Collection Analysis Report
for Ability, Disability & Ableism
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.)
- English Language Arts (17 books)
- Realistic Fiction (13 books)
- Social Studies (12 books)
- Picture Book (8 books)
- Health (3 books)
- Spanish (3 books)
- Sports (3 books)
- Holiday (2 books)
- Graphic Novel (1 books)
- History (1 books)
- Humor (1 books)
- Music (1 books)
- Physical Education (1 books)
- Poetry (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 12 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: 683 (Range: 550 - 1050)
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 |
9-10 | 1050-1335 | 9.67-12.01 | 62-72 | 8.32-12.12 | Z+ | 8.41-10.81 | 9.02-13.93 |
Key: Purple highlight represents average.
Source: National Governors Association for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers.[1]
Qualitative Measures (BETA)
For 7 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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- 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.
- 53 Videos
- 13 Book Readings
- 56 Lesson Plans
- Total of 334 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Anti-Defamation League's "Ability, Disability & Ableism". 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/qlZYEBH
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
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
- Grades Used: 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 800
- Year Published: 2005
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Exceedingly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Families
by Susan Kuklin
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 560
- Year Published: 2006
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for FamiliesFeatherless / Desplumado
by Ernesto, Jr. Cuevas and Juan Felipe Herrera
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Sports
- Cultural Experiences: Disability, Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Physical Education, Spanish, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2004
Jeremy's Dreidel
by Ellie Gellman and Maria Mola
- Genres: Holiday
- Cultural Experiences: Disability, Jewish
- Curricular Areas: Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2012
King for a Day
by Rukhsana Khan and Christiane Kromer
- Genres: Holiday, Sports
- Cultural Experiences: Asian, Asian (Global), Disability, Muslim, South Asian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 600
- Year Published: 2013
Lily and the Mixed-Up Letters
by Deborah Hodge and France Brassard
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2007
Looking Out for Sarah
by Glenna Lang
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: 600
- Year Published: 2001
Moses Goes to a Concert
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Music, Social Studies
- Lexile: 670
- Year Published: 1998
My Pal, Victor / Mi amigo, Victor
by Diane Gonzales Bertrand and Robert Sweetland
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Spanish
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2004
My Three Best Friends and Me, Zulay
by Cari Best and Vanessa Brantley-Newton
- Grades Used: k, 1
- Genres: Picture Book, Realistic Fiction, Sports
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 550
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Out of My Mind
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 700
- Year Published: 2010
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
Rules
by Cynthia Lord
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5, 6
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 670
- Year Published: 2006
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Saltypie: A Choctaw Journey from Darkness Into Light
by Tim Tingle and Karen Clarkson
- Genres: Picture Book, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2010
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for SaltypieThank You, Mr. Falker
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: 650
- Year Published: 1998
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Through Grandpa's Eyes
by Patricia MacLachlan and Deborah Kogan Ray
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 560
- Year Published: 1983
The Wild Book
- Genres: Poetry
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Disability, Latino (Latin America)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Spanish, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1050
- Year Published: 2012
Wonder
by R.J. Palacio
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 790
- 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
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