The House in the Night
by Susan Marie Swanson
The House in the Night by Susan Marie Swanson is assigned in US schools at grades k–2. It appears across 1 curriculum reference, sourced from state DOE pages and AP/IB/Common Core syllabi. Every citation below links to the primary source.
This page shows where The House in the Night 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
- Pages
- 45
- Reading time
- about 50 minutes (est.)
- First published
- 2008
- Genre
- Picture Book
- ISBN-13
- 9780547528304
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About this book
A spare, patterned text and glowing pictures explore the origins of light that make a house a home in this bedtime book for young children. Naming nighttime things that are both comforting and intriguing to preschoolers—a key, a bed, the moon—this timeless book illuminates a reassuring order to the universe.
Why widely assigned
This Picture Book title, typically at grades k–2. Written in the 2000s; cited across 1 curriculum framework.
Where this book is assigned
Caldecott Medal
- recommended·Kindergarten gradesource: Caldecott Medal winners (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2009 Caldecott Medal
- recommended·1st gradesource: Caldecott Medal winners (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2009 Caldecott Medal
- recommended·2nd gradesource: Caldecott Medal winners (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2009 Caldecott Medal
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Common questions
- What grade level is The House in the Night?
- The House in the Night 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.
- How long does it take to read The House in the Night?
- It takes about 50 minutes to read The House in the Night (45 pages) at an average adult reading pace of about 250 words per minute — roughly 50 minutes. Faster or slower readers will vary; the estimate is a planning guide for assigning the book.
- What curricula assign The House in the Night?
- The House in the Night appears on reading lists for Caldecott Medal. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
- Is The House in the Night banned in schools?
- The House in the Night 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
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
- 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: read-aloud.