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ALSC Notables

The Association for Library Service to Children's notable children's books, chosen and annotated by librarians every year since 1940.

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366 of these books cover age 7.

• 7 X 9 = Trouble! by Claudia Mills, 2002 · ages 6–11 · Lexile 670L · AR 4.3 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• A Chicken Followed Me Home: Questions and Answers about a Familiar Fowl by Robin Page, 2015 · ages 4–9 · Lexile 710L · AR 3.5 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• Adventures in Cartooning by James Sturm, 2009 · ages 6–11 · Lexile 460L · AR 2.1 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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• Adventures with Waffles by Maria Parr, 2015 · ages 6–11 · Lexile 720L · AR 4.8 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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• A Family of Poems: My Favorite Poetry for Children by Caroline Kennedy-Schlossberg, 2005 · ages 6–13
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• Aliens Are Coming!: The True Account of the 1938 War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast by Meghan McCarthy, 2006 · ages 6–11 · Lexile 690L · AR 4.0 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• All in a Drop: How Antony Van Leeuwenhoek Discovered an Invisible World by Lori Alexander, 2019 · ages 6–11 · Lexile 890L · AR 5.8 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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• All Stations! Distress!: April 15, 1912: The Day the Titanic Sank by Don Brown, 2008 · ages 6–11 · Lexile 880L · AR 5.4 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• All That Trash: The Story of the 1987 Garbage Barge and Our Problem with Stuff by Meghan McCarthy, 2018 · ages 6–11 · Lexile 800L · AR 5.0 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• Amanda Pig and the Really Hot Day by Jean Van Leeuwen, 2005 · ages 4–11 · Lexile 480L · AR 2.2 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart by Vera B. Williams, 2001 · ages 6–11 · AR 4.2 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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• Amina Banana and the Formula for Friendship by Shifa Saltagi Safadi, 2025 · ages 6–9 · Lexile 680L
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• An Ambush of Tigers: A Wild Gathering of Collective Nouns by Betsy R. Rosenthal, 2015 · ages 4–7 · Lexile 680L
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• And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon by Janet Stevens, 2001 · ages 4–7 · Lexile 500L · AR 2.6 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• Animal Crackers: A Delectable Collection of Pictures, Poems, and Lullabies for the Very Young by Jane Dyer, 1996 · ages 4–7
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• Animals by the Numbers: A Book of Infographics by Steve Jenkins, 2016 · ages 4–13 · Lexile 940L
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• A Poem for Peter: The Story of Ezra Jack Keats and the Creation of the Snowy Day by Andrea Davis Pinkney, 2016 · ages 6–11 · Lexile 620L · AR 3.8
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• Apples to Oregon by Deborah Hopkinson, 2004 · ages 4–9 · Lexile 840L · AR 4.1 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• A River of Dust: The Life-Giving Link Between North Africa and the Amazon by Jilanne Hoffmann, 2023 · ages 4–11 · Lexile 1180L · AR 4.7
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• Art This Way by Jason Fulford, 2019 · ages 4–7
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• A Stone Sat Still by Brendan Wenzel, 2019 · ages 4–9
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• A Visitor for Bear by Bonny Becker, 2008 · ages 4–7 · Lexile 530L · AR 2.7 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• A Walk Through the Rainforest by Martin Jenkins, 2022 · ages 6–11
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• A Whiff of Pine, a Hint of Skunk: A Forest of Poems by Deborah Ruddell, 2009 · ages 4–9 · AR 5.4
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• Bad Badger: A Love Story by Maryrose Wood, 2025 · ages 6–9 · Lexile 660L · AR 4.9
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• Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, 2009 · ages 6–11 · Lexile 860L · AR 5.2 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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• Bandit's Moon by Sid Fleischman, 1998 · ages 6–13 · Lexile 690L · AR 4.2 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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• Beavers by Rachel Poliquin, 2018 · ages 6–13 · Lexile 890L · AR 5.4 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane by Carole Boston Weatherford, 2008 · ages 4–11 · Lexile 1090L · AR 3.8 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• Beti and the Little Round House by Atinuke, 2024 · ages 6–9 · AR 3.6 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• Beware of the Frog by William Bee, 2008 · ages 4–11 · Lexile 630L · AR 2.9 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• Bink & Gollie by Kate DiCamillo, 2010 · ages 6–11 · Lexile 510L · AR 2.5 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond, 2022 · ages 6–11 · Lexile 1060L · AR 5.6 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• Blue Sky White Stars by Sarvinder Naberhaus, 2017 · ages 6–11
