Title - A Christmas with Peek a Babe Author: Simonetti, Krista Publisher: Shopko Stores Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Excitement is all over town as everyone prepares for the big Christmas show. But Peek A Babe Bear must find something to bring before he can go. Everyone is making or bringing something great. When he finally thinks of something, will it be too late? Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 264 2.1 520 Amazon RDQ based on a maximum of 3000 words Levels are suggested levels based on RDQ, not official levels Sentences Total Words Different Words Max Word/Sent 20 Total # of Words 444 # of Different Words 216 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 256 57.7% # of Hi freq words 85 39.4% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 9 2% # of Low freq words 8 3.7% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Features Rhyming Present Tense Topics Celebrations Parade *Holidays, Events, Cele Christmas Low Frequency Words fellow magical mistletoe peacocks quaint saddened scissors swirling