Recommended Leveled Series

Books

Encourage your child to read "Just Right Books" with this list of popular book series organized by reading level! 

Level D/E

  • Adventures of Otto (Milgrim) 

  • Big Dog and Little Dog (Pilkey)

  • Gossie & Friends (Dunrea)

  • Little Lizards (Crow) 

  • Otter (Garton)

  • Puppy Mudge (Rylant)

  • Tiny Series (Meister)

Level F/G/H

  • Benny and Penny (Hayes)

  • Biscuit (Capucilli)

  • Brownie and Pearl (Rylant)

  • Crabby (Fenske)

  • Danny and the Dinosaur (Hoff)

  • Digger and Daisy (Young)

  • Dino Detectives (Yasuda)

  • Duck, Duck, Porcupine (Yoon)

  • Elephant and Piggie (Willems)

  • Elephant and Piggie Like Reading Books (Various Authors)

  • Giggle Gang (Thomas)

  • Life of Max (Klein)

  • Mittens (Schaefer)

  • Monkey and Cake (Daywalt)

  • No, David (Shannon)

  • Noodle (Crow)

  • Pet Club (Hooks)

  • Pete the Kitty - I Can Read

  • Pip and Posy (Scheffler)

  • Robot and Rico (Suen)

  • Sports Illus. Kids Starting Line Readers (Joven)

  • Truck Buddies (Crow)

  • Trucktown Series (Scieszka)

     

  • Jack Book, A (Barnett)

Level I

  • Buzz Beaker (Meister)

  • Confetti Kids (Yoo/Hooks)

  • Dragon (Pilkey)

  • Fly Guy - fiction (Arnold)

  • Little Critter most (Mayer)

  • Max and Mo (Lakin)

  • Max and Zoe (Sateren)

  • Morris the Moose (Wiseman)

  • Pete the Cat - I can read

  • Rocky & Daisy (Crow)

  • Snail & Worm (Kugler)

  • What Do People Do All Day and similar Scarry collections (Scarry)

Level J

  • Annie & Snowball (Rylant)

  • Billie B Brown (Rippin)

  • Clifford (Bridwell)

  • Cork and Fuzz (Chaconas)

  • Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus (Willems)

  • Fancy Nancy (O'Connor)

  • Fox (Marshall)

  • Froggy (London)

  • Henry and Mudge (Rylant)

  • Hey Jack (Rippin)

  • Iris and Walter (Haden Guest)

  • Jamela (Daly)

  • Katie Woo (Manuschkin)

  • Little Bear (Minarik)

  • Minnie and Moo (Cazet)

  • Mo Jackson (Adler)

  • Mouse Soup and Mouse Tales (Lobel)

  • Mr. Putter and Tabby (Rylant)

  • Olivia (Falconer)

  • Pedro (Manushkin)

  • Poppleton (Rylant)

  • Poppy & Petal (Clough)

  • Pinkalicious (Kann)

  • Unicorn and Yeti (Burnell)

  • Young Cam Jansen (Adler)

Level K

  • Arthur (Hoban)

  • Billie B Brown Mysteries (Rippin)

  • Black Lagoon (Thaler)

  • Bradford Street Buddies (Nolen)

  • Bramble & Maggie (Haas)

  • Carlos & Carmen (McDonald)

  • Commander Toad (Yolen)

  • Cowgirl Kate & Cocoa (Silverman)

  • Curious George (Rey)

  • Fluffy (McMullan)

  • Fox and Chick (Ruzzier)

  • Franklin (Bourgeois)

  • Freckleface Strawberry (Moore)

  • Frog and Toad (Lobel)

  • High Rise Private Eyes (Rylant)

  • Houndsley & Catina (Howe)

  • If You Give a… (Numeroff)

  • Jamaica (Havill)

  • Knuffle Bunny (Willems)

  • Ling and Ting (Lin)

  • Lionel (Krensky)

  • M&M (Ross)

  • Madeline (Bemelmans)

