Books from the 1960s
27 titles written between 1960 and 1969 assigned in US schools
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
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
The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster
Grades 4–7 · Lexile 1000L
Where the Red Fern Grows
Wilson Rawls
Grades 4–7 · Lexile 700L
A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L'Engle
Grades 5–7 · Lexile 740L
The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats
Grades K–2 · Lexile 500L
Amelia Bedelia
Peggy Parish
Grades 1–3 · Lexile 380L
Rascal
Sterling North
Grades 5–8
