DK
DK Readers
100 books across 4 levels of DK's DK Readers, spanning 440L–870L. Each band below is measured from the books in that level, not from the number on the cover.
- Books
- 100
- Levels
- 4
- Typical range
- 440L–870L
Level 1
440L–490L
Level 2
620L–760L
Level 3
820L–870L
Level 4
About 4,700 words
Each bar covers the middle half of the Lexile measures in that level. Neighbouring levels overlap on purpose — that is what the data shows, and it is why a reader finishing one level is rarely at the bottom of the next.
4 levels
Pick a level
Book counts and ranges come from the approved titles on each shelf.
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Beyond one publisher's ladder
A level only means something inside its own program. These pages work across the whole catalog, so a reader who has run out of one program has somewhere to go.