Books from the 1970s
14 titles written between 1970 and 1979 assigned in US schools
Frog and Toad Are Friends
Arnold Lobel
Grades 1–2 · Lexile 350L
The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison
Grades 11–12 · Lexile 920L
The Trumpet of the Swan
E.B. White
Grades 3–6
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Robert C. O'Brien
Grades 4–6 · Lexile 790L
Frog and Toad Together
Arnold Lobel
Grades 1–2 · Lexile 330L
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Judy Blume
Grades 2–5 · Lexile 470L
How to Eat Fried Worms
Thomas Rockwell
Grades 3–6
Blubber
Judy Blume
Grades 4–7
Dragonwings
Laurence Yep
Grades 6–8 · Lexile 870L
Tuck Everlasting
Natalie Babbitt
Grades 4–7 · Lexile 770L
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Mildred D. Taylor
Grades 6–8 · Lexile 920L
Summer of the Monkeys
Wilson Rawls
Grades 4–7
