Title - Amazing Bats Author: Greenaway, Frank Publisher: Alfred A Knopf Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre The book explains how bats "see" in the dark, which bats eat fruit or insects and which suck blood, and why some bats have "nose leaves," ear spikes, and other unusual facial features. Inform Informational RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1360 4.1 800 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 39 Total # of Words 2751 # of Different Words 889 Ave Word/.Sent 13 Hi Freq occurs 1745 63.4% # of Hi freq words 314 35.3% % of Long Sentences 11.8 Low Freq occurs 167 6.1% # of Low freq words 120 13.5% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Formal Captions Inserts/Side bars Table of Contents Index Features Difficult names Topics Bats Nature *Animals *Habitats/Environments Low Frequency Words accordions agile brooch colony crannies crested crevices cupful curled dangerously daubenton's dauhenton's disadvantage eared earwigs echo echolocation european fliers fruity furry graceful hairless healthy hibernate hibernating hibernation hind hollow impress ingredients jumbie jumbies keen leks lesser likely lipped liquid mangoes maya measure medicines membranes menus migrate migrating mites movements muncher munches naked nectar netted nighttime noctule noctules nooks nosed noseleaf nostrils nurseries nursery occasional ordinary ounce parasites parched particularly pipistrelles plantations poisoned poisonous pouch prowler pyramid pyramids python raises razor recognize relative resist revolting roosting roosts routine sailor saliva sardines scent sensitive separately shelters signature sleek slender soar stumpy substance suitable survive swerve teeming terrifying tongues trinidad tropical truly underworld unexpectedly unlucky vampire's wedge weird wingspan woodpecker wrinkle wrinkly wrist