Identifying grade level of a book

Short answer: no, there isn’t.


Wanted to add, don’t limit your child to just grade level books. Let him/her read whatever he/she is interested in.

I don't know what sites you were looking at but I think the product page at amazon.com will tell you the recommended age level for each book. Seems pretty easy to look up that way with a phone and wifi.

www.arbookfind.com/UserType.aspx

It will also tell you how many accelerated reader points it’s worth.

www.arbookfind.com/advanced.aspx
Would this work for you?
Sharon

Edit. oops, sorry to repeat!!!

Another retired teacher who wasn't that fond of grade levels for books. I encouraged kids to read all levels. I found that lots of kids got so boxed into a level (especially Lexile levels) that they started to hate to read because they weren't reading "on their level."

We did the five finger rule sometimes, but most often kids knew when a book was too hard or too easy. I also found that there is a ton of great nonfiction out there for kids who aren't into fiction like I was.

One thing I would really encourage for as long as your daughter will let you is to partner read. You read a page, she reads a page. That way a harder book is still interesting to her and you get to talk about vocabulary, sequence of events and making predictions.

ETA:  I should have looked at your name, OP.  I would love to know how you read to her or do you sign?  Sharing books would definitely be more of a challenge, but I am sure you have your way of sharing.  

I learned to read at four by reading the encyclopedias that were on the bottom shelf behind mother's recliner. So personally I would not be too worried about sticking to grade level. What worked for my girls was to let them pick out books at the used book store and they learned to LOVE to read after that, grade level did not count. One daughter went from remedial reading class to an accelerated reading class over one summer just by getting her to read books she wanted to read. I believe they were the cheerleader series books. We visited a used book store at least once a week and they got any and every book they wanted. It was a store that let you turn in books for credit and I was reading at least a book a day so I had a lot of credit.

You can get a bunch of books on grade level for your child to read and if she is not interested it won't help anything. Get books she wants not what is good for her. Even reading easy books is good for her.

I can't imagine why a parent would want to do this to the home library.

Let the child read what he/she wants to read. If it is too hard, the child will put it down.

Use the 5 finger method (explained in a previous post) if the child really needs to evaluate a book.

Reading should be fun, not a chore.

Going by your Pea Name I guess you were/are a librarian? What do you think about kids, or anyone really, reading books below their ability? Personally I never worried about it at home, figuring that the teachers at school were assigning reading group books that were on their reading level. My dd went through a Babysitters Club phase where she read those only. They were easy for her, but it never bothered me, although it greatly bothered a "friend" of mine.   (and it was none of her business anyway). Seems to me that reading easy-going books is relaxing... I mean, isn't this why we pick "fluffy" books when we're at the beach?

I enjoy reading Young Adult books now and those are "below my reading level", lol. I read them because I enjoy them. I also read books from the elementary school library where I sub. I figure I should know some of what the kids are reading. But for my own kids I always figured that if they're reading then that's good. Didn't worry me if it was "too easy". It never seemed to impact their school work in any grade, so.... 

In fact, I'm in the middle of reading "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" which I picked up in our elementary library a few days before school ended when I needed something to fill some free time.

As a retired teacher I beg you not to level your books. I found that forcing kids to read only books "at their level" really discourages reading for the joy of it. High kids could never read a fun picture book because it was too easy and low kids felt even worse about themselves because they couldn't quite manage chapter books and were stuck with easy picture books.

Let your daughter read what interests her. The points of reading are 1. to lose yourself in a good story or 2. learn information. So go with that.

Now if you are homeschooling, then you do need her reading level to help her progress. Here is a link with correlated reading levels I also used an app called Lit Leveler. It lets you scan the bar code and works really well for most books.

This is another great resource for parents.

Certainly make room for books that are his interest! But keep the easy ones that he might still like to read. I remember my ds and his knights in shining armor phase (which lasted for several years). He kept all levels of books about knights on his shelves, fiction and non-fiction, and easy to hard. He read and re-read all of them. 

I used to just have my kids go through their books periodically to make a donate pile. That way they can keep the favorites they like to reread - even if they're easy. I'm sure he knows which books are boring to him now.

I have my students use the 5 finger rule. My books are not leveled in my classroom library. We use AR and students can see the level if needed.

I really wouldn’t bother.