Title - Big Red Tub Author: Jarman, Julia Publisher: Orchard Books Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Stan and Stella are having lots of fun in the big, red bathtub. And soon all of the animals want to join them. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 248 2.1 510 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 15 Total # of Words 332 # of Different Words 149 Ave Word/.Sent 4 Hi Freq occurs 145 43.7% # of Hi freq words 41 27.5% % of Long Sentences 1.4 Low Freq occurs 13 3.9% # of Low freq words 12 8.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Several repetitions of phrases or refrains Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Oral/Natural Features Clear cause/effect Rhyming Present Tense Onomatopoeia Topics Water Cleaning *Animals Baths Low Frequency Words dabbles determined flamingos froth kanga's mount pace penguin pursued rubba slish suds tows