Title - Just a Little Love Author: Mayer, Mercer Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Little Critter discovers how a little love can fix any problem—big or little Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 197 1.9 430 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 13 Total # of Words 334 # of Different Words 151 Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 168 50.3% # of Hi freq words 52 34.4% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 5 1.5% # of Low freq words 5 3.3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Simple Vocabulary: Easy Language: Simple language Sentences: Captions/Simple Text structure: Oral/Natural Features First Person Present Tense Topics Love Grandparents *Family & Friends Low Frequency Words flush olives pours trooper yelp