Title - Be Happy, Little Penguin
Author: Bendall-Brunello, Tiziana
Publisher: QEB

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
With beautiful illustrations and humorous stories, this new series provides an original way of approaching difficult emotional issues such as happiness, self-confidence and friendship with very young children. Entertain Concept
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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224 2.0 480 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 20 Total # of Words 265 # of Different Words 149
Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 135 50.9% # of Hi freq words 53 35.6%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 19 7.2% # of Low freq words 11 7.4%
Subjective Criteria
Dialog: Simple
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Few descriptive words
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Blend of written/oral
Features
Topics
Dance/Dancing
*Music
Low Frequency Words
ballet excitedly flamingo flamingos magnificent orangutan penguin pirouette shriek wandered
whirling