
Soap! Soap! Don’t Forget the Soap!
by Tom Birdseye · Grades K–3 · Fairy Tale/Folklore
Soap! Soap! Don’t Forget the Soap! by Tom Birdseye is on US reading lists at grades k–3. It appears on 2 lists: 2 book-award lists, across 2 states. Every citation below links to the primary source.
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Assigned across 2 curriculum lists · 2 states
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 Soap! Soap! Don’t Forget the Soap! 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 K–3
- Age range
- Ages 5–8
- Pages
- 32
- Reading time
- about 35 minutes (est.)
- First published
- 1993
- Genre
- Fairy Tale/Folklore
- ISBN-13
- 9780613872171
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
- Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (source: maslmd.org)
- Nebraska Golden Sower Award (source: nlc.nebraska.gov)
- Catalog record
- First published 1993 · 32 pages (edition lengths vary) (source: how we source book data)
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Why it is assigned
This fairy tale/folklore title is typically read at grades k–3. Written in the 1990s; pairs with curriculum units on folklore; cited on 2 lists: 2 book-award lists.
Themes
Where this book is recommended
Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award
- recommended·Kindergarten grade · Marylandsource: Maryland Association of School Librarians — Black-Eyed Susan Book Award, 1997 winner (Picture Book)
- recommended·1st grade · Marylandsource: Maryland Association of School Librarians — Black-Eyed Susan Book Award, 1997 winner (Picture Book)
- recommended·2nd grade · Marylandsource: Maryland Association of School Librarians — Black-Eyed Susan Book Award, 1997 winner (Picture Book)
- recommended·3rd grade · Marylandsource: Maryland Association of School Librarians — Black-Eyed Susan Book Award, 1997 winner (Picture Book)
Nebraska Golden Sower Award
- recommended·Kindergarten grade · Nebraskasource: Nebraska Library Association — Golden Sower Award past winners, 1996 winner (Picture Book)
- recommended·1st grade · Nebraskasource: Nebraska Library Association — Golden Sower Award past winners, 1996 winner (Picture Book)
- recommended·2nd grade · Nebraskasource: Nebraska Library Association — Golden Sower Award past winners, 1996 winner (Picture Book)
- recommended·3rd grade · Nebraskasource: Nebraska Library Association — Golden Sower Award past winners, 1996 winner (Picture Book)
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Common questions
- What grade level is Soap! Soap! Don’t Forget the Soap!?
- Soap! Soap! Don’t Forget the Soap! is listed for grades K–3. It appears on 2 state book-award lists across 2 states. Exact placement varies by school and district.
- How long does it take to read Soap! Soap! Don’t Forget the Soap!?
- It takes about 35 minutes to read Soap! Soap! Don’t Forget the Soap! (32 pages) at an average adult reading pace of about 250 words per minute — roughly 35 minutes. Faster or slower readers will vary; the estimate is a planning guide for assigning the book.
- What curricula assign Soap! Soap! Don’t Forget the Soap!?
- Soap! Soap! Don’t Forget the Soap! appears on reading lists for Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award, Nebraska Golden Sower Award. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
- Is Soap! Soap! Don’t Forget the Soap! banned in schools?
- Soap! Soap! Don’t Forget the Soap! 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 Soap! Soap! Don’t Forget the Soap! explore?
- Central themes in Soap! Soap! Don’t Forget the Soap! include folklore.
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 K–3 — drawn from the state book-award lists citing this book.
- Curriculum alignment
- Cited in 2 curricula on this site (see “Where recommended” above for primary-source links).
- State-level evidence
- On state book-award lists in 2 states (see citations above).
- Removal / banning records
- No tracked removal or challenge records in cited sources.
- Seasonal / contextual tags
- Tagged for: book-club.