Title - Harold and the Purple Crayon
Author: Johnson, Crockett
Publisher: HarperTrophy

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
One evening Harold decides to go for a walk in the moonlight. Armed only with an oversize purple crayon, young Harold draws himself a landscape full of wonder and excitement. Entertain Fantasy
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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154 1.6 190 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 19 Total # of Words 654 # of Different Words 228
Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 407 62.2% # of Hi freq words 79 34.6%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 12 1.8% # of Low freq words 8 3.5%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: High support
Vocabulary: Easy
Language: Simple language
Sentences: Captions/Simple
Text structure: Oral/Natural
Features
Topics
Drawing
*Arts & Crafts
Imagination
Low Frequency Words
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