Title - Henry and Mudge Get the Cold Shivers Author: Rylant, Cynthia Publisher: Trumpet Club Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Henry and his 180-pound dog Mudge are best friends forever. And in this seventh book of their adventures, they spend a scary but reassuring day at the vet. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 191 1.9 380 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 675 # of Different Words 233 Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 373 55.3% # of Hi freq words 95 40.8% % of Long Sentences 3.5 Low Freq occurs 8 1.2% # of Low freq words 7 3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Simple language Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Features Character traits Simple Plot Topics Dogs Kindness Caring/Hugs *Animals Health Pets Low Frequency Words cough drooled medicine popsicles shedding sickbed yawned