Maurice Leblanc

Macmillan

Level H Core

The Story of My Life

Helen Keller

Signet

Level H Core

So Much to Tell You John Marsden

Fawcett

Juniper

Level H Core

Around the World in Eighty Days

Jules Verne

Dover Thrift Editions

Level H Core

Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World

Jennifer Armstrong

Knopf Books for Young Readers

Level H Core

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Mildred D. Taylor

Puffin

Level H Core

Escape: The Story of the Great Houdini

Sid Fleischman

HarperCollins