Title - Good Night, Baby Bear
Author: Asch, Frank
Publisher: Scholastic

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Winter is coming and Mama Bear has found the perfect spot for hibernating. But Baby Bear doesn't want to go to sleep. First he wants a snack. Then he wants a drink. And now he wants the moon! Entertain Fantasy
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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237 2.0 500 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 21 Total # of Words 582 # of Different Words 204
Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 324 55.7% # of Hi freq words 89 43.6%
% of Long Sentences 1.4 Low Freq occurs 8 1.4% # of Low freq words 8 3.9%
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: Blend of written/oral
Features
Topics
Sleep
*Animals
Bears
Low Frequency Words
embrace heaved lumbered moonlight munched murmured plucked scent