  • Mercy Watson (DiCamillo)

  • Monkey & Elephant (Schaefer)

  • Nate the Great (Sharmat)

  • Poppy the Pirate Dog (Kesler)

  • Princess Posey (Greene)

  • Sofia Martinez (Jules)

  • Yasmin (Faruqi)

  • Zelda and Ivy (Kvasnosky)

  • Frog and Friends (Bunting)

Level L

  • Amanda and Oliver (vanLeeuwen)

  • Amelia Bedelia (Parish)

  • Applevalley Elementary (Krulik)

  •  Bunjitsu Bunny (Himmelman)

  • Cam Jansen (Adler)

  • DC Super Pets (various)

  • Dodsworth (Egan)

  • Fergus & Zeke (Messner)

  • George and Martha (Marshall)

  • Hilda and the Troll (Pearson)

  • Horrible Harry (Lee)

  • Infamous Ratso (LaReau)

  • Joe and Sparky (Michalak)

  • King and Kayla (Butler)

  • Milo and Jazz (Montgomery)

  • Miss Nelson (Allard)

  • Molly Mac (Kelley)

  • Mouse and Mole (Yee)

  • Olivia Sharp (Sharmat)

  • Pee Wee Scouts (Delton)

  • Pinky and Rex (Howe)

  • Piper Green & The Fairy Tree (Potter)

  • Princess in Black (Hale)

  • Rainbow Magic Fairies (Meadows)

  • Ricky Riccota’s Mighty Robot (Pilkey)

  • Shark School (Ocean)

  • Soccer Cats (Christopher)

  • Song Lee (Kline)

  • Tales of Oliver Pig (Van Leeuwen)

  • Triplet Trouble (Jones)

  • Tugg and Teeny (Lewis)

  • Zigzag Kids (Giff)

  • Wallace and Grace (Alexandar) 

Level M

  • Ashley Small and Ashlee Tall (Jakubowski)

  • Bink and Gollie (DiCamillo and McGhee)

  • Bailey School Kids (Dadey and Jones)

  • Balloon Toons (Liniers)

  • Calendar Mysteries (Roy)

  • Cobble Street Cousins (Rylant)

  • Critter Club (Barkley)

  • Dear Molly, Dear Olive (Atwood)

  • Digby O’Day (Hughes)

  • Downgirl & Sit (Nolan)

  • Eerie Elementary (Chabert) Flat Stanley most (Brown)

  • Galaxy Zack (O’Ryan)

  • Game Day

  • Ghost Detectors (Enderle)

  • Giggle and Learn (McCloskey)

  • Gus the Hedgehog

  • Ivy and Bean (Barrows)

  • Jaden Toussant the Greatest (Marti) 

  • Jigsaw Jones (Preller)

  • Judy Moody (McDonald)

  • Junie B. Jones (Park Katie)

  • Katie Kazoo (Krulik)

  • Kylie Jean (Peschke)

  • Little Shaq (O’Neal)

  • Littles, The (Peterson)

  • Lola Levine (Brown)

  • Lucky Charm (Richardson)

  • Magic Tree House (Osborne)

  • Marvin Redpost (Sachar)

  • Milo and Jazz (Montgomery)

  • Missy's Super Duper Royal (Nees)
    My Weird School (Gutman)

  • Narwhal & Jelly (Clanton)

  • Owl Diaries (Elliot)

  • Picture Book of... (Adler)

  • Pirate School (James)

  • Polk Street School (Giff)

  • Rainbow Magic Fairies (Meadows)

  • Ready Freddy (Klein)

  • The Real Slam Dunk/The Real

  • Sarai (Gonzalez)

  • Sassy (Draper)

  • Secrets of Black Lagoon (Thaler)

  • Simply Sarah (Naylor)

  • Sophie (McDonald)

  • Sports Illustrated Kids: Victory School Superstars

  • Sprout Street Neighbors (Alter)

  • Stablemates (Earhart)

  • Stink (McDonald)

