| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Exquisite illustrations of Beauty and her mysterious suitor, the Beast, are set in a magical castle where animals dressed in period costumes serve them. Woven into glorious tapestries throughout are hidden clues hinting at the Beast's secrets, setting Brett's version apart from others.
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Entertain |
Fairy Tales |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 971 |
3.6 |
730 |
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 |
29 |
Total # of Words |
1838 |
# of Different Words |
633 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
14 |
Hi Freq occurs |
1233 |
67.1% |
# of Hi freq words |
235 |
37.1% |
| % of Long Sentences |
14.8 |
Low Freq occurs |
121 |
6.6% |
# of Low freq words |
110 |
17.4% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Little support |
| Dialog: Two speakers |
| Dialog: Broken dialogue |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Many descriptive words |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Story/Poem |
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| Features |
| Integral Setting |
| Clear cause/effect |
| Simple Plot |
| Storybook Language |
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| Topics |
| Appearances |
| Wealth |
| Princes/Princesses |
| *Fictional Ideas/Charac |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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accord |
admiration |
amazement |
amuse |
amusements |
approached |
bargain |
bartering |
cargo |
casket |
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coaxed |
concerts |
conversation |
courtly |
crescent |
cruel |
curious |
disarmed |
displeased |
dreaded |
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dreadful |
engagements |
exhausted |
fearsome |
fitful |
fitted |
fittings |
flung |
footfalls |
former |
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forsook |
fortune |
furry |
gaiety |
galleries |
gamesman |
garments |
gestured |
grant |
grief |
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handsome |
handsomely |
happier |
homecoming |
hopelessly |
hoping |
illuminated |
implored |
ingratitude |
instant |
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jewels |
kindness |
knelt |
knowing |
lodging |
lowered |
magnificent |
meddlesome |
merchant's |
midst |
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mount |
mournful |
musicians |
nightly |
opera |
overcoming |
penniless |
pleaded |
pledging |
pluck |
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plucked |
presented |
provided |
radiant |
reassured |
reconsider |
rejoicing |
request |
resolve |
revive |
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servant |
servants |
shared |
sober |
social |
solemn |
sorrow |
spied |
spite |
stead |
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strangely |
stricken |
sumptuous |
sword |
tearful |
terrified |
terror |
thoroughly |
thoughtful |
threatening |
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throughout |
towering |
transported |
ugliest |
unable |
wandered |
wealth |
whirl |
willingly |
wonders |
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