Title - The Snow Child Author: Littledale, Freya Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre An elderly couple's wish comes true when their little girl of snow magically comes to life. Entertain Folk Tales RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 282 2.2 530 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 22 Total # of Words 864 # of Different Words 283 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 577 66.8% # of Hi freq words 125 44.2% % of Long Sentences 2 Low Freq occurs 5 0.6% # of Low freq words 5 1.8% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concept: Fanciful Features Retelling of story/fable/legend Storybook Language Topics Temperature *Weather Wishes Winter Seasons Children Snowmen Cold Snow Parents Low Frequency Words carriage dainty faraway icicles shown