Collection Analysis Report
for Amazing Women
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 11 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.
(11 of 11 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- Nonfiction (9 books)
- Biography (8 books)
- History (8 books)
- Picture Book (6 books)
- Social Studies (5 books)
- Music (3 books)
- English Language Arts (2 books)
- Physical Education (2 books)
- Sports (2 books)
- Art (1 books)
- STEAM (1 books)
- Science (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 10 of 11 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: 778 (Range: 630 - 930)
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 |
6-8 | 925-1185 | 7.00-9.98 | 57-67 | 6.51-10.34 | U-Z | 7.04-9.57 | 4.11-10.66 |
Key: Purple highlight represents average.
Source: National Governors Association for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers.[1]
Qualitative Measures (BETA)
There are currently no items on this list with qualitative measurements.
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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.
- 10 Videos
- 1 Book Readings
- 9 Lesson Plans
- Total of 121 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Reading Rockets's "Amazing Women". 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/QLUP4K5
For the Love of Music: The Remarkable Story of Maria Anna Mozart
by Elizabeth Rusch, Lou Fancher, and Steve Johnson
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: History, Music
- Lexile: 770
- Year Published: 2011
In Her Hands: The Story of Sculptor Augusta Savage
by Alan Schroeder and JaeMe Bereal
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: Art
- Lexile: 630
- Year Published: 2009
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for In Her HandsIrena Sendler and the Children of the Warsaw Ghetto
by Susan Goldman Rubin and Bill Farnsworth
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 930
- Year Published: 2011
Justice Rising: 12 Amazing Black Women in the Civil Rights Movement
by Katheryn Russell-Brown and Kim Holt
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global), Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 860
- Year Published: 2023
Odetta: The Queen of Folk
by Stephen Alcorn and Samantha Thornhill
- Genres: Biography, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: History, Music
- Lexile: 820
- Year Published: 2010
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for OdettaRosa's Bus
by Jo S. Kittinger and Steven Walker
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 710
- Year Published: 2010
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Rosa's BusShe Loved Baseball: The Effa Manley Story
by Audrey Vernick and Don Tate
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Sports, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American, Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: Physical Education
- Lexile: 840
- Year Published: 2010
Skit-Scat Raggedy Cat: Ella Fitzgerald
by Roxane Orgill and Sean Qualls
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: History, Music
- Lexile: 820
- Year Published: 2010
Stand Straight, Ella Kate
by Kate Klise and M. Sarah Klise
- Genres: Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 640
- Year Published: 2010
Summer Birds: The Butterflies of Maria Merian
by Margarita Engle and Julie Paschkis
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science, STEAM
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2010
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Summer BirdsTillie the Terrible Swede: How One Woman, a Sewing Needle, and a Bicycle Changed History
by Sue Stauffacher and Sarah McMenemy
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Sports, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: History, Physical Education, Social Studies
- Lexile: 760
- Year Published: 2011
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