Title - The Important Book Author: Brown, Margaret Wise Publisher: HarperCollins Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre The important thing about "The Important Book" is that the book goes on long after it is closed. What is most important about many familiar things -- like rain and wind, apples and daisies -- is suggested in rhythmic words and vivid pictures. Inform Informational RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 224 2.0 480 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 28 Total # of Words 471 # of Different Words 128 Ave Word/.Sent 12 Hi Freq occurs 297 63.1% # of Hi freq words 33 25.8% % of Long Sentences 13.2 Low Freq occurs 2 0.4% # of Low freq words 2 1.6% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Oral/Natural Features Unconventional punctuation Topics *Weather Colors Night Low Frequency Words daisies hollow