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Once you know your child’s reading level, how will you find books at his or her reading level and on a topic that your child is interested in? The answer is by using Scholastic Book Wizard: https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/bookwizard/

This site is absolutely amazing! I started using it years ago to level books in my school’s leveled book room and this site has only improved with time. While Scholastic Book Wizard is a wonderful teacher resource, parents will find this site useful as well. On Scholastic Book Wizard, you can search books by your child’s level by either DRA (numbers) or Fountas & Pinnell (letters).

For example, if your child is reading at a level E, you can search for only level E books. You can narrow your search to include only non-fiction books about animals if your child has an interest in reading books and learning facts about different kinds of animals. Scholastic Book Wizard also allows you to type in a title of any book you have in your house or that you find out and about and Scholastic Book Wizard will tell you the level of that book. Many book titles are in the Scholastic Book Wizard database.

This site is extremely helpful in finding Kindergarten and beginning of first grade leveled books (levels A-F) which are hard to find in bookstores and in the local libraries. Not only can you find titles of books at any reading level, you can purchase these books right on the Scholastic website.

In addition, Scholastic book orders are often sent home from school often with deals on bundles of books. Furthermore, Scholastic Book wizard has recently launched an app in which you can scan the barcode of a book and it will tell you the level:http://www.scholastic.com/bookwizardmobile/  Scholastic Book Wizard is the perfect starting point to finding books at your child’s reading level. Here are several books from the Scholastic Book Wizard database showing the Fountas & Pinnell level. Please note: the suggested grades underneath are for interest and age level not for reading level. For example,  while Frog and Toad together is a book at a second grade reading level, parents can read aloud this book to a Kindergartener or first grader.