Title - Stuart Little Author: White, E.B. Publisher: HarperCollins Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre After being adopted by a human family, a tiny mouse sets out to win over his resentful new brother and the family feline, while fending off a gang of cats who want him out of the house. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1645 4.5 850 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 65 Total # of Words 2754 # of Different Words 777 Ave Word/.Sent 15 Hi Freq occurs 2010 73% # of Hi freq words 320 41.2% % of Long Sentences 27.4 Low Freq occurs 135 4.9% # of Low freq words 97 12.5% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concept: Fanciful Features Character traits Simple Plot Topics Size Mice Family *Family & Friends Low Frequency Words abbey abdominal agreeable annoyed arose awl basin belittling bellrope cigarette comb construct conversation conversations crouch curious drawn embarrass emerge faraway faucet fellow fishhook friar general grasping grouse hairpin handkerchief handsome horrified household inconvenience inquired knelt littles lively louse mackerel mentioned moisten mousehole notions nursery opinion ought ounce pantry particularly perspiration pleasant plink pockets poem pong preferred presented properly prove provided radiator radiators references remarked rhyme riser scarf seize shelves shinnying solemnly songbook souse spied stationing stirring stooping streamed stuart's substitute suggest terrific thoughtfully trapeze trifle twas unsuccessful unsuitable venture waking washbasin washcloth weighed weighing whiskers worsted wrapper