Title - The Lion and the Mouse
Author: Mackinnon, Mairi
Publisher: Usborne Books

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
A tiny mouse disturbs King Lion's afternoon nap. 'Don't kill me!' she begs. 'Maybe I can save your life too, one day'. Entertain Concept
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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113 1.4 150 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 10 Total # of Words 92 # of Different Words 63
Ave Word/.Sent 4 Hi Freq occurs 31 33.7% # of Hi freq words 18 28.6%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 0 0% # of Low freq words 0 0%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Speech Bubbles
Dialog: Two speakers
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Simple language
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Blend of written/oral
Features
Topics
Mice
Danger
*Animals
Helping
Low Frequency Words