Title - The Daydreamer Author: Davies, Kate Publisher: Usborne Books Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre The King has a secret. He has donkey's ears! But when he tells the barber his secret, it surely can't be a secret for long... Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 133 1.5 170 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 9 Total # of Words 134 # of Different Words 84 Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 53 39.6% # of Hi freq words 27 32.1% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 4 3% # of Low freq words 4 4.8% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Speech Bubbles Dialog: Simple Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Oral/Natural Features First Person Present Tense Topics Dreams Wealth Money Low Frequency Words servants sparkly spilt whirl