Title - The Gingerbread Boy Author: Galdone, Paul Publisher: Clarion Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre After the cookie boy's dramatic escape from a little old woman's oven, he runs and runs, shouting Catch me if you can! to his various hungry pursuers, including a cow, a field of mowers, and others, the last of whom is a smarty-pants fox. Entertain Fairy Tales RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 369 2.4 590 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 58 Total # of Words 1094 # of Different Words 254 Ave Word/.Sent 10 Hi Freq occurs 746 68.2% # of Hi freq words 117 46.1% % of Long Sentences 11.9 Low Freq occurs 18 1.6% # of Low freq words 9 3.5% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Unconventional format Repeated patterns in cumulative form Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Concept: Fanciful Features Retelling of story/fable/legend Topics Challenges Bread Racing Cooking Food Low Frequency Words cinnamon currants meanwhile mowers raisins sprang strutted threshers threshing