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Mensa Kids

Reading lists from Mensa for Kids, graded by age band; the band each book is filed under is kept alongside it.

202 books in the catalog stand on this list. The list itself (opens the list's own website) ↗

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46 of these books cover age 8. The 9 that name no age at all are left off rather than guessed at — choose any age to bring them back.

• A Dog on Barkham Street by Mary Stolz, 1960 · ages 8–10 · Lexile 790L · AR 4.6 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on Halsted - Best Friends
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• All-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor, 1951 · ages 8–10 · Lexile 520L · AR 4.9 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on NY Public Library, The Good & The Beautiful
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• A Stranger Came Ashore by Mollie Hunter, 1975 · ages 8–10 · Lexile 1060L · AR 6.2 · AR Interest: UG (9–12)
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• Betsy-Tacy by Maud Hart Lovelace, 1940 · ages 8–10 · Lexile 650L · AR 4.0 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on Davidson Gifted, TJEd Early Recommended
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• Black Beauty by Anna Sewell, 1877 · ages 8–12 · Lexile 1010L · AR 7.7 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on Beautiful Feet, Davidson Gifted, Deep Roots Grade, The Good & The Beautiful, TJEd Youth Recommended
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• Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang, 1887 · ages 6–9 · Lexile 1120L
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• Charlotte's Web by E.B. White, 1952 · ages 8–12 · Lexile 680L · AR 4.4 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on Davidson Gifted, NY Public Library, The Good & The Beautiful, TJEd Early Recommended
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• Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judy Barrett, 1978 · ages 8–10 · Lexile 730L · AR 4.3 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, 1989 · ages 8–17 · Lexile 1020L · AR 5.7 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on NY Public Library
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• How the Leopard Got His Claws by Chinua Achebe, 2011 · ages 5–9 · AR 3.5 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen, 2011 · ages 5–8 · Lexile 230L · AR 1.0 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder, 1935 · ages 8–10 · Lexile 600L · AR 5.3
  also on Davidson Gifted, Deep Roots Grade, The Good & The Beautiful
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• Matilda by Roald Dahl, 1988 · ages 8–12 · Lexile 840L · AR 5.0 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on Davidson Gifted, NY Public Library
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• Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton, 1967 · ages 4–8 · Lexile 580L · AR 4.4 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
  also on Deep Roots Grade
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• Millions of Cats by Wanda Gág, 1928 · ages 4–8 · Lexile 580L · AR 3.5 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
  also on Halsted - Best Friends, NY Public Library
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• Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater, 1938 · ages 8–10 · Lexile 910L · AR 5.6 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on Deep Roots Grade, NY Public Library
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• Paul Revere's Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1861 · ages 8–10 · AR 5.5
  also on TJEd Early Recommended
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• Peppe the Lamplighter by Elisa Bartone, 1993 · ages 8–10 · Lexile 570L · AR 3.3 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren, 1950 · ages 8–10 · Lexile 870L · AR 5.2 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on Halsted - Best Friends, NY Public Library
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• Put Me in the Zoo by Robert Lopshire, 1960 · ages 6–8 · Lexile 220L · AR 1.4 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• Roller Skates by Ruth Sawyer, 1937 · ages 8–10 · Lexile 810L · AR 6.3 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on Newbery Award
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• Sam the Minuteman by Nathaniel Benchley, 1969 · ages 5–9 · Lexile 1078L · AR 2.9 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• Sarah Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan, 1985 · ages 8–10 · Lexile 660L · AR 3.4 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on Deep Roots Grade, Halsted - Best Friends, Newbery Award, The Good & The Beautiful
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• Stellaluna by Janell Cannon, 1993 · ages 6–8 · Lexile 550L · AR 3.5 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• Stone Soup by Marcia Brown, 2000 · ages 8–10 · Lexile 550L · AR 3.3 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
  also on Beautiful Feet
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• Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola, 1975 · ages 4–8 · Lexile 730L · AR 3.9
  also on Beautiful Feet, NY Public Library
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• Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig, 1969 · ages 5–8 · Lexile 780L · AR 4.0 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
  also on Halsted - Best Friends, NY Public Library
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• The Borrowers by Mary Norton, 1953 · ages 8–10 · Lexile 780L · AR 5.3 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on Deep Roots Grade, NY Public Library
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• The Cabin Faced West by Jean Fritz, 1958 · ages 8–10 · Lexile 860L · AR 5.1 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on The Good & The Beautiful
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• The Cat in the Hat by Theodore Seuss Geisel, 1957 · ages 5–9 · Lexile 430L · AR 2.1 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
  also on NY Public Library
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• The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds, 2003 · ages 6–8 · Lexile 500L · AR 1.9 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia by Esther Hautzig, 1968 · ages 8–10 · Lexile 880L · AR 6.3 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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• The Garden of Abdul Gasazi by Chris Van Allsburg, 1979 · ages 4–8 · Lexile 580L · AR 4.0 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• The House of Dies Drear by Virginia Hamilton, 1968 · ages 8–10 · Lexile 670L · AR 4.8 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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• The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes, 1945 · ages 8–10 · Lexile 870L · AR 5.4 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on Beautiful Feet, The Good & The Beautiful
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• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis, 1950 · ages 8–13 · Lexile 940L · AR 5.7
  also on Davidson Gifted, Deep Roots Grade, NY Public Library, The Good & The Beautiful, Time Magazine 1923-2005, TJEd Youth Recommended
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• The Littles by John Peterson, 1967 · ages 5–9 · Lexile 590L · AR 3.3 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
  also on The Good & The Beautiful
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• The Matchlock Gun by Walter D. Edmonds, 1941 · ages 8–10 · Lexile 860L · AR 5.1 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on Beautiful Feet, Newbery Award, The Good & The Beautiful
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• The Moffats by Eleanor Estes, 1959 · ages 8–10 · Lexile 800L · AR 5.2 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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• The Quiltmaker's Gift by Jeff Brumbeau, 2000 · ages 4–8 · Lexile 850L · AR 4.6 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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• The Reluctant Dragon by Kenneth Grahame, 1966 · ages 8–10 · Lexile 1010L · AR 6.5 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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• The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread by Kate DiCamillo, 2004 · ages 8–10 · Lexile 670L · AR 4.7 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on Newbery Award
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• The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pène du Bois, 1947 · ages 8–10 · Lexile 1070L · AR 6.8 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on Deep Roots Grade, Newbery Award
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• Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright, 1938 · ages 8–10 · Lexile 810L · AR 5.7 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on Newbery Award
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• Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak, 1963 · ages 4–8 · Lexile 740L · AR 3.4 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
  also on NY Public Library
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• Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne, 1926 · ages 5–9 · Lexile 790L · AR 4.6 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on Deep Roots Grade, Halsted - Best Friends, NY Public Library, TJEd Early Recommended
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