Collection Analysis Report
for Behind Cultural Curtains
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 9 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.
(9 of 9 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- Picture Book (9 books)
- English Language Arts (8 books)
- Social Studies (5 books)
- Realistic Fiction (3 books)
- Fairy Tales / Folklore (2 books)
- Adventure (1 books)
- Historical Fiction (1 books)
- Holiday (1 books)
- Math (1 books)
- Nonfiction (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 8 of 9 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: 676 (Range: 540 - 910)
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)
There are currently no items on this list with qualitative measurements.
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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.
- 3 Videos
- 2 Book Readings
- 7 Lesson Plans
- Total of 56 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Booklist's "Behind Cultural Curtains". 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/QLOXUIP
Forty Fortunes: A Tale of Iran
by Aaron Shepard and Alisher Dianov
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Middle Eastern
- Curricular Areas: Social Studies
- Lexile: 600
- Year Published: 1999
Gift Horse: A Lakota Story
by S.D. Nelson
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 790
- Year Published: 1999
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Gift HorseThe House of Wisdom
by Florence Parry Heide, Judith Heide Gilliland, and Mary GrandPre
- Genres: Adventure, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Middle Eastern
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 910
- Year Published: 1999
I Once Was a Monkey: Stories Buddha Told
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1999
Jamela's Dress
by Niki Daly
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 620
- Year Published: 1999
Manuela's Gift
by Kristyn Rehling Estes and Claire B. Cotts
- Genres: Holiday, Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (Latin America)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 560
- Year Published: 1999
Mei-Mei Loves the Morning
by Margaret Tsubakiyama, Cornelius Van Wright, and Ying-Hwa Hu
- Genres: Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Asian, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 540
- Year Published: 1999
My Rows and Piles of Coins
by Tololwa M. Mollel and E.B. Lewis
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Math, Social Studies
- Lexile: 760
- Year Published: 1999
Tea with Milk
by Allen Say
- Genres: Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 630
- Year Published: 1999
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