Collection Analysis Report
for Young Children Exploring Their World
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 (11 books)
- Science (3 books)
- Social Studies (3 books)
- Beginning / Early Reader (2 books)
- Spanish (2 books)
- Health (1 books)
- Holiday (1 books)
- Humor (1 books)
- Poetry (1 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (1 books)
- Sports (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 9 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: 496 (Range: 310 - 690)
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 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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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.
- 17 Videos
- 6 Book Readings
- 24 Lesson Plans
- Total of 210 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)'s "Young Children Exploring Their World". 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/QLHV4SC
Babies Don't Walk, They Ride!
by Kathy Henderson and Lauren Tobia
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2016
Baby Radar
by Naomi Shihab Nye and Nancy Carpenter
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2003
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Baby RadarBebé Goes Shopping
by Susan Middleton Elya and Steven Salerno
- Genres: Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Spanish, Social Studies
- Lexile: 510
- Year Published: 2006
Day Care Days
by Mary Brigid Barrett and Patti Beling Murphy
- Genres: Poetry, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1999
Farmers' Market
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1997
Guess the Baby
by Simon French and Donna Rawlins
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Beginning / Early Reader, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2002
Hi
by Ann Herbert Scott and Glo Coalson
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1994
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for HiJamal's Busy Day
by Wade Hudson and George Ford
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 450
- Year Published: 1991
Last Stop on Market Street
by Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 610
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Little Mamá Forgets
by Robin Cruise and Stacey Dressen-McQueen
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 600
- Year Published: 2006
Madlenka's Dog
by Peter Sís
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 310
- Year Published: 2002
Margaret and Margarita / Margarita y Margaret
by Lynn Reiser
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Spanish
- Lexile: 320
- Year Published: 1993
My Day, Your Day
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2001
My Father's Shop
- Genres: Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 500
- Year Published: 2006
One Sunday Morning
by Yumi Heo
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1999
Oscar's Half Birthday
by Bob Graham
- Genres: Holiday, Sports, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Multiracial / Mixed Race
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2005
Supermarket!
by Charlotte Doyle and Nadine Bernard Westcott
- Genres: Humor, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2004
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Supermarket!Toshi's Little Treasures
by Nadine Robert and Aki
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 690
- Year Published: 2016
Wemberly Worried
by Kevin Henkes
- Grades Used: k, 1, 2
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health
- Lexile: 480
- Year Published: 2000
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Slightly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
What James Likes Best
by Amy Schwartz
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Beginning / Early Reader, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2003
Wheels
by Shirley Hughes
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1991
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for WheelsWho's Whose?
by Jan Ormerod
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1998
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Who's Whose?Explore all of TeachingBooks
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