Title - Barney's Color Surprise Author: Dudko, Mary Ann Publisher: Addison-Wesley Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre This brilliantly-colored photography book encourages children to identify primary and secondary colors in a fun and meaningful way. Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 124 1.4 160 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 155 # of Different Words 81 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 66 42.6% # of Hi freq words 23 28.4% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 1 0.6% # of Low freq words 1 1.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Some phrases/refrains repeated Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Features Topics Painting Colors *Arts & Crafts Low Frequency Words rainbow's