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What do kids read? Harry Potter doesn't top list

9:33 PM Sun, May 04, 2008 | Permalink
Rebecca Stumpf

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The Washington Post is reporting that the largest survey ever of youthful reading in the U.S. will reveal Monday that none of J.K. Rowling's popular Harry Potter books has been able to dislodge the works of longtime favorites Dr. Seuss, E.B. White, Judy Blume, S.E. Hinton and Harper Lee as the most read.

Books by the five well-known U.S. authors, plus lesser-known Laura Numeroff, Katherine Paterson and Gary Paulsen, drew the most readers at every grade level in a study of 78.5 million books read by more than 3 million children who logged on to the Renaissance Learning Web site to take quizzes on books they read last year. Many works from Rowling's Potter series turned up in the top 20, but other authors also ranked high and are likely to get more attention as a result.

I've always been a fan of young adult books and hope this study draws more attention to the genre.

How did your favorite books fare?

The Renaissance Learning report "What Kids Are Reading" calculated the books most read by more than 3 million schoolchildren last year. Here are the top five at each grade level, courtesy of The Washington Post:
First grade:
1. "Green Eggs and Ham," Dr. Seuss
2. "The Foot Book," Dr. Seuss
3. "Are You My Mother?" P.D. Eastman
4. "Hop on Pop," Dr. Seuss
5. "Biscuit," Alyssa Capucilli
Second grade:
1. "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie," Laura Numeroff
2. "Green Eggs and Ham"
3. "The Very Hungry Caterpillar," Eric Carle
4. "If You Give a Moose a Muffin," Numeroff
5. "If You Give a Pig a Pancake," Numeroff
Third grade:
1. "Charlotte's Web," E.B. White
2. "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs," Judi Barrett
3. "Officer Buckle and Gloria," Peggy Rathmann
4. "The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs," Jon Scieszka
5. "Dogzilla," Dav Pilkey
Fourth grade:
1. "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing," Judy Blume
2. "Sarah, Plain and Tall," Patricia MacLachlan
3. "Because of Winn-Dixie," Kate DiCamillo
4. "Charlotte's Web"
5. "Stone Fox," John Gardiner
Fifth grade:
1. "Bridge to Terabithia," Katherine Paterson
2. "Hatchet," Gary Paulsen
3. "Holes," Louis Sachar
4. "The Sign of the Beaver," Elizabeth Speare
5. "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," J.K. Rowling
Sixth grade:
1. "Hatchet"
2. "Bridge to Terabithia"
3. "Holes"
4. "Number the Stars," Lois Lowry
5. "The Bad Beginning," Lemony Snicket
Seventh grade:
1. "The Outsiders," S.E. Hinton
2. "Holes"
3. "The Giver," Lowry
4. "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"
5. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," Rowling
Eighth grade:
1. "The Outsiders"
2. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"
3. "The Giver"
4. "Holes"
5. "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets," Rowling
Ninth-12th grade:
1. "To Kill a Mockingbird," Harper Lee
2. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"
3. "Of Mice and Men," John Steinbeck
4. "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"
5. "A Child Called 'It,' " Dave Pelzer

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Posted by L. A. Starks @ 9:59 AM Mon, May 05, 2008

For grades 4-12, many of these books are the (excellent) ones teachers require for their curricula. I'm also curious about the books that kids choose outside of their required reading lists.

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