Collection Analysis Report
for Polar Regions
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 23 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.
(23 of 23 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- Science (19 books)
- Nonfiction (14 books)
- English Language Arts (11 books)
- Social Studies (8 books)
- Picture Book (7 books)
- History (6 books)
- Adventure (5 books)
- Fairy Tales / Folklore (3 books)
- Realistic Fiction (3 books)
- Biography (2 books)
- Humor (2 books)
- Poetry (2 books)
- Health (1 books)
- Math (1 books)
- STEAM (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 18 of 23 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: 855 (Range: 480 - 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 2 of 23 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
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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.
- 2 Videos
- 15 Book Readings
- 15 Lesson Plans
- Total of 153 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Booklist's "Polar Regions". 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/QLAE4MY
Antarctic Antics: A Book of Penguin Poems
by Judy Sierra, Ariane Dewey, and Jose Aruego
- Genres: Humor, Nonfiction, Poetry
- Curricular Areas: Science, English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2003
Antarctic Journal
by Meredith Hooper and Lucia de Leiris
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2000
Antarctic Journal: Four Months at the Bottom of the World
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science, Social Studies, STEAM
- Lexile: 860
- Year Published: 2001
Arctic Explorer: The Story of Matthew Henson
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: History, Science
- Lexile: 1040
- Year Published: 1989
Arctic Son
by Jean Craighead George and Wendell Minor
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 520
- Year Published: 1997
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Arctic SonBuilding an Igloo
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: Science, Social Studies
- Lexile: 720
- Year Published: 1995
The Cremation of Sam McGee
by Robert W. Service and Ted Harrison
- Genres: Nonfiction, Poetry, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1986
Ice Story: Shackleton's Lost Expedition
- Genres: Adventure, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Science
- Lexile: 1130
- Year Published: 1999
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Ice StoryInto the Ice: The Story of Arctic Exploration
by Lynn Curlee
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Science
- Lexile: 1130
- Year Published: 1998
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Into the IceJulie of the Wolves
by Jean Craighead George and John Schoenherr
- Grades Used: 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Adventure, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 860
- Year Published: 1972
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: Very Complex
The Lamp, the Ice, and the Boat Called Fish
by Jacqueline Briggs Martin and Beth Krommes
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Science, Social Studies
- Lexile: 920
- Year Published: 2001
Mr. Popper's Penguins
by Richard Atwater, Robert Lawson, and Florence Atwater
- Grades Used: 4, 5
- Genres: Humor
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Math
- Lexile: 910
- Year Published: 1938
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: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
My Season with Penguins: An Antarctic Journal
by Sophie Webb
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: 1040
- Year Published: 2000
A Northern Alphabet
by Ted Harrison
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1989
The Penguin Family Book
by Lauritz Somme and Sybille Kalas
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: 1090
- Year Published: 1988
Penguins!
by Gail Gibbons
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: 740
- Year Published: 1998
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Penguins!The Polar Bear Son: An Inuit Tale
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 660
- Year Published: 1997
The Polar Bear's Gift
by Jeanne Bushey and Vladyana Langer Krykorka
- Genres: Adventure, Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2001
Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and the Endurance
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1090
- Year Published: 1998
A Small Tall Tale from the Far Far North
by Peter Sís
- Genres: Adventure, Fairy Tales / Folklore, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 610
- Year Published: 2001
Snow Bear
by Jean Craighead George and Wendell Minor
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 480
- Year Published: 2000
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Snow BearSong of Sedna
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 1000
Very Last First Time
by Jan Andrews and Ian Wallace
- Genres: Adventure, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 590
- Year Published: 1986
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