Random House
Stepping Stones
Random House's Stepping Stones is a single line rather than a numbered ladder: 26 books at one reading stage, typically 490L–600L and around 7,500 words.
- Books
- 26
- Typical range
- 490L–600L
The shelf
26 books in Stepping Stones
Bestselling first. This line publishes at one reading stage, so there are no levels to choose between.


























Keep going
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.