Horton Hatches the Egg
by Dr. Seuss
- Grade
- PK-2
- Genre
- Beginning Reader
- Humor
- Poetry
- Science Fiction / Fantasy
Year Published 1940
Word Count 1,421
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 560L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 5472
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
- Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Readers | Beginner
- Eggs
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Elephants
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | General (see also headings under Social Themes)
- Parenting
- Incubation
- Fantasy
- Elephants
- Stories in rhyme
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction
- Juvenile works
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