Title - Happy Birthday, Moon
Author: Asch, Frank
Publisher: Bradbury Press

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Bear travels to the highest mountaintop to find out what to give the Moon for its birthday, and he buys the moon a beautiful hat as a present. He discovers a delightful surprise -- the Moon has the same birthday as Bear. Or so it seems... Entertain Fantasy
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
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224 2.0 480 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 22 Total # of Words 445 # of Different Words 159
Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 245 55.1% # of Hi freq words 67 42.1%
% of Long Sentences 1.7 Low Freq occurs 3 0.7% # of Low freq words 2 1.3%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Dialog: Two speakers
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Few descriptive words
Sentences: Multiple phrases
Text structure: Blend of written/oral
Inferences: Some implications
Concept: Fanciful
Features
Topics
Sky
Sound/Sounds
Birthdays
Observation
Trying to please
*Feelings, Behaviors
Bears
Relationships
Low Frequency Words
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