📚 Reading apps and reading coaches
Lexile Find a Book
By MetaMetrics. Visit Lexile Find a Book
Desk research from the maker's own pages. Not yet tried by us. Checked 2026-10-24.
Find a Book is a free search tool on the Lexile & Quantile Hub. A parent or teacher enters a child's Lexile reading measure (often printed on school test reports), grade or interests, and gets lists of books in English or Spanish at a matching difficulty. A sister tool, Find a Decodable Book, searches early readers by vowel sound. It is a grown-up's tool for picking library books; children do not use it directly.
Our take: Handy for parents holding a Lexile score from school who want library ideas; families without a score may find a librarian or grade-level lists just as useful.
| Ages it suits | readers about 5-18 (tool used by adults) |
|---|---|
| What its terms say about age | The terms are written for educators, researchers and parents and do not state a minimum age. The privacy policy says MetaMetrics does not directly collect personal information from children through these services, though parents or schools may submit data about a child. (terms) |
| Price | Free. Free (Oct 2026): visitors get 5 searches a month without an account; a free Basic+ account gives unlimited searches and saved lists; premium features are free for educators in partner states. |
| Works on | Web |
| Account | A parent's account |
| Ads | None |
| In-app purchases | None |
| The AI in it | No AI in the book search; MetaMetrics says it may train AI systems only on data stripped of personal information. |
What's good
- Free, quick way to find books at a child's level
- English and Spanish titles
- No ads
- Decodable-book search for beginners
Watch for
- Only 5 searches a month without an account
- Matches difficulty, not maturity of content
- Useful mainly if you know the child's Lexile measure
Data and privacy
Accounts collect the adult's email, role, country and state, and may include a student's grade or reading level. MetaMetrics says it does not sell or share personal information for behavioral advertising and does not permit AI training on personal information. Read the privacy policy.
Does it work?
The maker's own claims only; no independent study of the Find a Book tool was found. A Lexile number measures sentence length and word difficulty, not whether a book's content suits a child's age.
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Where these facts come from
- https://hub.lexile.com/find-a-book/
- https://hub.lexile.com/membership-options/
- https://hub.lexile.com/for-parents/
- https://www.metametrics.com/terms-of-use/
- https://www.metametrics.com/privacy-policy/
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