
Bigfoot
by Hal George Evarts · Grades 4–6 · Mystery
Bigfoot by Hal George Evarts is on US reading lists at grades 4–6. It appears on 1 list: the Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award, across 1 state. Every citation below links to the primary source.
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Assigned across 1 curriculum list · 1 state
Grade placement varies by school — the median assigned book spans 4 grade levels (83% span three or more, across 13,258 source-cited assignments).
This page shows where Bigfoot is assigned in US schools — curricula, states, grades, and the primary-source citations behind each placement. Not a summary or study guide.
Reading level at a glance
- Grade range
- Grades 4–6
- Age range
- Ages 9–11
- Pages
- 190
- Reading time
- about 3h 30m (est.)
- First published
- 1973
- Genre
- Mystery
- ISBN-13
- 9780684133881
Sources: grade range from the cited lists below, last checked 2026-09-24; pages and year from our catalog record (sources); reading time is an estimate at 250 words a minute.
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Why it is assigned
This mystery title is typically read at grades 4–6. Written in the 1970s; pairs with curriculum units on sasquatch and detective and mystery stories; cited on the Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award.
Themes
sasquatch · detective and mystery stories
Where this book is recommended
Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award
- recommended·4th grade · Arkansassource: Arkansas State Library — Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award past winners, 1976 winner (grades 4-6)
- recommended·5th grade · Arkansassource: Arkansas State Library — Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award past winners, 1976 winner (grades 4-6)
- recommended·6th grade · Arkansassource: Arkansas State Library — Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award past winners, 1976 winner (grades 4-6)
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Common questions
- What grade level is Bigfoot?
- Bigfoot is listed for grades 4–6. It appears on 1 state book-award list across 1 state. Exact placement varies by school and district.
- How long does it take to read Bigfoot?
- It takes about 3h 30m to read Bigfoot (190 pages) at an average adult reading pace of about 250 words per minute — roughly 210 minutes. Faster or slower readers will vary; the estimate is a planning guide for assigning the book.
- What curricula assign Bigfoot?
- Bigfoot appears on reading lists for Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
- Is Bigfoot banned in schools?
- Bigfoot does not appear in PEN America's Index of School Book Bans 2022-2024. No documented multi-district removals on record, but individual districts may challenge titles locally. See the banned books list by state.
- What themes does Bigfoot explore?
- Central themes in Bigfoot include sasquatch, detective and mystery stories.
Why this book is on this list
How we classifyHide
Each dimension below is sourced from a public reference. The full framework is documented on the classification standard page.
- Lexile measure
- Not classified — this book has no published Lexile measure.
- Grade band
- Grades 4–6 — drawn from the state book-award lists citing this book.
- Curriculum alignment
- Cited in 1 curriculum on this site (see “Where recommended” above for primary-source links).
- State-level evidence
- On state book-award lists in 1 state (see citations above).
- Removal / banning records
- No tracked removal or challenge records in cited sources.
- Seasonal / contextual tags
- Tagged for: book-club.