Title - Joe and Sparky Get New Wheels Author: Michalak, Jamie Publisher: Candlewick Press Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Sparky is a turtle who likes to stay inside his shell. Joe is a giraffe who likes to stretch his neck and see the world. When a car appears one day at the famous cageless zoo where they live, the two set off on the ride of their lives. Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 430 2.5 620 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 24 Total # of Words 1535 # of Different Words 445 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 1007 65.6% # of Hi freq words 189 42.5% % of Long Sentences 1.2 Low Freq occurs 17 1.1% # of Low freq words 15 3.4% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Inferences: Some implications Table of Contents Chapters Features Topics Travel/Traveling *Animals Adventures Animals: Zoo Low Frequency Words announced average congratulations customers earmuffs familiar halt hubbub lowered millionth newsflash purchases safari stumpy surfboard