Book List is intended to be a helpful resource for DLL educators in North America. This is why the use of the Book List, without DLL training and ongoing professional development, is unlikely to result in accelerated progress for children receiving tutoring. Moreover, the levels used by DLL are designed especially for children who are finding reading acquisition most difficult, and the fine gradient of difficulty is less useful for the rich primary classroom program. What the Levels Mean Books on the Descubriendo La Lectura Book List 2000 are organized along a continuum of levels, ranging in complexity from simple texts to stories similar to those found in first and beginning second grade readers.
Levels are only approximate indicators of text difficulty and are intended to serve as a guide.
A child's prior experience, ability to employ strategies, and the richness of a story introduction will affect each child's success in reading the same texts. The Descubriendo La Lectura Book List is a compilation of titles that may be in use at DLL sites throughout North America. The Book List 2000 represents countless hours of volunteer work by trainers, teacher leaders, and teachers who engaged in an intensive review process that included initial review of several thousand books and field-testing of these books with DLL children.