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Books by Michael Dahl

6 books by Michael Dahl have full reviews here; all 188 Michael Dahl titles and editions in our catalog are rated for reading level and content intensity.

Michael Dahl has 6 books with full reviews on HootRated, spanning Grade 3 reading level. The typical Michael Dahl book lands at Grade 3, with average content intensity 2/5. Michael Dahl's books span 4 series, including Library of Doom: The Final Chapters; Zone Books, Batman Tales of the Batcave, Zone Books; Secrets of the Library of Doom, and 1 more.

Reading level alone doesn't tell parents whether a Michael Dahl book is right for a child. All of Michael Dahl's reviewed titles are at Gentle or Mild intensity — appropriate for sensitive readers or kids reading ahead of their emotional readiness. None are rated Intense or Very Intense. The intensity badges below (green → red) help you match books to your child's emotional readiness, not just their reading ability. See our methodology for how we rate.

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  • Alien snow Level 2 · Mild
  • Animal Extremes Level 2 · Gentle
  • Animals All Around Level 2 · Gentle
  • Another mouth to feed Level 1-2 · Gentle
  • Arena of Monsters Level 2 · Mild
  • Attack of the Drones Level 2 · Mild
  • Attack of the Paper Bats Level 2 · Mild
  • Attack of the Paper Bats (Library of Doom) Level 2 · Mild
  • Attack of the Paper Bats (Zone Books - Library of Doom) Level 2 · Mild
  • Be a Star, Wonder Woman! Level 1-2 · Gentle
  • Beast Beneath the Stairs Level 2 · Mild
  • Beauty and the beast Level 2 · Mild 2 editions
  • Blood Shark! Level 2 · Mild
  • Bony Back Level 2 · Gentle
  • Book That Dripped Blood Level 2 · Mild
  • Bring us water, Molly Pitcher! Level 2 · Gentle
  • Brown Level 2 · Gentle 2 editions
  • Bunches of Buttons Level 2 · Gentle
  • Buried Starship Level 2 · Gentle
  • Canada Level 2 · Gentle
  • Cave of the bookworms Level 2 · Mild 2 editions
  • China Level 2 · Gentle 2 editions
  • Christmas Level K-1 · Mild
  • Claws in the snow Level 2 · Mild
  • Cold feet Level 1-2 · Mild
  • Conjunctions Say Join Us! Level 2 · Gentle
  • Crazy criss-cross Level 2 · Gentle
  • Dead wings Level 2 · Gentle
  • Death Sentence Level 2 · Mild
  • Destruction Zone Level 2 · Mild
  • Diamonds of Doom Level 2 · Mild
  • Ding Dong [Home Design Alternatives] Level 2 · Gentle
  • Do Squirrels Swarm Level 2 · Gentle
  • Doll That Waved Goodbye Level 3 · Mild
  • Dragon cowboy Level 3 · Gentle
  • Dungeon of the Seven Dooms Level 2 · Mild
  • Dust bunnies Level 1-2 · Gentle
  • England Level 2 · Gentle
  • Escape from the pop-up prison Level 2 · Mild
  • Exclamation Points Say Wow! Level 2 · Gentle
  • Eye in the Graveyard Level 2 · Mild
  • Five Riddles for Robin Level 3 · Mild 2 editions
  • Frightmares Level 6 · Mild
  • Frightmares 3 Level 6 · Mild
  • Frog pajama party Level 1-2 · Mild
  • Funny talk Level 2 · Gentle
  • Gilda the giraffe and Leonardo the lion Level 1-2 · Gentle
  • Gilda the giraffe and Lucky the leopard Level 1-2 · Moderate
  • Gilda the giraffe and Marvin the marmoset Level 1-2 · Mild