  • Zapato Power (Jules)

  • Desmond Cole (Miedoso) 

  • Ana & Andrew (Platt)

Level N

  • A-Z Mysteries (Roy)

  • Agent Amelia (Broad)

  • Amber Brown (Danziger)

  • Amazing World of Stuart (Pennypacker)

  • Amy Hodgepodge (Wayans)

  • Anna Hibiscus (Atinuke)

  • Backyard Sports (Teitelbaum)

  • Ballet Slippers (Streatfeild)

  • Ballpark Mysteries (Kelly)

  • Bea Garcia (Zemke)

  • Big Fat Zombie Goldfish (O’Hara)

  • Capital Mysteries (Roy)

  • Carver Chronicles (English)

  • Catwings (LeGuin)

  • Daisy Dawson (Voake)

  • Daisy Dreamer (Anna)

  • Danny’s Doodles (Adler)

  • Dino Mike (Franco)

  • Dinosaur Cove (Stone)

  • Dyamonde Daniel (Grimes)

  • Echo and the Bat Pack (Pavanello)

  • Field Trip Mysteries (Brezenoff)

  • Flyer Beaver Brothers (Eaton)

  • Franny K. Stein (Benton)

  • George Brown Class Clown (Krulik)

  • Gym Shorts (Hicks)

  • Heidi Heckelbeck (Coven)

  • Horrid Henry (Simon)

  • Jada Jones (Lyons)

  • Keena Ford (Thomson)

  • Kingdom of Wrenly (Quinn)

  • Kung Pow Chicken (Marko)

  • Looniverse (Luber)

  • Lulu (Hilary McKay)

  • Melvin Beederman (Trine)

  • My Father's Dragon (Gannett)

  • Nancy Drew and the Club Crew (Keene)

  • Narwhal & Jelly (Clanton)

  • Nikki and Deja (English)

  • PIper Reed (Holt)

  • Polly Diamond (Kuipers)

  • Puppy Place (Miles)

  • Rainbow Street Shelter (Orr)

  • Roscoe Rules (Applegate)

  • Rotten School (Stine)

  • Ruby Lu (Look)

  • Ruby & The Booker Boys (Barnes)

  • Sherlock Sam (Low)

  • Sophie Washington (Ellis)

  • Super Turbo (Kirby)

  • Third Grade Detectives (Stanley)

  • The Zack Files (Greenburg)

  • Zoey and Sassafras (Citro)

Level O

  • Alien Next Door (Newton)

  • Andrew Lost (Greenburg)

  • Babysitters Club (Martin)

  • Beatrice Zinker Upside Down Thinker (Johannes)

  • Boxcar Children (Warner)

  • Calvin Coconut (Salisbury)

  • Clementine (Pennypacker)

  • Dragon Masters (West) 

  • EllRay Jakes (Warner)

  • Fix It Friends (Kear)

  • Galaxy Zack (O'Ryan)

  • Geronimo Stilton most (Stilton)

  • Golden Hamster Saga (Reiche)

  • Harriet Bean (Smith)

  • Henry Huggins (Cleary)

  • Hilde Cracks the Case (Lysiak)
    Hilo (Winick)

  • Inspector Flytrap (Angleberger)

  • Jake Drake (Clements)

  • Jasmine Toguchi (Florence)

  • Julian (Cameron)

  • Justin Case (Vail)

  • Key Hunters (Luper)
    Last Firehawk (Charman)

  • Little Rhino (Howard)

  • Mallory McDonald (Friedman)

  • Meg Mackintosh (Landon)

  • Mia Mahem (West)

  • Mouse and the Motorcycle (Cleary)

  • Mrs. Piggle Wiggle (MacDonald)

  • Nancy Clancy (O’Connor)

  • Notebook of Doom (Cummings)

  • Pippi Longstocking (Lindgren)

  • Ramona (Cleary)

  • Secrets of Droon (Abbott)

  • Shelter Pet Squad (Lord)

  • Shai & Emmie (Wallis)

