Title - Four Fur Feet Author: Brown, Margaret Wise Publisher: Dell Yearling Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Poetic text and illustrations describe an animal's journey around the world on his four fur feet. Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 176 1.8 260 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 36 Total # of Words 397 # of Different Words 89 Ave Word/.Sent 15 Hi Freq occurs 173 43.6% # of Hi freq words 30 33.7% % of Long Sentences 7.7 Low Freq occurs 3 0.8% # of Low freq words 2 2.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support No pattern variation 1 pattern excl open/close Patterned but many changes Vocabulary: Easy Language: Simple language Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Concept: Fanciful Features Topics Travel/Traveling Places Low Frequency Words furry shone