National Geographic
National Geographic Kids Readers Level 1
The middle half of these books measure 500L–560L, and run around 950 words — calculated from the 45 titles at this level with a Lexile measure, not from the number on the cover.
- Books
- 51
- Lexile range
- 500L–560L
- Typical length
- ~950 words



















































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