| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Poppleton has the best friends! When he's feeling landlocked, Hudson goes to the shore with him. When he has dry, flaky skin, Cherry Sue helps him treat it. And when Poppleton grows tired of eating grapefruit, his friends help him find an even better way to live a long and healthy life. |
Entertain |
Fantasy |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 298 |
2.2 |
540 |
Amazon
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| RDQ based on a maximum of 3000 words |
Levels are suggested levels based on RDQ, not official levels |
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| Sentences |
Total Words |
Different Words |
| Max Word/Sent |
20 |
Total # of Words |
778 |
# of Different Words |
245 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
6 |
Hi Freq occurs |
463 |
59.5% |
# of Hi freq words |
115 |
46.9% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
34 |
4.4% |
# of Low freq words |
16 |
6.5% |
| 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 |
| Table of Contents |
| Chapters |
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| Topics |
| Attitudes |
| Food |
| Skin |
| Health |
| Beach |
| *Family & Friends |
| *Feelings, Behaviors |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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biscuits |
collected |
dandelion |
flaking |
ladies |
landlocked |
lint |
llama |
poppleton |
poppleton's |
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sassy |
sweater |
swept |
tiniest |
unfolded |
wart |
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