Collection Analysis Report
for New Voices Award
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 12 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.
(12 of 12 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (11 books)
- Picture Book (11 books)
- Social Studies (7 books)
- Health (4 books)
- History (4 books)
- Nonfiction (3 books)
- Realistic Fiction (3 books)
- Biography (2 books)
- Historical Fiction (2 books)
- Poetry (2 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (2 books)
- Art (1 books)
- Humor (1 books)
- Physical Education (1 books)
- Science (1 books)
- Sports (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 9 of 12 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: 675 (Range: 530 - 880)
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 1 of 12 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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- Moderately
- Very
- Exceedingly
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.
- 6 Videos
- 3 Book Readings
- 22 Lesson Plans
- Total of 155 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Lee & Low Books's "New Voices Award". 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/QLA6NDB
As Fast as Words Could Fly
by Pamela M. Tuck and Eric Velasquez
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 700
- Year Published: 2013
Bird
by Zetta Elliott and Shadra Strickland
- Grades Used: 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Poetry, Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: 600
- Year Published: 2008
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Exceedingly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
The Blue Roses
by Linda Boyden and Amy Córdova Boone
- Genres: Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Science
- Lexile: 600
- Year Published: 2002
Ghosts for Breakfast
by Stanley Todd Terasaki and Shelly Shinjo
- Genres: Humor, Science Fiction / Fantasy, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2002
It Jes' Happened: When Bill Traylor Started to Draw
by Don Tate and R. Gregory Christie
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: Art, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 830
- Year Published: 2012
Janna and the Kings
by Patricia Smith and Aaron Boyd
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health
- Lexile: 830
- Year Published: 2003
Juna's Jar
by Jane Bahk and Felicia Hoshino
- Genres: Picture Book, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 540
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Juna's JarLove Twelve Miles Long
by Glenda Armand and Colin Bootman
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 530
- Year Published: 2011
My Feet Are Laughing
by Lissette Norman and Frank Morrison
- Genres: Nonfiction, Poetry
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2006
Raymond's Perfect Present
by Therese On Louie and Suling Wang
- Genres: Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2002
Seaside Dream
by Janet Costa Bates and Lambert Davis
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee, African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 570
- Year Published: 2010
Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Sports, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Physical Education, Social Studies
- Lexile: 880
- Year Published: 2005
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