Reading Age samples

Barrington Stoke Reading Age samples

Find the right books for your child with these reading age samples for primary and secondary age children. If you don’t know your child’s reading age, ask them to look at the samples and cover any words they can’t read with a finger. If they cover more than five words per page, assume it is too difficult for them right now.

Primary Little Gems Browse a sample chapter from our Little Gems range. Approx. 2,500 words, highly illustrated in full-colour, for readers aged 5+.

Primary Reading Age 6 Browse a sample chapter from our Primary Reading Age 6 range. Approx. 400 words, illustrated in full colour on every page, for readers aged 7+ and 9+.

Primary Reading Age 6.5 Browse a sample chapter from our Primary Reading Age 6.5 range. Approx. 2,500 words, highly illustrated in black and white, for readers aged 7+ and 9+.

Primary Reading Age 7 Browse a sample chapter from our Reading Age 7 range. Approx. 3,000 to 5,000 words, highly illustrated in black-and-white, for readers aged 7+ and 9+.

Primary Reading Age 8 Browse a sample chapter from our Primary Reading Age 8 range. Approx. 7,500 to 15,000 words, varying levels of illustration, for readers aged 7+ and 9+.

Primary Next-Step fiction Browse a sample chapter from our Primary Next-Step range. Approx. 15,000 to 25,000 words, varying levels of illustration, for readers aged 7+ and 9+.

Secondary Reading Age 6 Browse a sample chapter from our Secondary Reading Age 6 range. Approx. 400 to 700 words, highly illustrated in black-and-white, for readers aged 11+.

Secondary Reading Age 6.5 Browse a sample chapter from our Secondary Reading Age 6.5 range. Approx. 2,500 to 5,000 words, highly illustrated in black-and-white, for readers aged 11+.

Secondary Reading Age 7 Browse a sample chapter from our Secondary Reading Age 7 range. Approx. 3,000 to 5,000 words, highly illustrated in black and white, for readers aged 11+ and 13+.

Secondary Reading Age 8 Browse a sample chapter from our Secondary Reading Age 8 range. Approx. 15,000 words, for readers aged 11+ and 13+.

Secondary Reading Age 9 Browse a sample chapter from our Secondary Reading Age 9 range. Approx. 20,000 words, for readers aged 11+ and 13+.

Secondary dyslexia-friendly classics Browse a sample chapter from our unabridged Dyslexia-Friendly Classics range. Approx. 30,000 words, for readers aged 11+and 13+.