| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| When author-illustrator extraordinaire Harris Burdick goes missing, all he’s left behind are a series of images with accompanying captions, ideas for separate picture books. |
Entertain |
Mystery |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 466 |
2.6 |
630 |
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 |
36 |
Total # of Words |
519 |
# of Different Words |
271 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
11 |
Hi Freq occurs |
307 |
59.2% |
# of Hi freq words |
110 |
40.6% |
| % of Long Sentences |
15.9 |
Low Freq occurs |
35 |
6.7% |
# of Low freq words |
29 |
10.7% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: No support |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Oral/Natural |
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| Topics |
| Mystery |
| Drawing |
| *Arts & Crafts |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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alfonse |
allsburg |
burdick's |
caption |
captions |
disappearance |
downright |
drawn |
engines |
fascinated |
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further |
imagining |
inspired |
introducing |
introduction |
knob |
lantern |
liner |
lowered |
maple |
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providence |
publisher |
remarkable |
retired |
schooner |
uninvited |
venice |
warned |
wenders |
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