Collection Analysis Report
for TD Children's Lit
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 20 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.
(20 of 20 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (10 books)
- French (10 books)
- Realistic Fiction (9 books)
- Social Studies (9 books)
- Historical Fiction (5 books)
- History (4 books)
- Music (2 books)
- Picture Book (2 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (2 books)
- Adventure (1 books)
- Health (1 books)
- Mystery (1 books)
- Nonfiction (1 books)
- Science (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 10 of 20 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: 775 (Range: 620 - 980)
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 2 of 20 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.
- 13 Videos
- 25 Book Readings
- 23 Lesson Plans
- Total of 209 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Canadian Children's Book Centre (CCBC)'s "TD Children's Lit". 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/QLV9ASS
À la recherche du bout du monde
by Michel Noël
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: French
- Lexile: Unknown
Chère Traudi
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Curricular Areas: French, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2008
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Chère TraudiThe Crazy Man
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 750
- Year Published: 2005
Elijah of Buxton
- Grades Used: 6, 7
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 980
- Year Published: 2007
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Exceedingly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
The Hunchback Assignments
Book 1 of the Hunchback Assignments Series
- Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 680
- Year Published: 2009
L'envers de la chanson: Des enfants au travail 1850-1950
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: French, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2006
La fille d'en face
by Linda Amyot
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: French
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2010
La saison des pluies
by Mario Brassard and Suana Verelst
- Curricular Areas: French, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2011
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Le GéraniumLe nul et la chipie
by François Barcelo and Anne Villeneuve
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: French, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2004
Mable Riley: A Reliable Record of Humdrum, Peril, and Romance
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 810
- Year Published: 2004
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Mable RileyThe Man with the Violin
by Kathy Stinson and Dušan Petričić
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Music
- Lexile: 620
- Year Published: 2013
Odd Man Out
by Sarah Ellis
- Genres: Mystery, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 620
- Year Published: 2006
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Odd Man OutOne Year in Coal Harbor
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 880
- Year Published: 2012
Plain Kate
by Erin Bow
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 630
- Year Published: 2010
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Plain KateShin-chi's Canoe
by Nicola I. Campbell and Kim LaFave
- Genres: Picture Book, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 810
- Year Published: 2008
Stones for My Father
by Trilby Kent
- Grades Used: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 970
- Year Published: 2011
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Exceedingly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Un cadeau pour Sophie
by Gilles Vigneault and Stéphane Jorisch
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: French, Music, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
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