Title - A Mouse in My House Author: Orshoski, Paul Publisher: Trumpet Club Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre A smart little mouse evades capture at every turn in this funny and zany escapade. Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 208 2.0 470 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 12 Total # of Words 463 # of Different Words 106 Ave Word/.Sent 11 Hi Freq occurs 288 62.2% # of Hi freq words 23 21.7% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 10 2.2% # of Low freq words 10 9.4% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Oral/Natural Concept: Fanciful Features First Person Rhyming Topics *Animals Imagination *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words bumbles burps furry glues posy pounces scraggly shaggy wriggles yowls