Originally Posted by Sweetie
I just shelved wizard of oz at the school and it was labeled with the sticker for a 7th grade reading level. Great for a read aloud unless he is reading that high. My 9 year old son just read it this summer.


Using guided reading levels, Scholastic ranks "The Wizard of Oz" at level V which they rank at 6th grade. Harry Potter is also ranked by Scholastic as a level V book. So by current scales the reading levels look comparable but in my experience "The Wizard of Oz" is more approachable due to print size and illustrations. If the OP's kid is reading HP... Oz is certainly feasible. The last book DS read before devouring all of the Oz books was "My Side of the Mountain" or maybe one of the "Swallows and Amazon" books.