Title - Itty Bitty Princess Kitty Author: Mews, Melody Publisher: Little Simon Books Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Something exciting is happening in Lollyland. Itty Bitty Kitty’s eighth shooting star is about to arrive and that means she’s going to become a princess! Entertain RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 897 3.4 720 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 34 Total # of Words 3272 # of Different Words 845 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 2263 69.2% # of Hi freq words 369 43.7% % of Long Sentences 5.5 Low Freq occurs 174 5.3% # of Low freq words 96 11.4% Subjective Criteria Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Chapters Features Simple problem/solution Simple Plot Topics Changes Feelings/Emotions Trying to please Princes/Princesses Friendship *Fictional Ideas/Charac Low Frequency Words aboard absolute announcement architect assured balcony candied chipper comfy compliment concentrated concerned confetti construction curled dangled delicious disappointed dismissed doubt dramatic elegant emeralds engraved fairies fairy's ferry fractions fretted geography graceful gracefully grove gulped gumdrop hairstyle hairstyles honest impatiently itsy itty jeweler jewels jingling lollipops lowered lowland luna marshmallows measures miniature moments noticing ohh onyx overwhelmed passageway paused perch perched preparations prettiest racers raspberry reflection relieved required responded royal ruby rumpled sapphires sauce schooled shortcut shrugged sparkling spectacular speechless spikey squealed squishy starfish starstruck structure sundae surely sweetheart syrup tiara tiaras tudor tutor unicorn unmade velvet