Title - Curious George and the Dinosaur Author: Rey, Margaret - Alan J. Shalleck Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre While visiting the museum with Jimmy's class, Curious George can't resist climbing onto one of the dinosaur exhibits. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 233 2.0 490 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 17 Total # of Words 414 # of Different Words 190 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 248 59.9% # of Hi freq words 81 42.6% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 5 1.2% # of Low freq words 5 2.6% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Simple language Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concept: Fanciful Features Character traits Topics Monkeys Field Trips Dinosaurs Museums *Entertainment & Fun Low Frequency Words charging curious resist ride'em wandered