Collection Analysis Report
for Young Children and Their Playthings
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 (17 books)
- Realistic Fiction (8 books)
- Humor (6 books)
- Social Studies (3 books)
- Beginning / Early Reader (2 books)
- Poetry (2 books)
- Science (2 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (2 books)
- Art (1 books)
- Concept Book (1 books)
- Holiday (1 books)
- Physical Education (1 books)
- Spanish (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 10 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: 459 (Range: 310 - 590)
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 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
= 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
- 11 Book Readings
- 12 Lesson Plans
- Total of 209 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)'s "Young Children and Their Playthings". 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/QL99FFF
Bear E. Bear
by Susan Straight and Marisabina Russo
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1995
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Bear E. BearBook!
by Kristine O'Connell George and Maggie Smith
- Genres: Beginning / Early Reader, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2001
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Book!Bunny Party
by Rosemary Wells Rosemary Wells
Part of the Max & Ruby Series
- Genres: Concept Book, Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2001
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Bunny PartyCowboy Baby
by Sue Heap
- Genres: Humor, Science Fiction / Fantasy, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1998
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Cowboy BabyElizabeti's Doll
by S.A. Bodeen and Christy Hale S.A. Bodeen and Christy Hale
Book 1 of the Elizabeti's Series
- Genres: Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 560
- Year Published: 1998
Fire Truck
by Peter Sís
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 350
- Year Published: 1998
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Fire TruckI Lost My Bear
- Genres: Humor, Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 450
- Year Published: 1998
I Must Have Bobo!
by Eileen Rosenthal and Marc Rosenthal
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2011
Jamaica's Find
by Juanita Havill and Anne Sibley O'Brien
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 460
- Year Published: 1986
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale
by Mo Willems
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts
- Lexile: 460
- Year Published: 2004
La La Rose
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2004
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for La La RoseLouie's Goose
by H.M. Ehrlich and Emily Bolam
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 510
- Year Published: 2000
Mama Bear
by Chyng Feng Sun and Lolly Robinson
- Genres: Holiday, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 590
- Year Published: 1994
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Mama BearMax's Starry Night
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Beginning / Early Reader, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2001
Max's Toys
by Rosemary Wells Rosemary Wells
Part of the Max & Ruby Series
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1998
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Max's ToysMy Doll, Keshia
by Eloise Greenfield and Jan Spivey Gilchrist
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1991
Niño Wrestles the World
by Yuyi Morales
- Grades Used: k, 1, 2, 3
- Genres: Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Physical Education, Spanish
- Lexile: 420
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Olivia . . . and the Missing Toy
by Ian Falconer
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 480
- Year Published: 2003
Pots and Pans
by Patricia Hubbell and Diane deGroat
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1998
That's Mine, Horace
by Holly Keller
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 310
- Year Published: 2000
Where Go the Boats?: Play-Poems
by Robert Louis Stevenson and Max Grover
- Genres: Poetry, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1998
Wrapping Paper Romp
by Patricia Hubbell and Jennifer Plecas
- Genres: Humor, Poetry
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1998
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