Title - Bartholomew and the Oobleck
Author: Seuss, Dr.
Publisher: Random House

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
The king, tired of rain, snow, sun, and fog, commands his magicians to make something else come down from the sky; but when oobleck falls in sticky greenish droplets, Bartholomew Cubbins shames the king and saves the kingdom. Entertain Fantasy
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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672 3.1 670 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 32 Total # of Words 1580 # of Different Words 536
Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 1034 65.4% # of Hi freq words 235 43.8%
% of Long Sentences 2.5 Low Freq occurs 95 6% # of Low freq words 61 11.4%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Dialog: Two speakers
Dialog: Broken dialogue
Vocabulary: Some difficult words
Language: Many descriptive words
Sentences: Multiple phrases
Text structure: Blend of written/oral
Sequence of Events: Chronological
Features
Character traits
Simple Plot
Topics
*Weather
*Feelings, Behaviors
Low Frequency Words
bedchamber belfry buttoning cubbyhole diamonds dreadful duffle dungeon frightening glorious
gooey gracious greenish gulped kingdom kingdom's ladies leapt lords magicians
majesty merciful mightiest muff murmured musty muttering mystic nightshirt onion
pelting proclaims ringer's royal shimmering shoved shuffle shuffling sire skies
sprang sputtering stairway stocking swirling tongues topmost trumpeter trumpeter's turrets
vista warn where'd whisker whiskers windowpanes wisp wondrous wrecked yanked
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