Title - It Looked Like Spilt Milk Author: Shaw, Charles G. Publisher: HarperCollins Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre The white shape silhouetted against a blue background changes on every page.Is it a rabbit, a bird, or just spilt milk? Children are kept guessing until the surprise ending -- and will be encouraged to improvise similar games of their own. Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 72 1.1 110 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 9 Total # of Words 172 # of Different Words 33 Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 81 47.1% # of Hi freq words 7 21.2% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 4 2.3% # of Low freq words 1 3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: High support Opening or Closing text varies 1 pattern excl open/close 2-3 Word changes in a pattern Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Simple language Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Oral/Natural Features Topics Sky *Weather Observation Clouds Imagination Low Frequency Words spilt