Title - The Littles Go Exploring Author: Peterson, John Publisher: Scholastic Print 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 Find at 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 Chapters 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