Collection Analysis Report
for South Asia Book Award, 2013
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.)
- English Language Arts (10 books)
- Fairy Tales / Folklore (5 books)
- Picture Book (4 books)
- Realistic Fiction (4 books)
- Science (2 books)
- Social Studies (2 books)
- Graphic Novel (1 books)
- Nonfiction (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 6 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: 758 (Range: 580 - 890)
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 11 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
= low and high range of submitted values = average of submitted values
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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.
- 8 Videos
- 8 Book Readings
- 5 Lesson Plans
- Total of 104 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on South Asia National Outreach Consortium's "South Asia Book Award, 2013". 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/QLFRSFU
Chained
by Lynne Kelly
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: South Asian, Asian, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 770
- Year Published: 2012
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for ChainedThe Elephant's Friend and Other Tales from Ancient India
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: South Asian, Asian, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2012
Ganesha's Sweet Tooth
by Sanjay Patel and Emily Haynes
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: South Asian, Asian, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 580
- Year Published: 2012
Kids of Kabul: Living Bravely Through a Never-Ending War
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: South Asian, Asian, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: Social Studies
- Lexile: 800
- Year Published: 2012
The Rumor
by Anushka Ravishankar and Kanyika Kini
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: South Asian, Asian, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2012
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for The RumorSame Sun Here
by Silas House, Neela Vaswani, and Hilary Schenker
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: South Asian, Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 890
- Year Published: 2012
Shadow
- Grades Used: 5, 6, 7
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee, South Asian, Asian, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 780
- Year Published: 2012
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
The Sweetest Mango
by Malavika Shetty and Ajanta Guhathakurta
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore
- Cultural Experiences: South Asian, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
Tina's Mouth: An Existential Comic Diary
by Keshni Kashyap and Mari Araki
- Genres: Graphic Novel
- Cultural Experiences: South Asian, Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2012
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Tina's MouthThe Whole Story of Half a Girl
- Grades Used: 7
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Multiracial / Mixed Race, South Asian, Asian American, Jewish, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 730
- Year Published: 2012
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
The Wooden Sword: A Jewish Folktale from Afghanistan
by Ann Redisch Stampler and Carol Liddiment
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: South Asian, Asian, Jewish, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2012
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