Collection Analysis Report
for Zolotow 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 18 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.
(18 of 18 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- Picture Book (18 books)
- English Language Arts (17 books)
- Realistic Fiction (10 books)
- Science (4 books)
- Humor (3 books)
- Art (2 books)
- Beginning / Early Reader (2 books)
- Biography (1 books)
- Fairy Tales / Folklore (1 books)
- Health (1 books)
- Music (1 books)
- Nonfiction (1 books)
- Social Studies (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 15 of 18 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: 524 (Range: 340 - 960)
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)
For 5 of 18 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.
- 35 Videos
- 21 Book Readings
- 43 Lesson Plans
- Total of 305 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)'s "Zolotow 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/QLQA4AX
Big Red Lollipop
by Rukhsana Khan and Sophie Blackall
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1, 2
- Genres: Picture Book, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee, Muslim
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 490
- Year Published: 2010
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Clever Beatrice
by Margaret Willey and Heather Solomon
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 600
- Year Published: 2001
The Dark
by Lemony Snicket and Jon Klassen
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 540
- Year Published: 2013
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for The DarkEach Kindness
by Jacqueline Woodson and E.B. Lewis
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 530
- Year Published: 2012
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Slightly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Farfallina and Marcel
by Holly Keller
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 550
- Year Published: 2002
How to Heal a Broken Wing
by Bob Graham
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2008
Kitten's First Full Moon
by Kevin Henkes
- Genres: Beginning / Early Reader, Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts
- Lexile: 450
- Year Published: 2004
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Slightly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
Lucky Song
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Music
- Lexile: 430
- Year Published: 1997
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Lucky SongMe . . . Jane
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: 740
- Year Published: 2011
Moon Plane
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2006
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Moon PlaneMy Best Friend
by Mary Ann Rodman and E.B. Lewis
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 460
- Year Published: 2005
The Night Worker
by Kate Banks and Georg Hallensleben
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 530
- Year Published: 2000
Snow
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 340
- Year Published: 1998
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for SnowSparky!
by Jenny Offill and Chris Appelhans
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 520
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Sparky!Thank You Bear
by Greg Foley
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 380
- Year Published: 2007
What Can You Do with a Paleta?
by Carmen Tafolla and Magaly Morales
- Grades Used: 1
- Genres: Picture Book, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 960
- Year Published: 2009
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly 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: Moderately Complex
What James Likes Best
by Amy Schwartz
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Beginning / Early Reader, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2003
When Sophie Gets Angry...Really, Really Angry
by Molly Bang
- Grades Used: k
- Genres: Picture Book, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health
- Lexile: 340
- Year Published: 1999
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Slightly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
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