Title - Too timid to talk Author: Regan, Lisa Publisher: Bonney Press Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre a children’s picture book about a shy hedgehog who wants to invite her forest friends to her birthday party but is too scared to ask. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 474 2.6 630 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 29 Total # of Words 941 # of Different Words 379 Ave Word/.Sent 10 Hi Freq occurs 586 62.3% # of Hi freq words 127 33.5% % of Long Sentences 2.3 Low Freq occurs 43 4.6% # of Low freq words 35 9.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Two speakers Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Features Topics Birthdays Fears Courage *Animals Friendship Animals: Forest *Holidays, Events, Cele Low Frequency Words approaches chorus collected curls gathering gleefully gnawed gnawing hedgehog hedgehog's hesitates interrupt lilies luckily mention nudges otter otters parcel perched practicing prickly realizes reeds requirement scurries startled surely timid trembly trickles trundles uncurls wanders whispers