# Stuart Little

**Author:** E.B. White
**Lexile:** 920L
**Grade range:** Grades 3–5
**Age range:** 8–11
**First published:** 1945
**Page count:** 131
**Genre:** Middle Grade Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9780064400565`
**ISBN-10:** `0064400565`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/stuart-little
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

A mouse born to a human family in New York City sets out on a journey to find his friend, the bird Margalo. E.B. White's first children's novel — preceding Charlotte's Web by 7 years — is a staple of 3rd-5th grade classroom read-alouds and self-reading.

## Themes

- family
- adventure
- friendship
- being different

## Where this book is assigned

### Alabama Camellia Children's Choice Book Award

- **recommended** · 4th grade · Alabama — [source: Winner, Alabama Camellia Children's Choice Book Award 1982, grades 4-6. Given by the Alabama State Department of Education, Library Media. Winner (not nominee); verified against the award archive 2026-09-04.](https://sites.google.com/view/camelliaawards/home)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · Alabama — [source: Winner, Alabama Camellia Children's Choice Book Award 1982, grades 4-6. Given by the Alabama State Department of Education, Library Media. Winner (not nominee); verified against the award archive 2026-09-04.](https://sites.google.com/view/camelliaawards/home)
- **recommended** · 6th grade · Alabama — [source: Winner, Alabama Camellia Children's Choice Book Award 1982, grades 4-6. Given by the Alabama State Department of Education, Library Media. Winner (not nominee); verified against the award archive 2026-09-04.](https://sites.google.com/view/camelliaawards/home)

### Common Core State Standards (ELA)

- **recommended** · 3rd grade — [source: CCSS ELA Appendix B, grades 2-3 exemplar](https://www.nysed.gov/sites/default/files/programs/standards-instruction/appendix-b-text-exemplars-and-sample-performance-tasks.pdf)
- **recommended** · 4th grade — [source: CCSS ELA Appendix B, grades 4-5 exemplar](https://www.nysed.gov/sites/default/files/programs/standards-instruction/appendix-b-text-exemplars-and-sample-performance-tasks.pdf)

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