Collection Analysis Report
for Books About Art
This report provides data analyses into the titles on this list to help support your efforts to put the right book in each reader's hands.
This report is organized by Collection Analysis by Genre, Cultural, and Curricular Areas, Quantitative Measures, and Qualitative Measures.
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Collection Analysis by Genre, Cultural, and Curricular Areas
For the 14 books on this list, please find an analysis revealing the quantity of titles associated with genre, cultural, and curriculum classifications. Additionally, please find the "Not Represented" section where you can click to identify other titles to potentially add to this list.
We hope this collection analysis tool helps you achieve the variety and differentiation of books that you want for your reading opportunities.
(14 of 14 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- Art (14 books)
- English Language Arts (10 books)
- Picture Book (10 books)
- Nonfiction (9 books)
- Biography (5 books)
- STEAM (5 books)
- History (2 books)
- Poetry (2 books)
- Realistic Fiction (2 books)
- Science (2 books)
- Health (1 books)
- Music (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 5 of 14 titles that have known Lexile levels, below is the low, high, and average Lexile® for the books in this list. We hope these data points, along with the crosswalk to other measures, provide insights into the variety and differentiation of this collection.
Lexile® Average: 664 (Range: 500 - 840)
Reading Level and Grade Band Crosswalk
Grade Band | Lexile® | ATOS | Degrees of Reading Power® | Flesch-Kincaid | Fountas & Pinnell | Reading Maturity | SourceRater |
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2-3 | 420-820 | 2.75-5.14 | 42-54 | 1.98-5.34 | I-P | 3.53-613 | 0.05-2.48 |
4-5 | 740-1010 | 4.97-7.03 | 52-60 | 4.51-7.72 | O-V | 5.42-7.92 | 0.84-5.75 |
Key: Purple highlight represents average.
Source: National Governors Association for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers.[1]
Qualitative Measures (BETA)
For 2 of 14 titles that have known qualitative measurements, this graph reveals the aggregated low, high, and average qualitative measures for the books in this list. We hope this range of information shows the variety and differentiation of this collection.
Qualitative Text Complexity Ranges
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Qualitative measures for each title are determined by crowd sourced results from professional educators who complete the literary or informational text complexity rubrics. These are relatively new on TeachingBooks so only a small percentage of all the titles have currently been evaluated. Perhaps you can help?
Instructional Materials Summary
Below please find a summary of available multimedia texts and instructional materials that enrich and deepen the discussion of the titles on this list.
- 17 Videos
- 7 Book Readings
- 13 Lesson Plans
- Total of 125 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Reading Rockets's "Books About Art". If you wish to see the curricular areas, genres, Lexile® and Qualitative measures, along with the collection of ready-to-use instructional materials, go online to TeachingBooks at: https://school.teachingbooks.net/QL56DWZ
Action Jackson
by Jan Greenberg, Sandra Jordan, and Robert Andrew Parker
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts, STEAM
- Lexile: 750
- Year Published: 2007
Animals: A First Art Book
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Art, Science
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2004
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for AnimalsArt
- Genres: Poetry, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2006
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for ArtBegin at the Beginning: A Little Artist Learns about Life
by Amy Schwartz
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1983
Black Artists Shaping the World
by Sharna Jackson and Zoé Whitley
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: Art, History
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2021
A Boy Named Isamu: A Story of Isamu Noguchi
by James Yang
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts
- Lexile: 500
- Year Published: 2021
The Dot
by Peter H. Reynolds Peter H. Reynolds
Part of the Creatrilogy
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Picture Book, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts
- Lexile: 500
- Year Published: 2003
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Dreamer from the Village: The Story of Marc Chagall
by Michelle Markel and Emily Lisker
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts, STEAM
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2005
Look!: Body Language in Art
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Art
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2004
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Look!Making a Great Exhibition
by Doro Globus and Rose Blake
- Genres: Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art, STEAM
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2021
A Poke in the I: A Collection of Concrete Poems
by Paul B. Janeczko and Chris Raschka
- Grades Used: 4
- Genres: Nonfiction, Poetry, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts, Music
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2001
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Slightly Complex
- Intertextuality: Slightly Complex
Sister Corita's Words and Shapes
- Genres: Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts, STEAM
- Lexile: 840
- Year Published: 2021
The Sound of Colors: A Journey of the Imagination
by Jimmy Liao
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts, Health, Science
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2006
Uncle Andy's: A Faabbbulous Visit with Andy Warhol
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts, History, STEAM
- Lexile: 730
- Year Published: 2003
Qualitative Measures:
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