Title - Biscuit Visits the Big City Author: Capucilla, Alyssa Satin Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre The city is a big, busy place for a little yellow puppy. From gazing at the tops of tall buildings to chasing pigeons across crowded sidewalks, there's so much to do! There are more people than Biscuit's ever seen before, too—and so many new friends to make Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 108 1.3 150 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 108 # of Different Words 50 Ave Word/.Sent 3 Hi Freq occurs 33 30.6% # of Hi freq words 15 30% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 5 4.6% # of Low freq words 1 2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Vocabulary: Easy Language: Simple language Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Oral/Natural Features Onomatopoeia Topics Cities Dogs *Animals Low Frequency Words biscuit