Title - King Donkey Ears
Author: Sims, Lesley
Publisher: Usborne Books

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
The King has a secret. He has donkey's ears! But when he tells the barber his secret, it surely can't be a secret for long. Entertain Folk Tales
RDQ
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198 1.9 440 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 20 Total # of Words 259 # of Different Words 131
Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 127 49% # of Hi freq words 50 38.2%
% of Long Sentences 2.3 Low Freq occurs 7 2.7% # of Low freq words 5 3.8%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Speech Bubbles
Dialog: Two speakers
Sentences: Multiple phrases
Text structure: Blend of written/oral
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Topics
Appearances
Secrets
Kings/Queens
*Human Body & Health
Low Frequency Words
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