Title - Blueberries on Parade Author: Hutta, K. Emily - Victoria Saxon Publisher: Advance Publishers Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Francis is a den mother for the blueberry troup. Based on Disney/Pixar's popular movie "A Bug's Life". Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 444 2.6 620 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 23 Total # of Words 942 # of Different Words 356 Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 562 59.7% # of Hi freq words 145 40.7% % of Long Sentences 1.5 Low Freq occurs 25 2.7% # of Low freq words 20 5.6% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concept: Fanciful Features Topics Bullies Parade Helping *Entertainment & Fun Low Frequency Words antennae approach banquet boysenberries boysenberry enthusiastically honor honorary infirmary meanwhile muttered outsmart patient piling rescued route saluted scowled scrambled suggest