The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses
by Paul Goble · Grades K–3 · Juvenile Fiction
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble is on US reading lists at grades k–3. It appears on 1 list: the Caldecott Medal. Every citation below links to the primary source.
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Assigned across 1 curriculum list
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 The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses 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
- First published
- 1978
- Genre
- Juvenile Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780874997620
Sources: grade range from the cited lists below, last checked 2026-06-20; 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 juvenile fiction title is typically read at grades k–3. Written in the 1970s; cited on the Caldecott Medal.
Where this book is recommended
Caldecott Medal
- recommended·Kindergarten gradesource: Caldecott Medal (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 1979 Caldecott Medal winner
- recommended·1st gradesource: Caldecott Medal (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 1979 Caldecott Medal winner
- recommended·2nd gradesource: Caldecott Medal (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 1979 Caldecott Medal winner
- recommended·3rd gradesource: Caldecott Medal (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 1979 Caldecott Medal winner
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Common questions
- What grade level is The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses?
- The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses is listed for grades K–3. It appears on 1 book-award list. Exact placement varies by school and district.
- What curricula assign The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses?
- The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses appears on reading lists for Caldecott Medal. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
- Is The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses banned in schools?
- The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses 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.
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 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
- Not yet documented in a state-level framework on this site.
- Removal / banning records
- No tracked removal or challenge records in cited sources.
- Seasonal / contextual tags
- Tagged for: award-winner.