Title - The Little Engine that Could Author: Piper, Watty Publisher: Platt & Munk Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre The classic tale of the determined little blue train engine that, despite its size, triumphantly pulls a train full of toys to the waiting children on the other side of a mountain. Entertain Folk Tales RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 841 3.4 710 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 45 Total # of Words 1178 # of Different Words 302 Ave Word/.Sent 12 Hi Freq occurs 773 65.6% # of Hi freq words 126 41.7% % of Long Sentences 16.8 Low Freq occurs 28 2.4% # of Low freq words 20 6.6% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Two speakers Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Difficult Inferences: Several Implications Concept: Fanciful Features Character traits Topics Sound/Sounds Work Attitudes Cooperation Values Machines *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words aboard berths cheeked chugging curls dingy engines freight indignantly kindly knives lollypops merrily parlor passenger peppermint roundhouse spinach steadily weary