The Young Precocious Reader

Bottom line:   Adventure novel with mice. Author:   Margery Sharp Lexile measure: 880 Language:  None offensive. Violence:   None, however, ...

Bottom line:   p ictorial mysteries. Author:  Lucinda Landon Lexile measure: about 490 Language:  No issues.  Violence:   In some stories, p...

Bottom line:   Innocent classic from the 1940's Author:  Johnny Gruelle Lexile measure:  not yet measured--about 800 Language:  Nothi...

Bottom line:   An Asian American Ramona Author:  Lenore Look Lexile measure: 640 Language:  Mention of "four letter words, bad ones...

Bottom line:   Easy to read, nonviolent mysteries. Author:   Gertrude Chandler Warner Lexile measure: 490 Language:  None offensive. Vio...

Early chapter books (usually 3-5 chapters of 3-10 pages each) are easy to review in the library, but what if you want to buy a book or recei...

Author:   Marjorie Sharmat Lexile measure:  380 Language:  Mild name calling, such as "stupid".  One page of text in cursive. ...