Title - The Littles Go Exploring
Author: Peterson, John
Publisher: Scholastic

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Grandpa Little disappeared many years ago. Everyone says he is probably dead...except Granny Little. But when Tom and Lucy, the littlest Littles of all, find a secret room filled with papers belonging to Grandpa Little, they think that maybe he's alive after all. Entertain Fantasy
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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791 3.3 700 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 23 Total # of Words 3144 # of Different Words 690
Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 2272 72.3% # of Hi freq words 323 46.8%
% of Long Sentences 1.5 Low Freq occurs 76 2.4% # of Low freq words 46 6.7%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: No support
Dialog: Multiple speakers
Dialog: Broken dialogue
Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Few descriptive words
Sentences: Multiple phrases
Text structure: Blend of written/oral
Concept: Fanciful
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Features
Simple Plot
Topics
Size
Secrets
Lost
Exploration/Explorers
Grandparents
*Family & Friends
Low Frequency Words
adventures anchored borrow brigade burped cousins cranny delicious della diaper
diary dinky electrical electricity expedition exploring flopping flown gook handkerchief
handsome invasion knowing leftovers limping littles mantelpiece mast midgets nook
ordinary peered prove sailboat socket soldier sooty submarine suits supplies
surely terrified volunteers warned weapons whisper