| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| When a bus driver takes a break from his route, a very unlikely volunteer springs up to take his place-a pigeon! But you've never met one like this before. As he pleads, wheedles, and begs his way through the book, children will love being able to answer back and decide his fate.
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Entertain |
Concept |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 138 |
1.5 |
180 |
Amazon
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| RDQ based on a maximum of 3000 words |
Levels are suggested levels based on RDQ, not official levels |
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| Sentences |
Total Words |
Different Words |
| Max Word/Sent |
20 |
Total # of Words |
162 |
# of Different Words |
94 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
4 |
Hi Freq occurs |
62 |
38.3% |
# of Hi freq words |
25 |
26.6% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
9 |
5.6% |
# of Low freq words |
4 |
4.3% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Dialog: Simple |
| Vocabulary: Easy |
| Language: Simple language |
| Sentences: Captions/Simple |
| Text structure: Oral/Natural |
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| Topics |
| Buses |
| *Feelings, Behaviors |
| Birds |
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