Title - The Dream Book
Author: Brown, Margaret Wise
Publisher: Dell Yearling

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
What do the animals dream of? This charming story tells of what a squirrel, a rabbit, and other animals might dream of, as well as a little boy and girl. Entertain Concept
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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423 2.5 620 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 42 Total # of Words 251 # of Different Words 119
Ave Word/.Sent 17 Hi Freq occurs 127 50.6% # of Hi freq words 32 26.9%
% of Long Sentences 21.4 Low Freq occurs 7 2.8% # of Low freq words 6 5%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues
Language: Colorful, figurative
Sentences: Many Long Complex
Text structure: Difficult
Concept: Fanciful
Features
Figurative Language
Unconventional punctuation
Topics
Dreams
*Feelings, Behaviors
Low Frequency Words
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