Collection Analysis Report
for Classic Read-Alouds
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 (14 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (7 books)
- Humor (4 books)
- Social Studies (4 books)
- Adventure (2 books)
- Fairy Tales / Folklore (2 books)
- Realistic Fiction (2 books)
- Art (1 books)
- Math (1 books)
- Mystery (1 books)
- Picture Book (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 14 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: 845 (Range: 680 - 1130)
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 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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- 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.
- 16 Videos
- 18 Book Readings
- 35 Lesson Plans
- Total of 156 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Booklist's "Classic Read-Alouds". 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/QLF6KVH
Abel's Island
- Grades Used: 4
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 920
- Year Published: 1976
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
The Borrowers
by Mary Norton, Joe Krush, and Beth Krush
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 780
- Year Published: 1953
Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery
by James Howe, Deborah Howe, and Alan Daniel James Howe, Deborah Howe, and Alan Daniel
Book 1 of the Bunnicula Series
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Humor, Mystery, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 700
- Year Published: 1979
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
The Family Under the Bridge
by Natalie Savage Carlson and Garth Williams
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 680
- Year Published: 1958
The Great Gilly Hopkins
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 800
- Year Published: 1978
Half Magic
by Edward Eager and N.M. Bodecker
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 830
- Year Published: 1954
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Half MagicJames and the Giant Peach
by Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake
- Grades Used: 2, 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 790
- Year Published: 1961
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Many Moons
by James Thurber and Louis Slobodkin
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts
- Lexile: 700
- Year Published: 1943
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Many MoonsMrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 790
- Year Published: 1971
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
by Betty MacDonald and Alexandra Boiger
- Genres: Humor
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1070
- Year Published: 1985
The Phantom Tollbooth
by Norton Juster and Jules Feiffer
- Grades Used: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Math
- Lexile: 1000
- Year Published: 1961
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Ramona the Pest
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Humor
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 850
- Year Published: 1968
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Slightly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
Rootabaga Stories
by Carl Sandburg, Maud Fuller Petersham, and Miska Petersham
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 1130
- Year Published: 1998
Winnie-the-Pooh
by A.A. Milne and Ernest H. Shepard
- Grades Used: 1
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 790
- Year Published: 1926
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Exceedingly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Exceedingly Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
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