Title - The Elves and the Shoemaker Author: Littledale, Freya Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Elves are magical, but elf magic can be unpredictable. In this warmly praised retelling of the classic Grimm's fairy tale, a good-hearted shoemaker finds just how contrary elves can be! Entertain Fairy Tales RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 251 2.1 510 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 31 Total # of Words 727 # of Different Words 244 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 478 65.7% # of Hi freq words 114 46.7% % of Long Sentences 3.6 Low Freq occurs 20 2.8% # of Low freq words 11 4.5% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concept: Fanciful Features Retelling of story/fable/legend Topics Shoes Work Clothes Magic Helping *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words cobblers hammered handsome knit ladies scissors sewed shoemaker shoemaker's stitch surely