Books from the 1960s
59 titles written between 1960 and 1969 assigned in US schools
Are You My Mother?
P. D. Eastman
Grades K–1
Baboushka and the Three Kings
Ruth Robbins
Grades K–3
Green Eggs and Ham
Dr. Seuss
Grades K–2 · Lexile 210L
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Scott O'Dell
Grades 4–7 · Lexile 1000L
Night
Elie Wiesel
Grades 9–12 · Lexile 590L
Put Me in the Zoo
Robert Lopshire
Grades K–1
The Cricket in Times Square
George Selden
Grades 3–5 · Lexile 780L
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
Grades 7–10 · Lexile 870L
James and the Giant Peach
Roald Dahl
Grades 3–6 · Lexile 870L
Once a Mouse...
Marcia Brown
Grades K–3
The Bronze Bow
Elizabeth George Speare
Grades 3–7
The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster
Grades 4–7 · Lexile 1000L
