Title - Fables Author: Lobel, Arnold Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre A pig flying through marshmallow clouds? A camel pirouetting through the desert? Where else could a reader find such marvelous things but in a fable? Entertain Fables RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1208 4.0 780 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 30 Total # of Words 3033 # of Different Words 830 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 2289 75.5% # of Hi freq words 341 41.1% % of Long Sentences 7.9 Low Freq occurs 159 5.2% # of Low freq words 123 14.8% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Table of Contents Chapters Headings Features Topics Fantasy *Fictional Ideas/Charac Low Frequency Words accustomed ached advice alas all's announced annoyed anticipation applause arabesques assure attire audience ballet blistered bowing buffeted composed courage critic delicious derby deserve diamonds disagree disagreeable disappointed disappointments doubt dribbles embarrassed entwined existence fashion fatigue flown foolhardy furry gentlemanly gibbon glare glorious gulp handsome healthful height hollyhocks humpy impressed increasingly jeweled kingdom ladies laughter lilies lobster majesty marigolds meadow medals movement noble ordinary ostrich outsmarted pearls pleasantly pleasure poem pose positions pour practiced predicament quiver rainbow's rainstorm relevés respect restaurant reward ridiculous riverbank route routine royal rumor satisfaction sauce scissors scurried secure seldom shaken shiniest shrill shutters sickly smirked solution somewhat spending splendid spokesman squall strolling sunshiny surely swallowed tangle tidy townsfolk truly venture violets vision visions voyage waddled waddling waltzing whirled whiskers wonderfully