Title - Frog and Toad Together
Author: Lobel, Arnold
Publisher: Harper & Row

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Five further adventures of two best friends, Frog and Toad, as they share cookies, plant a garden, test their bravery, and continue their friendship. Entertain Fantasy
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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447 2.6 620 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 39 Total # of Words 1950 # of Different Words 393
Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 1307 67% # of Hi freq words 187 47.6%
% of Long Sentences 2 Low Freq occurs 7 0.4% # of Low freq words 5 1.3%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Dialog: Two speakers
Dialog: Broken dialogue
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Few descriptive words
Sentences: Multiple phrases
Text structure: Story/Poem
Concept: Fanciful
Features
Character traits
Simple Plot
Unconventional punctuation
Topics
Seeds
Dreams
Feelings/Emotions
*Plants
Growth/Growing
Attitudes
Cooking
Frogs
Self Control
Friendship
Lists
Relationships
Low Frequency Words
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