Title - Mice Squeak, We Speak
Author: Shapiro, Arnold L.
Publisher: Scholastic

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Three children describe a menagerie of animals and the sounds they make. Purring cats, snoring bears, mooing cows, and quacking ducks are all pictured in bright bold colors. Entertain Concept
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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86 1.2 120 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 3 Total # of Words 51 # of Different Words 47
Ave Word/.Sent 2 Hi Freq occurs 6 11.8% # of Hi freq words 2 4.3%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 3 5.9% # of Low freq words 3 6.4%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Moderate support
Only 1-4 words per page
Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues
Language: Few descriptive words
Sentences: Captions/Simple
Features
Rhyming
Topics
Sound/Sounds
Words
Me
*Animals
Noises
Low Frequency Words
coyotes neigh screech