
Dog Man: Grime and Punishment
by Dav Pilkey · Grades 4–7
Dog Man: Grime and Punishment by Dav Pilkey is on US reading lists at grades 4–7. It appears on 1 list: the Wisconsin Golden Archer Award, across 1 state. Every citation below links to the primary source.
Before you buy: Ages 9–13 · Grades 4–7 · 240 pages. The button opens the hardcover edition (ISBN 9781338535624). If the class uses a set edition or translation, match its ISBN first.
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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 Dog Man: Grime and Punishment 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 4–7
- Age range
- Ages 9–13
- Pages
- 240
- Reading time
- about 4h 25m (est.)
- ISBN-13
- 9781338535624
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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About this book
Book facts and sources (2)
- On award reading lists
- Wisconsin Golden Archer Award (source: docs.google.com)
- Series
- Book 9 of 10 in Dog Man (publication order) (source: Series book lists + publication order verified against publisher catalogs / Wikipedia. Checked 2026-06-29.)
- Catalog record
- 240 pages (edition lengths vary) (source: how we source book data)
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Where this book is recommended
Wisconsin Golden Archer Award
- recommended·4th grade · Wisconsinsource: Wisconsin Educational Media and Technology Association — Golden Archer Award complete list of winners 1974-present — 2022 Intermediate winner
- recommended·5th grade · Wisconsinsource: Wisconsin Educational Media and Technology Association — Golden Archer Award complete list of winners 1974-present — 2022 Intermediate winner
- recommended·6th grade · Wisconsinsource: Wisconsin Educational Media and Technology Association — Golden Archer Award complete list of winners 1974-present — 2022 Intermediate winner
- recommended·7th grade · Wisconsinsource: Wisconsin Educational Media and Technology Association — Golden Archer Award complete list of winners 1974-present — 2022 Intermediate winner
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Common questions
- What grade level is Dog Man: Grime and Punishment?
- Dog Man: Grime and Punishment is listed for grades 4–7. 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 Dog Man: Grime and Punishment?
- It takes about 4h 25m to read Dog Man: Grime and Punishment (240 pages) at an average adult reading pace of about 250 words per minute — roughly 265 minutes. Faster or slower readers will vary; the estimate is a planning guide for assigning the book.
- What curricula assign Dog Man: Grime and Punishment?
- Dog Man: Grime and Punishment appears on reading lists for Wisconsin Golden Archer Award. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
- Is Dog Man: Grime and Punishment banned in schools?
- Dog Man: Grime and Punishment 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.
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 4–7 — 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.