Title - Henry and Mudge and the Happy Cat 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 eighth book of their adventures, they make friends with a scruffy but lovable cat. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 221 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 20 Total # of Words 911 # of Different Words 290 Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 580 63.7% # of Hi freq words 132 45.5% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 14 1.5% # of Low freq words 9 3.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Chapters Features Simple Plot Simple Plot Topics Dogs Appearances Cats *Animals Pets Low Frequency Words gizzards grocery prunes purse rude saggy shabbiest shared unique