Collection Analysis Report
for Reading Picture Books, Writing Poetry
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 22 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.
(22 of 22 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (22 books)
- Picture Book (22 books)
- Poetry (11 books)
- Science (7 books)
- Nonfiction (6 books)
- Realistic Fiction (5 books)
- Art (3 books)
- Social Studies (3 books)
- Health (2 books)
- Humor (2 books)
- Sports (2 books)
- Biography (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 22 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: 631 (Range: 250 - 920)
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)
For 1 of 22 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.
- 12 Videos
- 3 Book Readings
- 18 Lesson Plans
- Total of 200 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Booklist's "Reading Picture Books, Writing Poetry". 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/QLS9997
All the Places to Love
by Patricia MacLachlan and Mike Wimmer
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 920
- Year Published: 1994
Aneesa Lee and the Weaver's Gift
by Nikki Grimes and Ashley Bryan
- Genres: Nonfiction, Poetry, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1999
Cool Melons - Turn to Frogs!: The Life and Poems of Issa
by Matthew Gollub and Kazuko G. Stone
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book, Poetry
- Cultural Experiences: Asian, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 860
- Year Published: 1998
Flicker Flash
by Joan Bransfield Graham and Nancy Davis
- Genres: Poetry, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Science, English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2003
Hailstones and Halibut Bones
by Mary O'Neill and John Wallner
- Genres: Nonfiction, Poetry, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1961
I Want to Be
by Thylias Moss and Jerry Pinkney
- Genres: Picture Book, Poetry
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 640
- Year Published: 1993
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for I Want to BeIf I Were Queen of the World
by Fred Hiatt
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 910
- Year Published: 1997
It's Raining Laughter
by Nikki Grimes and Myles C. Pinkney
- Genres: Nonfiction, Poetry, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1997
Jessie's Island
by Sheryl McFarlane and Sheena Lott
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 860
- Year Published: 1992
Knoxville, Tennessee
by Nikki Giovanni and Larry Johnson
- Genres: Poetry, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1994
Monster Motel
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1993
Once I Was...
by Niki Clark Leopold and Woodleigh Marx Hubbard
- Genres: Poetry, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health
- Lexile: 250
- Year Published: 1999
Rimshots: Basketball Pix, Rolls, and Rhythms
- Genres: Nonfiction, Poetry, Sports, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 810
- Year Published: 1999
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for RimshotsSome Things Are Scary
by Florence Parry Heide and Jules Feiffer
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 480
- Year Published: 2000
Something Beautiful
by Sharon Dennis Wyeth and Chris K. Soentpiet
- Genres: Picture Book, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 490
- Year Published: 2002
Stone Bench in an Empty Park
by Paul B. Janeczko and Henri Silberman
- Genres: Nonfiction, Poetry, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2000
Up North at the Cabin
by Marsha Wilson Chall and Steve Johnson
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Science, English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1992
Uptown
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 620
- Year Published: 2000
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for UptownWhat a Wonderful World
by George David Weiss, Bob Thiele, and Ashley Bryan
- Genres: Picture Book, Sports
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 280
- Year Published: 1967
What You Know First
by Patricia MacLachlan and Barry Moser
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1995
When I Was Little: A Four-Year-Old's Memoir of Her Youth
by Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell
- Grades Used: k, 1
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health
- Lexile: 460
- Year Published: 1993
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Slightly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
Winter Eyes
- Genres: Poetry, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1999
Qualitative Measures:
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