Title - Come Again, Pelican Author: Freeman, Don Publisher: Viking Press Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre This charming children's story tells of a great friendship between a young boy vacationing with his parents on the beach and a pelican who comes to the boy's "rescue." Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 481 2.7 630 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 32 Total # of Words 833 # of Different Words 348 Ave Word/.Sent 12 Hi Freq occurs 538 64.6% # of Hi freq words 157 45.1% % of Long Sentences 15.4 Low Freq occurs 32 3.8% # of Low freq words 23 6.6% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Simple Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concept: Fanciful Features Topics Challenges Fish *Animals Friendship Ocean Habitat Birds Low Frequency Words bowing dunes flattered happier joggled nowhere pelican pier realize recede reeled sandpipers silvery sinker soared specially squawking steadily straightaway swept trudged waddled warned