Junior Great Books® Series 3 Lexile Measures
2014–2015 Edition
Title
Author
Lexile
Word Count
Series 3, Book One
All stories combined
790
17,104
Boundless Grace
Mary Hoffman
650
1,106
The Scarebird
Sid Fleischman
550
1,517
Chin Yu Min and the Ginger Cat
Jennifer Armstrong
790
2,164
The Gold Coin
Alma Flor Ada
710
2,146
The Magic Listening Cap
Japanese folktale as told by
Yoshiko Uchida
830
1,847
The Mushroom Man
Ethel Pochcocki
960
2,035
The Banza
Haitian folktale as told by
Diane Wolkstein
590
1,106
The Upside-Down Boy
Juan Felipe Herrera
640
1,187
The Ugly Duckling
Hans Christian Andersen
900
3,713
850
14,141
Series 3, Book Two
All stories combined
White Wave
Chinese folktale as told by
Diane Wolkstein
610
1,270
Luba and the Wren
Ukrainian folktale as told by
Patricia Polacco
670
1,711
Basho and the River Stones
Tim Myers
750
1,311
The Monster Who Grew Small
Joan Grant
970
2,245
The Buffalo Storm
Katherine Applegate
880
1,225
Pierre’s Dream
Jennifer Armstrong
840
1,196
The Dream Weaver
Concha Castroviejo
990
1,971
The Man Whose Trade Was Tricks
Georgian folktale as told by
George and Helen Papashvily
820
1,474
The Emperor’s New Clothes
Hans Christian Andersen
940
1,717
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Junior Great Books® Series 4 Lexile Measures
2014–2015 Edition
Title
Author
Lexile
Word Count
Series 4, Book One
All stories combined
790
17,588
Thank You, M’am
Langston Hughes
800
1,348
Crow Call
Lois Lowry
750
1,851
Fresh
Philippa Pearce
680
3,487
Shrewd Todie and Lyzer the Miser
Ukrainian folktale as told by Isaac
Bashevis Singer
920
1,753
On Sand Island
Jacqueline Briggs Martin
870
1,420
The Green Man
Gail E. Haley
820
1,591
Song of Hope
Peggy Duffy
700
2,049
Jean Labadie’s Big Black Dog
French-Canadian folktale as
told by Natalie Savage Carlson
770
2,256
Thunder, Elephant, and Dorobo
African folktale as told by
Humphrey Harman
940
1,830
780
18,173
Series 4, Book Two
All stories combined
Tuesday of the Other June
Norma Fox Mazer
750
3,460
Doesn’t Fall Off His Horse
Virginia A. Stroud
820
2,504
The Cello of Mr. O
Jane Cutler
750
1,499
The No-Guitar Blues
Gary Soto
800
2,315
The Fire on the Mountain
Ethiopian folktale as told by
Harold Courlander and Wolf Leslau
920
1,398
Ooka and the Honest Thief
Japanese folktale as told by
I.G. Edmonds
890
1,105
The Old Woman and the Wave
Shelley Jackson
820
1,227
Letting Swift River Go
Jane Yolen
900
1,074
The Apple and the Envelope
Herbert Montgomery
630
3,578
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Junior Great Books® Series 5 Lexile Measures
2014–2015 Edition
Title
Author
Lexile
Word Count
Series 5, Book One
All stories combined
770
18,451
Charles
Shirley Jackson
710
1,599
The Special Powers of Blossom Culp
Richard Peck
780
2,565
The Peddler’s Gift
Maxine Rose Schur
680
2,297
In the Time of Drums
Gullah folktale as told by
Kim L. Siegelson
840
1,913
Learning the Game
Francisco Jiménez
650
2,389
The Invisible Child
Tove Jansson
670
2,847
The Coming of the Surfman
Peter Collington
780
2,796
All Summer in a Day
Ray Bradbury
850
1,936
A Game of Catch
Richard Wilbur
1,040
1,444
770
25,446
Series 5, Book Two
All stories combined
Kamau’s Finish
Muthoni Muchemi
710
2,046
Ghost Cat
Donna Hill
550
3,438
The Hemulen Who Loved Silence
Tove Jansson
830
3,832
The Enchanted Sticks
Steven J. Myers
790
2,389
Kaddo’s Wall
West African folktale as told by
Harold Courlander and George Herzog
760
2,092
The Prince and the Goose Girl
Elinor Mordaunt
930
4,642
A Bad Road for Cats
Cynthia Rylant
710
1,558
Lenny’s Red-Letter Day
Bernard Ashley
790
2,990
Through the Mickle Woods
Valiska Gregory
650
2,447
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