| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| School is starting in the forest, but Chester Raccoon does not want to go. To help ease Chester's fears, Mrs. Raccoon shares a family secret called the Kissing Hand. |
Entertain |
Fantasy |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 262 |
2.1 |
520 |
Amazon
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| RDQ based on a maximum of 3000 words |
Levels are suggested levels based on RDQ, not official levels |
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| Sentences |
Total Words |
Different Words |
| Max Word/Sent |
30 |
Total # of Words |
491 |
# of Different Words |
199 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
7 |
Hi Freq occurs |
274 |
55.8% |
# of Hi freq words |
68 |
34.2% |
| % of Long Sentences |
6.3 |
Low Freq occurs |
9 |
1.8% |
# of Low freq words |
8 |
4% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Little support |
| Dialog: Two speakers |
| Dialog: Broken dialogue |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Simple language |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
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| Topics |
| Caring/Hugs |
| Love |
| Courage |
| Helping |
| *Feelings, Behaviors |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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familiar |
limb |
nuzzled |
scamper |
thoughtful |
toasty |
unfolded |
warmth |
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