# George Selden — books assigned in US schools

**2** books by George Selden appear in the US-school assigned-reading canon. Sourced from state ELA standards, AP/IB syllabi, and Common Core exemplar lists.

**Lexile range:** 780L–780L
**Grade span:** 3–8
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/author/george-selden
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Recurring themes

- animals
- animals, fiction
- city life
- crickets, fiction
- friendship
- music
- pets, fiction
- unlikely kindness

## Genres

- Middle Grade Fiction
- Realistic Fiction

## Every George Selden title on file

- [The Cricket in Times Square](https://readinglist.school/book/the-cricket-in-times-square) _(780L · Grades 3–5 · 1960)_
- [Harry Cat's Pet Puppy](https://readinglist.school/book/harry-cats-pet-puppy) _(Grades 4–8 · 1971)_

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