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• Bo at Ballard Creek by Kirkpatrick Hill, 2013 · ages 6–11 · Lexile 840L · AR 5.2 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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• Bodies Are Cool by Tyler Feder, 2021 · ages 4–7
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• Bones: Skeletons and How They Work by Steve Jenkins, 2010 · ages 6–11 · Lexile 980L · AR 5.6 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• Book of Animal Poetry: 200 Poems with Photographs That Squeak, Soar, and Roar! by J. Patrick Lewis, 2012 · ages 4–11
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• Boss of the Plains by Laurie Winn Carlson, 1998 · ages 6–11 · Lexile 830L · AR 4.9 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• Botticelli's Apprentice: A Graphic Novel by Ursula Murray Husted, 2025 · ages 6–11
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• Bounce!: A Scientific History of Rubber by Sarah Albee, 2024 · ages 6–9 · Lexile 780L · AR 4.6 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• Bridges by Marc Majewski, 2023 · ages 4–13
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• Bronze and Sunflower by Cao Wenxuan, 2017 · ages 6–11 · Lexile 790L · AR 5.6 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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• Butterfly Eyes and Other Secrets of the Meadow by Joyce Sidman, 2006 · ages 4–11 · Lexile 1020L · AR 5.3 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• Cabin Head and Tree Head by Scott Campbell, 2025 · ages 6–9 · Lexile 510L · AR 2.3 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• Cassini's Mission: A Spacecraft, a Tiny Moon, and the Search for Life Beyond Earth by Katie Venit, 2025 · ages 4–7
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• Celebrating Ramadan by Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith, 2001 · ages 4–11 · Lexile 1000L · AR 5.5 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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• Central Heating: Poems about Fire and Warmth by Marilyn Singer, 2005 · ages 4–11 · AR 5.5 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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• Charlie & Mouse by Laurel Snyder, 2016 · ages 4–7 · Lexile 420L · AR 2.1 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• Children Just Like Me: In Association with United Nations Children's Fund by Barnabas Kindersley, 1995 · ages 4–11
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• Clementine by Sara Pennypacker, 2006 · ages 6–11 · Lexile 790L · AR 4.5 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• Come Sunday by Nikki Grimes, 1996 · ages 4–11 · Lexile 960L · AR 4.6 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• Concrete: From the Ground Up by Larissa Theule, 2022 · ages 6–11 · AR 5.2 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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• Coolies by Yin, 2001 · ages 4–11 · Lexile 870L · AR 4.8 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• Counting Lions: Portraits from the Wild by Katie Cotton, 2015 · ages 4–7 · AR 4.1 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa by Erica Silverman, 2006 · ages 4–11 · Lexile 470L · AR 2.3 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• Coyote Moon by Maria Gianferrari, 2016 · ages 4–7 · Lexile 810L · AR 2.4 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• Dark Nights and Light Hearts: A Muslim Book of Opposites by Hena Khan, 2025 · ages 4–7 · Lexile 490L
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• Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave by Laban Carrick Hill, 2010 · ages 4–11 · Lexile 1100L · AR 6.0 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• De Colores and Other Latin American Folksongs for Children by Elisa Kleven, 1999 · ages 4–11
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• Deep in the Sahara by Kelly Cunnane, 2013 · ages 4–9 · Lexile 890L · AR 3.7 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• Dino Poet: A Graphic Novel by Tom Angleberger, 2025 · ages 6–9 · Lexile 420L · AR 2.1 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• Dinosaur Feathers by Dennis Nolan, 2019 · ages 4–7
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• Dinosaurs by Robert Sabuda, 2005 · ages 4–11
