| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Leo isn't reading, or writing, or drawing, or even speaking, and his father is concerned. But Leo's mother isn't. She knows her son will do all those things, and more, when he's ready. A reassuring book for late bloomers. |
Entertain |
Fantasy |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 171 |
1.8 |
230 |
Amazon
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| RDQ based on a maximum of 3000 words |
Levels are suggested levels based on RDQ, not official levels |
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| Sentences |
Total Words |
Different Words |
| Max Word/Sent |
11 |
Total # of Words |
169 |
# of Different Words |
83 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
4 |
Hi Freq occurs |
60 |
35.5% |
# of Hi freq words |
26 |
31.3% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
2 |
1.2% |
# of Low freq words |
2 |
2.4% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Dialog: Two speakers |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
| Concept: Fanciful |
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| Topics |
| Growth/Growing |
| Children |
| Observation |
| Differences |
| *Feelings, Behaviors |
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