Title - Smithsonian Kids Dinosaurs Author: Acampora, Courtney Publisher: Silver Dolphin Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre includes four dinosaur readers that cover everything from T. rex to fossils Inform Informational RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2535 5.8 980 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 24 Total # of Words 3038 # of Different Words 757 Ave Word/.Sent 10 Hi Freq occurs 1875 61.7% # of Hi freq words 259 34.2% % of Long Sentences 1.4 Low Freq occurs 323 10.6% # of Low freq words 171 22.6% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Vocabulary: Technical/Specialized Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Formal Captions Inserts/Side bars Table of Contents Glossary Bold/Italicized Words Chapters Headings Features Difficult names Foreign words Topics *History Dinosaurs *Animals Low Frequency Words aggressive allosaurus ancestor anchiornis ankylosaurus apatosaurus argentina asteroid bighorn brachiosaurus bulky camptosaurus carnivore ceratosaurus chambered chindesaurus coelophysis comb continents continually crawling curved descendants determine digest diplodocus distances diverse earliest eater's emerged environment eoraptor estimated evolved extinct extinction extremely fend ferns flexible flowering formation fossil fossilize fossilized fused generally germany gondwana guaibasaurus habitat hadrosaur hardens hemisphere herbivore herd herds herrerasaurus hind hipped iguana iguanas iguanodon intact inward kentrosaurus knob laurasia lessened lighter madagascar magnificent maiasaura majungasaurus mamenchisaurus masses measured medium melanorosaurus melanosomes minerals morrison museums mussaurus mysterious national necked nestled northern occupied original osteoderms ostrich otherwise pachycephalosaurus paleontologist paleontologists pangaea petrified plateosaurus positions predator predators preserved preserves process produce prosauropod protection proven quarry raking razor reared recognizable recognized resin reveal revealed ridged riojasaurus rivals roamed sac sacs saltopus saltopus's sauropod sauropod's sauropods science scientifically scientist scotland sediment serrated seventy similar southern spiky spinosaurus staurikosaurus stegosaurus studied suggests supercontinent surprisingly survivors swallow swallowed swampland tanzania theropods thrive throughout transkei tremendous triassic triceratops tyrannosaurus unable unique variety velociraptor vertebrae volcanic ward weighed whiplike whipped