What grade level is There Was a Party for Langston?

There Was a Party for Langston is listed for grades K–5. It appears on 2 book-award lists across 1 state. Exact placement varies by school and district.

What curricula assign There Was a Party for Langston?

There Was a Party for Langston appears on reading lists for Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award, Garden State Children's Book Award. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.

Is There Was a Party for Langston banned in schools?

There Was a Party for Langston 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.

There Was a Party for Langston

Name: There Was a Party for Langston
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Author: Jason Reynolds
ISBN: 9781534439450

by Jason Reynolds · Grades K–5 · Picture Book

There Was a Party for Langston by Jason Reynolds is on US reading lists at grades k–5. It appears on 2 lists: 2 book-award lists, across 1 state. Every citation below links to the primary source.

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Assigned across 2 curriculum lists · 1 state

Grade placement varies by school — the median assigned book spans 4 grade levels (83% span three or more, across 13,258 source-cited assignments).

On reading-award lists:Garden State Children's Book Award Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award

This page shows where There Was a Party for Langston 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–5
First published: 2023
Genre: Picture Book
ISBN-13: 9781534439450

Sources: grade range from the cited lists below, last checked 2026-06-21; pages and year from our catalog record (sources); reading time is an estimate at 250 words a minute.

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Book facts and sources (2)

On award reading lists: Garden State Children's Book Award (source: njla.org)
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award (source: Wikipedia)
Catalog record: First published 2023 (source: how we source book data)

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Why it is assigned

This picture book title is typically read at grades k–5. Written in the 2020s; cited on 2 lists: 2 book-award lists.

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What grade level is There Was a Party for Langston?: There Was a Party for Langston is listed for grades K–5. It appears on 2 book-award lists across 1 state. Exact placement varies by school and district.
What curricula assign There Was a Party for Langston?: There Was a Party for Langston appears on reading lists for Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award, Garden State Children's Book Award. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
Is There Was a Party for Langston banned in schools?: There Was a Party for Langston 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.

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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–5 — drawn from the 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 1 state (see citations above).
Removal / banning records: No tracked removal or challenge records in cited sources.
Seasonal / contextual tags: Tagged for: book-club, read-aloud.