Title - Madeline and the Bad Hat Author: Bemelmans, Ludwig Publisher: Puffin Unicorn Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre The Spanish Ambassador has moved next door, and Madeline knows right away that his son, Pepito, is bad news. He's mean to animals! Then one day Pepito goes too far -- will a run-in with an angry cat be enough to reform this bad hat? Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 579 2.9 650 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 28 Total # of Words 708 # of Different Words 347 Ave Word/.Sent 11 Hi Freq occurs 454 64.1% # of Hi freq words 141 40.6% % of Long Sentences 3.1 Low Freq occurs 47 6.6% # of Low freq words 40 11.5% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Difficult Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Features Rhyming Topics Children Actions Friendship *Feelings, Behaviors Neighbors Low Frequency Words ambassador ambassadress barbarian bulging doggies embassy evident excellency exceptionally excerise fido former frito ghosted guillotine habitat hammering hedgehogs horrid horror increasing invitation lonesome menagerie misunderstood molest neighborhood outlet paris pepito pepito's rover sawing secours sorrowing starling swear torero unmoved vegetarian