| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| When Annie's cat disappears one winter morning, the lonely little girl tries to befriend the woodland animals behind her home. This beautiful picture book by best-selling author-illustrator Jan Brett celebrates a child's love of animals, spring, and life. |
Entertain |
Concept |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 233 |
2.0 |
490 |
Amazon
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| RDQ based on a maximum of 3000 words |
Levels are suggested levels based on RDQ, not official levels |
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| Sentences |
Total Words |
Different Words |
| Max Word/Sent |
18 |
Total # of Words |
468 |
# of Different Words |
190 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
9 |
Hi Freq occurs |
260 |
55.6% |
# of Hi freq words |
73 |
38.4% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
9 |
1.9% |
# of Low freq words |
7 |
3.7% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Dialog: Simple |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Many descriptive words |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
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| Features |
| Character traits |
| Simple Plot |
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| Topics |
| Cats |
| *Animals |
| Animals: Forest |
| Pets |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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curled |
furry |
imagined |
snarling |
stag |
unexpected |
wildcat |
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