Title - The Happy Hippopotami Author: Martin, Jr., Bill Publisher: Harcourt Brace Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Dozens of happy hippopotamuses have a fun-filled holiday at the beach. Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 571 2.9 650 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 24 Total # of Words 254 # of Different Words 172 Ave Word/.Sent 15 Hi Freq occurs 90 35.4% # of Hi freq words 30 17.4% % of Long Sentences 43.8 Low Freq occurs 47 18.5% # of Low freq words 45 26.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Concept: Fanciful Features Rhyming Unusual use of vocabulary Topics Zoos Summer Dance/Dancing Swimming *Animals Beach Low Frequency Words aboard appreciation boulders britches crackersnackers flylets foe gooey granite guitars happypotamuses hippoholiday hippopotadaughters hippopotamamas hippopotamezes hippopotami hippopotamights hippopotamisses hippopotamisters hippopotamuses hippopotapilots hippopotapooses hippopotapoppas hippopotapreachers hippopotaprizes hippopotasons hippy hoping inspiration looses maypole motion pockets polka poppasicles sandywiches shallow shoppas somersaulting stroll sunburned toddling trapezes vie whiskers