  • Space Taxi (Mass)

  • Stella Batts (Sheinmel)

  • Squishy Taylor (Wild)

  • Weird School (Gutman)

  • West Meadow Detectives (O’Donnell)

  • Big Foot & Little Foot (Potter)

Level P

  • Ada Lace (Calendrelli)

  • Akimbo (McCall Smith)

  • Alvin Ho (Look)

  • Anna Banana (Rissi)

  • Anna Hibiscus (Atinuke)

  • Bad Kitty (Bruel)

  • Bobby vs. Girls (Yee)

  • Captain Underpants (Pilkey)

  • Carver Chronicles (English)

  • Clubhouse Mysteries (Draper)

  • David Mortimer Baxter (Tayluer)

  • Dog Man (Pilkey)

  • Dragon Slayer's Academy most (McMulen)

  • Encyclopedia Brown (Sobol)

  • Jake Maddox sports series (Maddox) [wide range P - T]

  • Juana and Lucas (Medina)

  • Kingdom of Wrenly (Quinn)

  • Kitty Corner (Miles)

  • Magic School Bus (Cole)

  • Miami Jackson (McKissack)

  • Princess Pulverizer (Krulik)

  • Questioneers (Beaty)

  • Remy Sneakers (Sherry)

  • Secret Agent Jack Stalwart 

  • Squish (Holm and Holm)

  • Time Warp Trio (Scieszka)

  • Wayside School (Sachar)

  • Worst Witch (Murphy)

  • Ziggy and the Black Dinosaurs (Draper)

Level Q

  • All about...(Arnosky)

  • Amazing Days of Abby Hayes (Mazer)

  • American Girl (various)

  • Amulet most (Kibuishi)[GN]

  • Anastasia (Lowry)

  • Animal Ark (Baglio)

  • Babymouse (Holm and Holm)[GN]

  • Bunnicula most (Howe)

  • Chato (Soto)

  • Dragonquest (Koller)

  • Fudge (Blume)

  • Get Ready for Gabi (Montes)

  • Ghosthunters (Funke)

  • Humphrey most (Birney)

  • If You Live/Traveled... (varous)

  • Island trilogy (Korman)

  • Little House (Wilder)

  • Main Street (Martin)

  • Matt Christopher sports books (Christopher) [wide range M - R]

  • Museum Mysteries (Brezenoff)

  • Pacy Lin (Lin)

  • Peter Powers (Clark)

  • Pie (Weeks)

  • Spiderwick Chronicles (DiTerlizzi)

  • Stella Diaz (Dominguez)

  • Timmy Failure

  • (Pastis)

  • Who Was... (various)

Level R

  • Big Nate (Pierce)

  • Boy Called Bat (Arnold)

  • Chet Gecko, Private Eye (Hale)

  • Disaster Strikes (Kennedy)

  • Explorer (Kibuishi) [GN]

  • Frindle and most other Andrew Clements books (Clements)

  • Ghosts (Telgemeier) [GN]

  • Hank Zipzer (Winkler)

  • Hatchet (Paulsen)

  • Horse books (Marguerite Henry)

  • Jedi Academy (Brown) [GN]

  • Kidnapped (Korman)

  • Lulu (Viorst)

  • Magic Repair Shop (Marrone)

  • On the Run (Korman)

  • Race the Wild (Earhart)

  • Shiloh Trilogy (Naylor)

  • Sisters (Telgemeier)[GN]

  • Tia Lola (Alverez)

Level S

  • 11 Birthdays (Mass)

  • A Day in the Life of... (Branse)

  • I Survived... (Tarshis)

  • Beast Quest (Blade)

  • Benjamin Pratt & the Keepers of the School (Clements)

  • Boy/Girl Battle (Naylor)

  • Choose Your Own Adventure (Montgomery)

  • Citizen Kid (McLaughlin)

  • Deltora Quest (Rhodda)

  • Dog Diaries (Klimo)

