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What do the Interest & Reading Ages mean?
What do the Accelerated Reader levels mean?
Ransom's books are designed to help people learn to read English and develop their reading skills, regardless of their ability or attitude.
Many of our books are quizzed for Accelerated Reader (AR), a system used in some schools to support children’s reading development.
All our books have an interest age. The interest age is the age that the book was written to appeal to.
The books are independently levelled for AR, giving each title an interest level and a book level. Children can then progress through the levels.
Our books also have a reading age. The reading age is about matching the book to the reading level of the reader.
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Reading ages and book levels
Reading ages and book levels
To browse our books by AR level, turn to page 40.
So, if a nine-year-old child is reading at the level of an average seven-year-old, a book with an interest age of 8–12 years and a reading age of 6–7 years will be suitable for them.
Find out more about reading ages, Book Bands and AR on our website under the page ‘More Information On …’.
What do the Book Band colours mean? Another way to level books is by Book Band. The Book Band system is an official scheme used in the UK and other countries. There are 11 official levels that all UK educational publishers work to. Each level, or band, has been given a colour (Pink through to Lime), and children progress through these bands. Publishers have added extra levels: Lilac, for wordless books, as well as colours following Lime. The chart below shows you the average age of children at each of the Book Band levels. To browse our books by Book Band, turn to page 44.
Book Bands Lilac
4-5 Years Purple
6-8 Years
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Pink
Red
4-5 Years Gold
Yellow
4-6 Years White
6-8 Years
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6-8 Years
4-6 Years Lime
6-9 Years
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Blue
5-7 Years Brown
7 - 10 Years
Green
5-7 Years Grey
7 - 11 Years
Orange
5-7 Years Dark Blue
8 - 11 Years
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Turquoise
6-7 Years Dark Red
10 - 11 Years
Find your way around our catalogue 4 Learning to Read 18 Books for 7 to 14 Year-Olds 29 Books for 12 to Adult 38 Shakespeare 39 Continuing Professional
Development (CPD) for Literacy
40 Shop by Accelerated Reader 44 Shop by Book Band 48 How to Order
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