Title - I see the moon and the moon sees me Author: Craig, Helen Publisher: HarperCollins Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Collected here are 54 beloved nursery rhymes, each a favorite of author-illustrator Helen Craig. Entertain Poetry RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1059 3.7 750 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 39 Total # of Words 1848 # of Different Words 643 Ave Word/.Sent 14 Hi Freq occurs 1298 70.2% # of Hi freq words 259 40.3% % of Long Sentences 45.2 Low Freq occurs 97 5.2% # of Low freq words 77 12% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Unconventional format Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Features Storybook Language Rhyming Unusual use of vocabulary Topics Rhyme Words Fantasy *Fictional Ideas/Charac Low Frequency Words adieu bagpipes bough caper cole courting crookers cum curds curling dame danders delve demi diamond dickery dickory dumpty eeper fiddlers fleece foster gander gloucester gotham grey hickory humble humpty incey jiggety ladies mademoiselle marley marley's meadow mistaken mistress nutmeg ohh pieman playmates poll pouring prayers prick pricked pussy quoth sake shove shower sieve sixpence soul soundly spout stile strand swine thistle threads tuffet veils vinegar waft wander ware weaving weeper whey whipped whither wincey winky wrapping