# Roald Dahl — books assigned in US schools

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

**Lexile range:** 720L–870L
**Grade span:** 3–6
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/author/roald-dahl
**Wikipedia (entity):** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Dahl
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Recurring themes

- imagination (3)
- friendship (2)
- courage
- escape
- family
- humorous stories
- intelligence
- justice
- kindness
- loneliness

## Genres

- Middle Grade Fiction (4)
- Science Fiction

## Every Roald Dahl title on file

- [James and the Giant Peach](https://readinglist.school/book/james-and-the-giant-peach) _(870L · Grades 3–6 · 1961)_
- [Charlie and the Chocolate Factory](https://readinglist.school/book/charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory) _(810L · Grades 3–6 · 1964)_
- [Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator](https://readinglist.school/book/charlie-and-the-great-glass-elevator) _(Grades 4–6 · 1972)_
- [The BFG](https://readinglist.school/book/the-bfg) _(720L · Grades 3–6 · 1982)_
- [Matilda](https://readinglist.school/book/matilda) _(840L · Grades 3–6 · 1988)_

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