Collection Analysis Report
for Charlotte Huck 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 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.)
- English Language Arts (13 books)
- Realistic Fiction (6 books)
- Picture Book (4 books)
- Social Studies (3 books)
- Art (2 books)
- Health (2 books)
- Historical Fiction (2 books)
- History (2 books)
- Humor (2 books)
- Adventure (1 books)
- Graphic Novel (1 books)
- Poetry (1 books)
- STEAM (1 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (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 11 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: 717 (Range: 380 - 870)
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 5 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
= 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.
- 50 Videos
- 19 Book Readings
- 43 Lesson Plans
- Total of 373 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)'s "Charlotte Huck 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/QLUF9PC
Absolutely Almost
by Lisa Graff
- Grades Used: 4, 5, 6
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global), Multiracial / Mixed Race
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 750
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
The Crossover
by Kwame Alexander Kwame Alexander
Part of the Crossover Series
- Grades Used: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Poetry, Realistic Fiction, Sports
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 750
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Draw!
by Raúl Colón
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Draw!El Deafo
by Cece Bell
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
- Genres: Humor, Graphic Novel
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
The Farmer and the Clown
by Marla Frazee
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2014
The Madman of Piney Woods
- Genres: Adventure, Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global), Immigrant / Refugee
- Curricular Areas: Health, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 870
- Year Published: 2014
The Meaning of Maggie
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health
- Lexile: 690
- Year Published: 2014
The Most Magnificent Thing
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts, STEAM
- Lexile: 380
- Year Published: 2014
Otis and the Scarecrow
Part of the Otis the Tractor Series
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 690
- Year Published: 2014
Rain Reign
- Grades Used: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 720
- Year Published: 2014
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
Revolution
by Deborah Wiles Deborah Wiles
Book 2 of the Sixties Trilogy, The
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 840
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for RevolutionThe Secret Hum of a Daisy
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 820
- Year Published: 2014
A Snicker of Magic
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 680
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
The Turtle of Oman
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Middle Eastern, Immigrant / Refugee
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 700
- Year Published: 2014
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