Title - Henry And Mudge in Puddle Trouble
Author: Rylant, Cynthia
Publisher: Aladdin

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Henry and his 180-pound dog Mudge are best friends forever. And in this second book of their adventures, they venture out into the wet and happy world of spring. Entertain Realistic Fiction
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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195 1.9 410 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 24 Total # of Words 410 # of Different Words 144
Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 225 54.9% # of Hi freq words 63 43.8%
% of Long Sentences 3.3 Low Freq occurs 6 1.5% # of Low freq words 2 1.4%
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
Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social
Chapters
Features
Topics
Water
*Weather
Fathers
Friendship
*Family & Friends
Pets
Low Frequency Words
furry squish