| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| A cow that oinks and a pig that moos are ridiculed by the other barnyard animals until each teaches the other a new sound. This mixed-up barnyard tale of tolerance and friendship teaches kids (and creatures) that it's okay to be different... and sometimes even more fun. |
Entertain |
Fantasy |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 166 |
1.7 |
210 |
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 |
22 |
Total # of Words |
289 |
# of Different Words |
90 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
9 |
Hi Freq occurs |
148 |
51.2% |
# of Hi freq words |
31 |
34.4% |
| % of Long Sentences |
3.2 |
Low Freq occurs |
1 |
0.3% |
# of Low freq words |
1 |
1.1% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Unconventional format |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Simple language |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Oral/Natural |
| Concept: Fanciful |
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| Topics |
| Talking |
| Teacher/Teaching |
| Learning |
| Language |
| *Animals |
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