Title - Dinosaur Babies Author: Penner, Lucille Recht Publisher: HarperTrophy Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Meet the cutest (and biggest!) babies of all time. The hatching of eggs, the habits, and the hazards faced by prehistoric toddlers are all here in this accurate, accessible look at a perennially popular subject. Illustrated in full color. Inform Informational RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 671 3.1 670 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 27 Total # of Words 1157 # of Different Words 392 Ave Word/.Sent 11 Hi Freq occurs 700 60.5% # of Hi freq words 140 35.7% % of Long Sentences 5.2 Low Freq occurs 92 8% # of Low freq words 60 15.3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Oral/Natural Inferences: Some implications Features Difficult names Foreign words Topics Dinosaurs *Animals Animals: Prehistoric *Animal Life Low Frequency Words albertosaurus determination fend ferocious fiercely fossil fossilized gigantic gobbled guarded guarders hatched herd herds hind hollowed hunched maiasaur maiasaura maiasaura's maiasaurs mongolia montana mound nesting newborns newly oval oviraptor oviraptors particular peaceful possibility protective prove prowled related relatives rotted scarce scrambled scrawny shelled similar sipping spewing squirmed stalked surely surrounded terrifying toothless toppled troodon tyrannosaurs tyrannosaurus watchful wobbly wriggled youngsters