
Tuesday
by David Wiesner · Grades K–3 · Juvenile Fiction
Tuesday by David Wiesner is on US reading lists at grades k–3. It appears on 3 lists: 3 book-award lists, across 2 states. Every citation below links to the primary source.
Before you buy: Grades K–3 · 36 pages. The button opens the paperback edition (ISBN 9780395870822). If the class uses a set edition or translation, match its ISBN first.
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Widely assigned — 3 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 Tuesday 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
- Pages
- 36
- Reading time
- about 40 minutes (est.)
- First published
- 1991
- Genre
- Juvenile Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780395870822
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 (3)
- Award won
- Caldecott Medal, 1992 (source: Wikipedia)
- On award reading lists
- Young Hoosier Book Award (source: cdn.ymaws.com)
- Kentucky Bluegrass Award (source: kasl.us)
- Catalog record
- First published 1991 · 36 pages (edition lengths vary) (source: how we source book data)
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Why widely assigned
This juvenile fiction title is typically read at grades k–3. Written in the 1990s; cited on 3 lists: 3 book-award lists.
Where this book is recommended
Caldecott Medal
- recommended·Kindergarten gradesource: Caldecott Medal (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 1992 Caldecott Medal winner
- recommended·1st gradesource: Caldecott Medal (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 1992 Caldecott Medal winner
- recommended·2nd gradesource: Caldecott Medal (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 1992 Caldecott Medal winner
- recommended·3rd gradesource: Caldecott Medal (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 1992 Caldecott Medal winner
Kentucky Bluegrass Award
- recommended·Kindergarten grade · Kentuckysource: Kentucky Association of School Librarians — Kentucky Bluegrass Award Winner's Circle, 1993 winner (K-3)
- recommended·1st grade · Kentuckysource: Kentucky Association of School Librarians — Kentucky Bluegrass Award Winner's Circle, 1993 winner (K-3)
- recommended·2nd grade · Kentuckysource: Kentucky Association of School Librarians — Kentucky Bluegrass Award Winner's Circle, 1993 winner (K-3)
- recommended·3rd grade · Kentuckysource: Kentucky Association of School Librarians — Kentucky Bluegrass Award Winner's Circle, 1993 winner (K-3)
Young Hoosier Book Award
- recommended·Kindergarten grade · Indianasource: Indiana Library Federation — Young Hoosier Book Award past winners, 1993 winner (Picture Book)
- recommended·1st grade · Indianasource: Indiana Library Federation — Young Hoosier Book Award past winners, 1993 winner (Picture Book)
- recommended·2nd grade · Indianasource: Indiana Library Federation — Young Hoosier Book Award past winners, 1993 winner (Picture Book)
- recommended·3rd grade · Indianasource: Indiana Library Federation — Young Hoosier Book Award past winners, 1993 winner (Picture Book)
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Common questions
- What grade level is Tuesday?
- Tuesday is listed for grades K–3. It appears on 3 book-award lists across 2 states. Exact placement varies by school and district.
- How long does it take to read Tuesday?
- It takes about 40 minutes to read Tuesday (36 pages) at an average adult reading pace of about 250 words per minute — roughly 40 minutes. Faster or slower readers will vary; the estimate is a planning guide for assigning the book.
- What curricula assign Tuesday?
- Tuesday appears on reading lists for Caldecott Medal, Kentucky Bluegrass Award, Young Hoosier Book Award. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
- Is Tuesday banned in schools?
- Tuesday 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 3 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: award-winner, book-club.