Title - The Adventures of Taxi Dog Author: Barracca, Debra and Sal Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre A stray dog named Maxi in New York City is adopted by a taxi driver named Jim, with whom he rides and shares adventures each day, from rushing two clowns and a chimpanzee to the circus, to singing duets with an opera diva. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 335 2.3 580 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 27 Total # of Words 511 # of Different Words 264 Ave Word/.Sent 42 Hi Freq occurs 332 65% # of Hi freq words 107 40.5% % of Long Sentences 25 Low Freq occurs 12 2.3% # of Low freq words 11 4.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Features Rhyming Topics Cities Dogs Pets Low Frequency Words anew biscuit gritty maxi murray passengers performing roamed scarf uptown