Title - The Iguana Brothers Author: Johnston, Tony Publisher: Blue Sky Press Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Tom and Dom, a young pair of iguanas, come to believe that they are dinosaurs, and while Dom is just happy with being himself, Tom is uncertain about whether iguana life is right for him. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 598 2.9 660 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 18 Total # of Words 1376 # of Different Words 332 Ave Word/.Sent 4 Hi Freq occurs 783 56.9% # of Hi freq words 121 36.4% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 87 6.3% # of Low freq words 41 12.3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concept: Fanciful Features Foreign words Topics Sky Likes/Dislikes Food Chain Reptiles Dinosaurs *Animals Family Friendship Pretend Relationships Low Frequency Words adiós cierto claro constellation coughing deliciosos dreamily fearsome flaco gross hilarious hola iguana lashy loco lolling mejor munchy ninny ourselves pálido por prettier problema que ruling sí sé screech siento siestas slurp slurped strutted sunning tarantula toucan truly twinkly veras weird