Title - Pippi Longstocking Author: Lindgren, Astrid Publisher: Puffin Unicorn Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Tommy and his sister Annika have a new neighbor at the edge of their Swedish village, a little girl whose name is Pippi Longstocking. She has crazy red pigtails, no parents to tell her what to do, a horse that lives on her porch, a monkey in her house, and a flair for the outrageous. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1291 4.1 790 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 54 Total # of Words 2575 # of Different Words 687 Ave Word/.Sent 15 Hi Freq occurs 1954 75.9% # of Hi freq words 310 45.1% % of Long Sentences 27.8 Low Freq occurs 105 4.1% # of Low freq words 71 10.3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Some implications Concept: Fanciful Chapters Headings Features Character traits Simple Plot Topics Self Control Self Esteem Imagination *Family & Friends *Feelings, Behaviors Neighbors Low Frequency Words absolutely annika annika's announced anxiously bannister bordered cannibal cannibals caramel cautiously courage drawers drowned extremely farthest freckled freckles gravel griddle heigh instant introduce ironed isles journeys lighting likely liver longed longstocking meanwhile mirrors munching naturally necklaces nilsson obedient ought overboard overgrown pankee pankye parlor pearl peephole pippi playmate playmates preferred promenade remarkable riot sailors satisfaction sewed shimmering skillfully sliding spanking stables stockings stylish thoughtfully threshold tol tumbledown villekulla villekulla's yanked yolk