How This Book Got Red
by Margaret Chiu Greanias
How This Book Got Red by Margaret Chiu Greanias is assigned in US schools at grades k–2. It appears across 1 curriculum reference and 1 state, sourced from state DOE pages and AP/IB/Common Core syllabi. Every citation below links to the primary source.
This page shows where How This Book Got Red is assigned in US schools — curricula, states, grades, and the primary-source citations behind each placement. Not a summary or study guide.
- Grade range
- Grades K–2
- Age range
- Ages 4–8
- First published
- 2023
- Genre
- Picture Book
- ISBN-13
- 9781728265650
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About this book
Red the red panda is tired of every "panda" book being about giant pandas — so she and her friend set out to make a book of their own, in a warm story about identity and belonging. a 2025-2026 Virginia Readers' Choice (Primary) nominee.
Why widely assigned
This Picture Book title, typically at grades k–2. Written in the 2020s; pairs with curriculum units on identity and friendship; cited across 1 curriculum framework.
Themes
Where this book is assigned
Virginia Readers' Choice
- recommended·Kindergarten grade · Virginiasource: Virginia Readers' Choice 2025-2026 Award Nominee Lists (Elementary + Middle School)
- recommended·1st grade · Virginiasource: Virginia Readers' Choice 2025-2026 Award Nominee Lists (Elementary + Middle School)
- recommended·2nd grade · Virginiasource: Virginia Readers' Choice 2025-2026 Award Nominee Lists (Elementary + Middle School)
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Common questions
- What grade level is How This Book Got Red?
- How This Book Got Red is most commonly assigned in US schools in grades K–2. Specific grade placement varies by curriculum — AP Literature and IB English Literature typically use it in grades 11-12.
- What curricula assign How This Book Got Red?
- How This Book Got Red appears on reading lists for Virginia Readers' Choice. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
- Is How This Book Got Red banned in schools?
- How This Book Got Red 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.
- What themes does How This Book Got Red explore?
- Central themes in How This Book Got Red include identity, friendship, belonging. These themes match how the book is discussed in most curriculum guides and AP Literature prompts.
Why this book is on this list
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 K–2 — drawn from state ELA frameworks and AP/IB syllabi citing this book.
- Curriculum alignment
- Cited in 1 curriculum on this site (see “Where assigned” above for primary-source links).
- State-level evidence
- Cited in 1 state ELA framework or DOE list (see citations above).
- Removal / banning records
- No tracked removal or challenge records in cited sources.
- Seasonal / contextual tags
- Tagged for: book-club.