  • Gilda the giraffe and Papaya the panda Level 1-2 · Gentle
  • Goblin in the Grass Level 3 · Mild
  • Good Morning, Superman! Level 2 · Gentle 2 editions
  • Goodnight Baseball Level 1-2 · Gentle
  • Grim Reader Level 2 · Gentle
  • Guatemala Level 2 · Gentle
  • Harley Quinn's Hat Trick Level 2 · Mild
  • If You Were a Synonym (Word Fun) Level 2 · Gentle
  • If You Were an Adverb (Word Fun) Level 2 · Gentle
  • Igor's Lab of Fear Level 4-5 · Mild
  • Inkfoot Level 3 · Mild
  • It screams at night Level 2 · Moderate
  • Jaguar's Jewel Level 2 · Gentle
  • Jar of Eyeballs Level 2 · Mild
  • Jet-Powered Justice Level 2 · Mild
  • Jokes, Tricks, and Other Funny Stuff Level 2 · Gentle
  • Knock Knock Level K-1 · Gentle
  • Krypto Level 2 · Gentle
  • Laff-o-tronic animal jokes! Level 3 · Gentle
  • Legendary Lasso Level 2 · Mild
  • Library Claw Level 3 · Mild
  • Library Wing Warriors - Express Edition Level 2 · Mild
  • Little Bookshop of Horrors - Express Edition Level 2 · Mild
  • Little dinos don't bite Level 1-2 · Gentle
  • Little dinos don't hit Level K-1 · Gentle
  • Little dinos don't push Level 1 · Gentle
  • Little dinos don't yell Level 1-2 · Gentle
  • Little Elephant Listens Level K-1 · Gentle
  • Little Lion shares Level K-1 · Gentle
  • Little Monkey Calms Down Level 1 · Gentle
  • Little Tiger picks up Level K-1 · Gentle
  • Lots Of Ladybugs! Level 2 · Gentle
  • Man Behind the Mask Level 3 · Mild
  • Midnight riders Level 2 · Gentle
  • Nap time for Kitty Level K-1 · Gentle
  • No more melons for Gilda the giraffe Level 1-2 · Gentle
  • No spots for Gilda the giraffe! Level 1-2 · Gentle
  • On the Launch Pad Level 2 · Gentle
  • Ooze Is It? Level 2 · Intense
  • Open up and laugh! Level 2 · Gentle
  • Out the rear window Level 4-5 · Gentle
  • Pass the buck Level 2 · Gentle
  • Penguin Misses Mom Level 2 · Mild
  • Penguin says "please" Level K-1 · Gentle
  • Penguin's Power Parasol Level 2 · Mild
  • Periods Say Stop Level 2 · Gentle
  • Phantom on the Phone and Other Scary Tales Level 3 · Mild
  • Pie For Piglets Level 2 · Gentle
  • Pig takes a bath Level 2 · Gentle
  • Pink Level 2 · Gentle
  • Pit of No Return Level 2 · Mild
  • Play time for Puppy Level K-1 · Gentle
  • Poison Pages Level 2 · Mild
  • Poison Pages (Library of Doom) Level 2 · Mild
  • Poison Pages (Zone Books - Library of Doom) Level 2 · Mild
  • Princess Candy Level 4-5 · Mild
  • Question Marks Say What? Level 2 · Gentle
  • Rats on the page Level 3 · Mild
  • Rays of Doom Level 2 · Mild
  • Rhyme time Level 2 · Gentle 2 editions
  • Robot That Barked Level 2 · Mild 2 editions
  • Roll, Slope, and Slide Level 2 · Gentle
  • Ruby Raven Level 4-5 · Mild
  • School Bus of Horrors Level 2 · Mild
  • School Is Full of Superheroes Level 2 · Gentle
  • Scooby-Doo food jokes Level 3 · Gentle
  • Scooby-Doo Joke Books Level 3 · Gentle
  • Scooby-Doo on the Go Jokes Level 3 · Gentle 2 editions
  • Scooby-Doo's Laugh-out-loud jokes! Level 6 · Gentle
  • Scooter Spies 1 Level 3 · Gentle
  • Screaming with Laughter Level 2 · Gentle
  • Shadow Shoes: And Other Scary Tales (Michael Dahl's Really Scary Stories) Level 3 · Mild
