What Do You Stand For?
Barbara A. Lewis
What Do You Stand For?
Age Rating, Reading Level & Content Guide
Character Building Card Game
by Barbara A. Lewis
The text is written at a 3rd grade reading level, the subject matter is intended for younger children (ages 5–8), and the content is gentle with no concerning themes.
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About This Book
What if every choice you made could show who you really are? Imagine playing a game where each card challenges you to think about being honest, kind, or responsible. Winning means collecting the best parts of yourself—and that's a prize that really matters.
Themes
Quick Assessment
This interactive card game introduces children ages 5-8 to ten important character traits such as honesty, respect, and responsibility through engaging 'What If' scenarios. Designed for guided play with adults, it supports early social-emotional learning by encouraging thoughtful discussions about values. The game is suitable for early readers and integrates character education in a fun, accessible way.
Why we rated What Do You Stand For? 8C
What Do You Stand For? is written at a Level 3 reading level across 60 pages. Strong independent readers around grade 4.0 can typically handle this book on their own; with parent or teacher support, What Do You Stand For? works for readers up to grade 5.0.
We rate What Do You Stand For? as 8C ("Clear") because the content sits in the "Gentle" range — no conflict beyond everyday childhood experiences. Across our four dimensions (emotional, physical, social, thematic) the book reads as evenly gentle; no single dimension stands out as a concern.
No specific content flags were raised by community reviewers, which is consistent with the gentle intensity score.
Thematically, What Do You Stand For? explores friendship, family, social justice, games & activities, and values & virtues — these threads give the book room to mean different things to different readers.
Good fit for
- ✓ Children in the Ages 5-8 range — the maturity and attention span match the story's pacing.
- ✓ Patient readers who enjoy slower, character-driven stories.
- ✓ Kids drawn to stories about friendship, family, social justice.
Maybe not for
- ! Reluctant readers who need a fast hook — the pacing here rewards patience.
For Parents
Content Intensity
8C — ClearNo conflict beyond everyday childhood experiences. Safe for sensitive readers.
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Reading Insights
Hook Factor
1/10A steady, thoughtful read that rewards patient readers.
Discussion Potential
2/10A lighter read — great for independent enjoyment.
Book DNA
Multi-dimensional content fingerprint
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Details
Book Length
- ISBN
- 9781575422176
- Pages
- 60
- Publisher
- Free Spirit Publishing
- Published
- October 2006
- Type
- Fiction