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• Do Fish Sleep? by Jens Raschke, 2019 · ages 6–11 · AR 4.0 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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• Dogs on Duty: Soldiers' Best Friends on the Battlefield and Beyond by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent, 2012 · ages 6–11 · Lexile 1190L · AR 7.1 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• Doodler Doodling by Rita Golden Gelman, 2004 · ages 4–11
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• Dory Dory Black Sheep by Abby Hanlon, 2016 · ages 6–11 · Lexile 610L · AR 3.1 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• Dory Fantasmagory by Abby Hanlon, 2014 · ages 6–11 · Lexile 650L · AR 3.2 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• Down, Down, Down: A Journey to the Bottom of the Sea by Steve Jenkins, 2009 · ages 6–11 · Lexile 980L · AR 6.0 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• Eagle Drums by Nasuġraq Rainey Hopson, 2023 · ages 6–11 · Lexile 910L · AR 6.3 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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• Elephants Can Paint Too! by Katya Arnold, 2005 · ages 6–13 · Lexile 570L · AR 3.3 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• Emma Dilemma: Big Sister Poems by Kristine O'Connell George, 2011 · ages 4–9 · Lexile 610L · AR 3.3 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• Enormous Smallness: A Story of e. e. cummings by Matthew Burgess, 2015 · ages 6–11 · Lexile 970L · AR 5.2
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• Eye to Eye: How Animals See the World by Steve Jenkins, 2014 · ages 6–11 · Lexile 1040L · AR 5.7 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• Fabulous Frogs by Martin Jenkins, 2016 · ages 4–9 · Lexile 520L · AR 3.4 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• Feathers: Not Just for Flying by Melissa Stewart, 2014 · ages 4–11 · Lexile 910L · AR 5.1 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• Fig Pudding by Ralph Fletcher, 1995 · ages 6–11 · Lexile 620L · AR 3.9 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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• Fine Feathered Friends by Wong Herbert Yee, 2009 · ages 4–11 · Lexile 490L · AR 2.6 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey by Maira Kalman, 2002 · ages 6–11 · Lexile 600L · AR 3.1 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems by Paul B. Janeczko, 2014 · ages 4–9 · AR 4.5 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger, 2007 · ages 4–7
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• Flutter and Hum: Animal Poems / Aleteo y zumbido: Poemas de animales by Julie Paschkis, 2015 · ages 4–9 · Lexile -60L · AR 2.2
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• Framed by Frank Cottrell Boyce, 2006 · ages 6–13 · Lexile 680L · AR 4.2 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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• Fungi Grow by Maria Gianferrari, 2023 · ages 4–7
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• Get Well, Good Knight by Shelley Moore Thomas, 2002 · ages 4–7 · Lexile 370L · AR 2.3 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• Go and Get with Rex by David LaRochelle, 2024 · ages 4–7 · AR 2.0 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns: A Muslim Book of Colors by Hena Khan, 2012 · ages 4–7 · Lexile 510L · AR 2.4 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• Gone Fishing by Tamera Will Wissinger, 2013 · ages 4–11 · AR 2.6 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• Good Night, Good Knight by Shelley Moore Thomas, 2000 · ages 4–7 · Lexile 410L · AR 2.1 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• Good Sports: Rhymes about Running, Jumping, Throwing, and More by Jack Prelutsky, 2007 · ages 6–13 · AR 3.8 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• Gooney Bird Greene by Lois Lowry, 2004 · ages 6–13 · Lexile 660L · AR 3.9 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• Goose and Duck by Jean Craighead George, 2008 · ages 4–7 · Lexile 370L · AR 2.3 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• Gorilla Walk by Ted Lewin, 2014 · ages 6–13 · Lexile 1010L · AR 5.7
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• Gracias / Thanks by Pat Mora, 2009 · ages 4–7 · Lexile 620L · AR 3.1
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• Grandaddy's Stars by Helen V. Griffith, 1995 · ages 6–9 · AR 3.1 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• Granny the Pag by Nina Bawden, 1995 · ages 6–13 · Lexile 890L · AR 5.3 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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• Growing Patterns: Fibonacci Numbers in Nature by Sarah C. Campbell, 2010 · ages 6–9 · Lexile 850L
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• Gus and Grandpa at Basketball by Claudia Mills, 2001 · ages 4–11 · Lexile 500L · AR 2.6 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• Handle with Care: An Unusual Butterfly Journey by Loree Griffin Burns, 2013 · ages 6–11 · Lexile 850L · AR 4.9 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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Only the first 100 of 366 are listed here.