Title - There Was a Black Hole That Swallowed the Universe
Author: Ferrie, Chris
Publisher: sourcebooks

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
A wildly imaginative STEAM picture book that transforms story time into a cosmic adventure! PLUS, use a black light to reveal secret, invisible text and artwork that reverses the story from nothing to the scientific creation of everything! Entertain Narrative
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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341 2.3 570 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 20 Total # of Words 606 # of Different Words 144
Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 303 50% # of Hi freq words 45 31.3%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 49 8.1% # of Low freq words 25 17.4%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Little support
Repeated patterns in cumulative form
Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues
Language: Few descriptive words
Sentences: Multiple phrases
Text structure: Oral/Natural
Concepts: Abstract/Complex Environmental
Features
Parody
Topics
*Space
Stars
Planets
Galaxy
Universe
Low Frequency Words
atom atoms cavity fuel galaxies galaxy horizon immense molecule molecules
neutral neutron orbited organic quark reflect singularity spiral squish stabled
stellar swallowed swallowing universe unwell warp