Title - A House for Hermit Crab Author: Carle, Eric Publisher: Simon & Schuster Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Poor Hermit Crab! He's outgrown his snug little shell, so he finds himself a larger one -- and many new friends to decorate and protect his new house. But what will happen when he outgrows this shell, and has to say good-bye to all the sea creatures who have made Hermit Crab's house a home? Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 494 2.7 630 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 27 Total # of Words 875 # of Different Words 297 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 530 60.6% # of Hi freq words 114 38.4% % of Long Sentences 1 Low Freq occurs 49 5.6% # of Low freq words 36 12.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concept: Fanciful Features Topics Water Teams/Teamwork Undersea Life Months Ocean Habitat Helping *Habitats/Environments Low Frequency Words abdomen algae anemone anemones approached barnacles borrows coral crawling debris frightening gingerly gratefully handsome january lanternfish murky murmered nighttime outgrown possibilities prickly rearranged signalled spied spiky sponges starfish sturdy threatened tidy urchin urchins waggling wandered withdraws