Title - Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox Author: Gleiter, Jan Publisher: Raintree Childrens Books Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre The adventures of that giant lumberjack Paul Bunyan and his immense pet blue ox. Entertain Historical Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 512 2.7 640 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 29 Total # of Words 1276 # of Different Words 416 Ave Word/.Sent 10 Hi Freq occurs 858 67.2% # of Hi freq words 177 42.5% % of Long Sentences 5.8 Low Freq occurs 36 2.8% # of Low freq words 20 4.8% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Inferences: Some implications Concept: Fanciful Features Topics Size Trees Work Growth/Growing Legends Places Low Frequency Words biscuit biscuits griddle hals halvorsen hoofprints inkslinger kernel logger loggers logging measured minnesota mississippi redwood rink sourdough stalk tobacco tying