Title - Henry and Mudge: The First Book
Author: Rylant, Cynthia
Publisher: Trumpet Club

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
A series about an only child named Henry and his huge best friend, a 180-pound mastiff dog named Mudge. Entertain Realistic Fiction
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 41 Total # of Words 823 # of Different Words 266
Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 491 59.7% # of Hi freq words 101 38%
% of Long Sentences 6.9 Low Freq occurs 6 0.7% # of Low freq words 6 2.3%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Dialog: Two speakers
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Simple language
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Blend of written/oral
Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social
Features
Topics
Dogs
Lost
*Animals
Pets
Relationships
School
Low Frequency Words
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