Collection Analysis Report
for Wordless books
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.)
- Picture Book (20 books)
- English Language Arts (18 books)
- Art (5 books)
- Humor (5 books)
- Science (5 books)
- Adventure (3 books)
- Fairy Tales / Folklore (2 books)
- Nonfiction (2 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (2 books)
- Social Studies (2 books)
- Graphic Novel (1 books)
- Health (1 books)
- Historical Fiction (1 books)
- History (1 books)
- Holiday (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 2 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: 420 (Range: 300 - 540)
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 |
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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- Moderately
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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.
- 31 Videos
- 10 Book Readings
- 33 Lesson Plans
- Total of 189 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Colorin Colorado's "Wordless books". 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/QLTET7H
Ben's Dream
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Art
- Lexile: 540
- Year Published: 1982
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Ben's DreamA Boy, a Dog, and a Frog
by Mercer Mayer
- Grades Used: k
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Science, English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2003
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Exceedingly Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Slightly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
Cat on the Bus
by Aram Kim
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2016
Changes, Changes
by Pat Hutchins
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1971
Clown
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1998
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for ClownFrog Goes to Dinner
by Mercer Mayer
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2003
Frog on His Own
by Mercer Mayer
- Genres: Adventure, Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Science, English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2003
Frog, Where Are You?
by Mercer Mayer
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Science, English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2003
Good Dog, Carl
by Alexandra Day Alexandra Day
Part of the Good Dog, Carl Series
- Genres: Adventure, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1991
Herizon
by Daniel W. Vandever and Corey Begay
- Genres: Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2021
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for HerizonThe Lion and the Mouse
by Aesop and Jerry Pinkney
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1988
Noah's Ark
by Peter Spier
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1977
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Noah's ArkPancakes for Breakfast
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1978
Peter Spier's Christmas!
by Peter Spier
- Genres: Holiday, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1983
Peter Spier's Rain
by Peter Spier
- Genres: Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1982
Polar Slumber / Sueno Polar
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2007
Rosie's Walk
by Pat Hutchins
- Grades Used: k, 1
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1968
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Exceedingly Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
Sector 7
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1999
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Sector 7The Snowman
- Genres: Adventure, Graphic Novel, Science Fiction / Fantasy, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 300
- Year Published: 1978
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for The SnowmanUnspoken: A Story from the Underground Railroad
by Henry Cole
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2012
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for UnspokenExplore all of TeachingBooks
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