Title - Little Bear
Author: Minarik, Else Holmelund
Publisher: HarperCollins

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Meet Little Bear and meet Mother Bear, who is there whenever Little Bear needs her. When it is cold and snowy outside, she finds just the right outfit for Little Bear to play in. When he goes to the moon, she has a hot lunch waiting for him on his return. Entertain Fantasy
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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142 1.6 180 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 23 Total # of Words 440 # of Different Words 111
Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 225 51.1% # of Hi freq words 50 45%
% of Long Sentences 3.4 Low Freq occurs 0 0% # of Low freq words 0 0%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Dialog: Two speakers
Dialog: Broken dialogue
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Few descriptive words
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Blend of written/oral
Features
Topics
Birthdays
*Holidays, Events, Cele
Low Frequency Words