What grade level is Welcome to Wonderland #1: Home Sweet Motel?

Welcome to Wonderland #1: Home Sweet Motel is most commonly assigned in US schools in grades 3–8. 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 Welcome to Wonderland #1: Home Sweet Motel?

It takes about 5h 35m to read Welcome to Wonderland #1: Home Sweet Motel (306 pages) at an average adult reading pace of about 250 words per minute — roughly 335 minutes. Faster or slower readers will vary; the estimate is a planning guide for assigning the book.

What curricula assign Welcome to Wonderland #1: Home Sweet Motel?

Welcome to Wonderland #1: Home Sweet Motel appears on reading lists for Golden Kite Award. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.

Is Welcome to Wonderland #1: Home Sweet Motel banned in schools?

Welcome to Wonderland #1: Home Sweet Motel 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.

Welcome to Wonderland #1: Home Sweet Motel

Name: Welcome to Wonderland #1: Home Sweet Motel
Availability: InStock
Author: Chris Grabenstein
ISBN: 9780553536041

by Chris Grabenstein

Assigned across 1 curriculum list

On reading-award lists:Golden Kite Award

Welcome to Wonderland #1: Home Sweet Motel by Chris Grabenstein is assigned in US schools at grades 3–8. 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 Welcome to Wonderland #1: Home Sweet Motel is assigned in US schools — curricula, states, grades, and the primary-source citations behind each placement. Not a summary or study guide.

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Grade range: Grades 3–8
Pages: 306
Reading time: about 5h 35m (est.)
First published: 2016
Genre: Children's
ISBN-13: 9780553536041

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About this book

“Outrageous hijinks and nonstop hilarity—five-stars!” —Lincoln Peirce, author of the Big Nate series From the bestselling author of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library and co-author with James Patterson of I Funny, House of Robots, and Treasure Hunters, comes a hilarious illustrated series about all the wacky things that happen when you live in a motel! Eleven-year-old P. T. Wilkie may be the greatest storyteller alive. But he knows one thing for a fact: the Wonderland Motel is the best place a kid could ever live! All-you-can-eat poolside ice cream! A snack machine in the living room! A frog slide! A giant rampaging alligator! (Okay, that last one may or may not be made up.) There’s only one thing the Wonderland doesn’t have, though—customers. And if the Wonderland doesn’t get them soon,

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Why widely assigned

This Children's title, typically at grades 3–8. Written in the 2010s; cited across 1 curriculum framework.

Where this book is assigned

Golden Kite Award
- recommended·3rd grade source: Golden Kite Award (SCBWI) winners, via Wikipedia — 2017 Winner
- recommended·4th grade source: Golden Kite Award (SCBWI) winners, via Wikipedia — 2017 Winner
- recommended·5th grade source: Golden Kite Award (SCBWI) winners, via Wikipedia — 2017 Winner
- recommended·6th grade source: Golden Kite Award (SCBWI) winners, via Wikipedia — 2017 Winner
- recommended·7th grade source: Golden Kite Award (SCBWI) winners, via Wikipedia — 2017 Winner
- recommended·8th grade source: Golden Kite Award (SCBWI) winners, via Wikipedia — 2017 Winner

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Common questions

What grade level is Welcome to Wonderland #1: Home Sweet Motel?: Welcome to Wonderland #1: Home Sweet Motel is most commonly assigned in US schools in grades 3–8. 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 Welcome to Wonderland #1: Home Sweet Motel?: It takes about 5h 35m to read Welcome to Wonderland #1: Home Sweet Motel (306 pages) at an average adult reading pace of about 250 words per minute — roughly 335 minutes. Faster or slower readers will vary; the estimate is a planning guide for assigning the book.
What curricula assign Welcome to Wonderland #1: Home Sweet Motel?: Welcome to Wonderland #1: Home Sweet Motel appears on reading lists for Golden Kite Award. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
Is Welcome to Wonderland #1: Home Sweet Motel banned in schools?: Welcome to Wonderland #1: Home Sweet Motel 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 classify

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 3–8 — 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.