Title - How to Catch a Heffalump Author: Disney Artists Publisher: Disney Editions Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Pooh and Piglet try to catch a heffalump. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 447 2.6 620 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 23 Total # of Words 1363 # of Different Words 365 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 849 62.3% # of Hi freq words 168 46% % of Long Sentences 1.5 Low Freq occurs 33 2.4% # of Low freq words 19 5.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Features Simple Plot Topics Chasing/Catching Plans/Planning *Fictional Ideas/Charac Low Frequency Words acre chasing excitedly heavier heffalump heffalumps homey imagining inched lighter lure meanwhile nervously piglet shovel shown sleepily terribly urged