Collection Analysis Report
for Kids Who Find Reading Hard
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 13 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.
(13 of 13 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (13 books)
- Realistic Fiction (7 books)
- Picture Book (6 books)
- Health (5 books)
- Social Studies (3 books)
- Humor (2 books)
- Art (1 books)
- Biography (1 books)
- Mystery (1 books)
- Nonfiction (1 books)
- STEAM (1 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (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 13 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: 612 (Range: 120 - 890)
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 13 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.
- 15 Videos
- 8 Book Readings
- 19 Lesson Plans
- Total of 109 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Reading Rockets's "Kids Who Find Reading Hard". 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/QLOBPN7
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- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts, STEAM
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2021
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
Egg-Drop Blues
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 820
- Year Published: 2003
He's My Brother
by Joe Lasker
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1974
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key
Book 1 of the Joey Pigza Series
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health
- Lexile: 890
- Year Published: 1998
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Just Juice
by Karen Hesse and Robert Andrew Parker
- Grades Used: 5
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: 690
- Year Published: 1998
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: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Leo the Late Bloomer
by Robert Kraus and Jose Aruego
- Grades Used: k, 1
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health
- Lexile: 120
- Year Published: 1971
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
My Name is Brain Brian
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 700
- Year Published: 1993
My Year with Harry Potter
by Ben Buchanan
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2001
Niagara Falls, or Does It?
by Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver
Book 1 of the Hank Zipzer Series
- Genres: Humor, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 610
- Year Published: 2003
Thank You, Mr. Falker
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: 650
- Year Published: 1998
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
When Will I Read?
by Miriam Cohen and Lillian Hoban
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health
- Lexile: 500
- Year Published: 1977
Whispers in the Graveyard
- Genres: Mystery, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 540
- Year Published: 2004
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