  • Emily Windsnap (Kessler)

  • Far Out Fairy Tales most [GN]

  • Goosebumps most (Stine)

  • Keepers of the School (Clements)

  • Lemonade War (Davies)

  • Lunch Lady (Krosoczka) [GN]

  • My Teacher (Coville)
    Nancy Drew Mystery Stories (Keene)

  • Poppy (Avi)

  • Ranger in Time (Messner)

  • Secrets of Dripping Fang (Greenburge)

  • Swindle (Korman)

  • The Borrowers (Norton)

  • The Doll People (Martin)

  • The Last Kids on Earth (Brallier) 

  • Whatever After (Mlynoski) 

Level T

  • Baseball Card Adventures (Gutman)

  • Baby Sitters Club most (Telgemeier)[GN]

  • Books of Elsewhere (West)

  • CatStronauts (Brockington)

  • Chronicles of Narnia (Lewis)

  • Cupcake Diaries (Simon)

  • Dear America

  • [wide range T - Y]

  • Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Kinney)

  • Dog Whisperer (Edwards)

  • Goddess Girls (Holub)

  • Harriet the Spy (Fitzhugh)

  • Horse Diaries (Hapka)

  • How to Train Your Dragon (Cowell)

  • I Funny (Patterson)

  • Joey Pigza (Gantos)

  • Library of Doom (Dahl)

  • Mighty Jack (Hatke)

  • Molly Moon (Byng)

  • Percy Jackson (Riordan)

  • Pet Trouble (Sutherland)

  • Sammy Keyes (van Draanen)

  • Smile (Telgemeier)[GN]

  • Twintuition (Mowry)

Level U

  • 39 Clues (Various)

  • 43 Old Cemetery Road (Klise)

  • Amelia Rules! (Gownley) [GN]

  • Bud Not Buddy/The Mighty Miss Malone (Curtis)

  • Charlie Bone (Nimmo)

  • Drama (Telgemeier)[GN]

  • Eggs (Spinelli)

  • Julie of the Wolves (George)

  • Poison Apple (Cabot)

  • Regarding the... (Klise)

  • Sisters Grimm (Buckley)

  • Storm Runners (Smith)

  • Warriors (Hunter)

Level V

  • Dork Diaries (Russell)

  • Harry Potter 1-3 (Rowling)

  • NERDS (Buckley)

  • Princess Academy (Hale)

  • Real Friends (Hale)

  • Rookie Bookie (Wertheim)

  • Series of Unfortunate Events (Snicket)

  • School of Fear (Daneshvari)

  • Spirit Animals (Various)

  • Underland Chronicles (Collins)

  • Unicorn Chronicles (Coville)

  • Wonder (Palacio)

  • Woof (Quinn)

Level W

  • Bone (Smith)

  • City of Ember (DuPrau)

  • Ghoulfriends (Daneshvari)

  • Fablehaven (Mull)

  • Harry Potter 4-6 (Rowling)

  • Inkheart (Funke)

  • The Kane Chronicles (Riordan)

  • Leven Thumps (Skye)

  • Rickety Stitch and the Gelatinous Goo (Costa)

  • Serafina (Beatty)

Level  X

  • Cirque du Freak (Shan)

  • Dear Dumb Diary most (Benton)

  • Heroes of Olympus (Riordan)

  • Last Dragon Chronicles (d’Lacey)

  • Maximum Ride (Patterson)

  • Peter and the Starcatchers (Barry and Peason)

  • Tombquest (Northrop)

  • Wings of Fire (Sutherland)

Level Y

  • Artemis Fowl (Cowl)

  • Artemis Fowl graphic novels (Cowl) [GN]

Level Z

  • Alex Rider (Horowitz)

  • Alice (Naylor)

  • Among the Hidden (Haddix)

  • His Dark Materials (Pullman)

  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Rowling)

  • Hunger Games (Collins)

  • Michael Vey (Evans)

  • Princess Diaries (Cabot)

  • Red Wall (Jacques)