  • Skyfall Level 4-5 · Moderate
  • Smashing Scroll Level 2 · Mild 2 editions
  • Snack time for Cow Level K-1 · Gentle
  • Step, slope, and slide Level 2 · Gentle 2 editions
  • Story time for Lamb Level K-1 · Gentle
  • Stranger on the Stairs Level 3 · Mild
  • Sweet Dreams, Supergirl Level 1-2 · Gentle
  • Terror Wood Level 2 · Mild
  • The Beast Beneath the Stairs (Library of Doom) Level 2 · Mild
  • The Beast Beneath the Stairs (Zone Books - Library of Doom) Level 2 · Mild
  • The book that ate my brother Level 3 · Mild
  • The Book That Dripped Blood (Library of Doom) Level 2 · Mild
  • The Book That Dripped Blood (Zone Books - Library of Doom) Level 2 · Mild
  • The creeping bookends Level 2 · Mild
  • The Eye in the Graveyard (Library of Doom) Level 2 · Mild
  • The Eye in the Graveyard (Zone Books - Library of Doom) Level 2 · Mild
  • The Eye in the Graveyard: 10th Anniversary Edition (Library of Doom) Level 2 · Mild
  • The girl who breathed fire Level 2 · Mild
  • The golden book of death Level 2 · Mild
  • The Index Insects Level 2 · Mild
  • The last son of Krypton Level 3 · Gentle
  • The missing fang Level 3-4 · Gentle
  • The Monster in the Mailbox Level 3 · Mild
  • The princess and the tower Level 1-2 · Mild
  • The prisoners of the thirteenth floor Level 4-5 · Mild
  • The return of Abracadabra Level 6 · Gentle
  • The sea of lost books Level 3 · Mild
  • The shrinking city Level 3 · Mild
  • The Smashing Scroll (Library of Doom) Level 2 · Mild
  • The Smashing Scroll (Zone Books - Library of Doom) Level 2 · Mild
  • The twister trap Level 2 · Mild
  • The word eater Level 2 · Mild
  • Tires, Spokes, and Sprockets Level 2 · Gentle
  • Tome raider Level 2 · Mild
  • Trickster's bubble trouble Level 2 · Mild
  • Two heads are better than one Level 1-2 · Gentle
  • Tyrannosaurus (Dinosaur Lib Series) Level 2 · Gentle
  • Unbreakable Bracelets Level 2 · Mild 2 editions
  • Verbs Say Go! Level 2 · Gentle
  • Villainous Venus Flytrap Level 2 · Mild
  • Voice in the Boys' Room and Other Scary Tales Level 3 · Moderate
  • Voyage to the Metal Moon Level 2 · Mild
  • Werewolf Skin Level 2 · Mild
  • What's bugging Pamela? Level 2 · Mild
  • Wheels and Axles (Early-Reader Science Simple Machines) Level 2 · Gentle
  • Wings above the waves Level 2 · Gentle
  • Wolves Level 2 · Gentle
  • Wonder Woman Level 2 · Gentle
  • Zombie in the library Level 3 · Mild

Questions about Michael Dahl's books

What reading level are Michael Dahl's books?
Michael Dahl's reviewed books range from Grade 3, with the typical book at Grade 3. Each title has a separate content intensity score so parents can choose by emotional readiness, not just text difficulty.
Are Michael Dahl's books appropriate for sensitive readers?
All 6 of Michael Dahl's reviewed books are at Gentle or Mild intensity — safe for sensitive readers. None are rated Intense or Very Intense. Average intensity: 2/5.
What age are Michael Dahl's books appropriate for?
Michael Dahl's reviewed books target Ages 5-8 and Ages 9-12. HootRated rates each book on reading level and content intensity — match both dimensions, not just one.