Collection Analysis Report
for Celebrating Kids Who Learn Differently
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 14 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.
(14 of 14 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (13 books)
- Realistic Fiction (10 books)
- Picture Book (3 books)
- Health (2 books)
- Humor (2 books)
- Social Studies (2 books)
- Adventure (1 books)
- Art (1 books)
- Beginning / Early Reader (1 books)
- Graphic Novel (1 books)
- Math (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 14 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: 599 (Range: 110 - 840)
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 4 of 14 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.
- 35 Videos
- 9 Book Readings
- 19 Lesson Plans
- Total of 183 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Reading Rockets's "Celebrating Kids Who Learn Differently". 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/QLESBQX
Ben and Emma's Big Hit
by Gavin Newsom and Alexandra Thompson
- Genres: Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 600
- Year Published: 2021
Clementine
by Sara Pennypacker and Marla Frazee Sara Pennypacker and Marla Frazee
Book 1 of the Clementine Series
- Grades Used: 3, 4
- Genres: Adventure, Humor, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 790
- Year Published: 2006
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
El Deafo
by Cece Bell
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
- Genres: Humor, Graphic Novel
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Fish in a Tree
- Grades Used: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 550
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
If You're So Smart, How Come You Can't Spell Mississippi?
by Barbara Esham, Carl Gordon, and Mike Gordon
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2008
Last to Finish: A Story about the Smartest Boy in Math Class
by Barbara Esham, Mike Gordon, and Carl Gordon
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Math
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2008
Marvin One Too Many
by Katherine Paterson and Jane Clark Brown
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Beginning / Early Reader
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 400
- Year Published: 2001
Mrs. Gorski, I Think I Have the Wiggle Fidgets
by Barbara Esham, Mike Gordon, and Carl Gordon
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 840
- Year Published: 2008
Ms. McCaw Learns to Draw
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts
- Lexile: 770
- Year Published: 2008
My Travelin' Eye
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: 570
- Year Published: 2008
Ruby Lu, Empress of Everything
by Lenore Look and Anne Wilsdorf
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 560
- Year Published: 2006
Stacey Coolidge's Fancy-Smancy Cursive Handwriting
by Barbara Esham, Mike Gordon, and Carl Gordon
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2008
Susan Laughs
by Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1, 2, 3, 4
- Genres: Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: 110
- Year Published: 2000
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Exceedingly Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
Trout and Me
by Susan Shreve
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 800
- Year Published: 2004
Qualitative Measures:
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