Title - The Berenstain Bears and the Missing Dinosaur Bone Author: Berenstain, Stan and Jan Publisher: Random House Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre The Bear Detectives come to the aid of Dr. Bear at the Bear Museum. With less than an hour to spare, the cubs must find the missing dinosaur bone so that everyone can enjoy the dinosaur exhibit. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 296 2.2 540 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 18 Total # of Words 342 # of Different Words 156 Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 161 47.1% # of Hi freq words 48 30.8% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 20 5.8% # of Low freq words 15 9.6% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Simple Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Concept: Fanciful Features Simple Plot Rhyming Topics Mystery Dinosaurs Museums Detectives Low Frequency Words cranny database detective lining mound museum's nook pacing snuff statues sword thieves tomb totem valuable