Title - The Hippo-Not-Amus Author: Payne, Tony and Jan Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Portly didn't ask to be a hippo; he was just born that way. And frankly, he's starting to find being a hippo no fun at all! So he embarks on a journey to figure out just what kind of animal to be, and along the way, meets all kinds of creatures. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 431 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 25 Total # of Words 1095 # of Different Words 345 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 745 68% # of Hi freq words 158 45.8% % of Long Sentences 2.3 Low Freq occurs 28 2.6% # of Low freq words 18 5.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concept: Fanciful Features Character traits Character development Topics Changes Innovation Determination Self Esteem Choices *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words advice announced determined flappy gir herd inquired kindly knobby knowing mouthful nosceros onoceros pluck portly stilts stubborn thingy