Collection Analysis Report
for Louisa May Alcott and Her Times
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 9 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.
(9 of 9 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- History (7 books)
- English Language Arts (6 books)
- Picture Book (6 books)
- Nonfiction (5 books)
- Biography (4 books)
- Social Studies (4 books)
- Science (3 books)
- Historical Fiction (2 books)
- Adventure (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 9 of 9 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: 742 (Range: 480 - 1040)
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 |
6-8 | 925-1185 | 7.00-9.98 | 57-67 | 6.51-10.34 | U-Z | 7.04-9.57 | 4.11-10.66 |
Key: Purple highlight represents average.
Source: National Governors Association for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers.[1]
Qualitative Measures (BETA)
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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.
- 10 Videos
- 5 Book Readings
- 24 Lesson Plans
- Total of 80 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Reading Rockets's "Louisa May Alcott and Her Times". 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/QLOZRX4
The Apple Pie Tree
by Zoe Hall and Shari Halpern
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: 480
- Year Published: 1996
Civil War on Sunday
by Mary Pope Osborne and Salvatore Murdocca Mary Pope Osborne and Salvatore Murdocca
Book 21 of the Magic Tree House Series
- Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 580
- Year Published: 2000
Henry Hikes to Fitchburg
Part of the Henry Books
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Science
- Lexile: 500
- Year Published: 2000
Louisa May's Battle: How the Civil War Led to Little Women
by Kathleen Krull and Carlyn Beccia
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1040
- Year Published: 2013
Louisa: The Life of Louisa May Alcott
by Yona Zeldis McDonough and Bethanne Andersen
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 890
- Year Published: 2009
Qualitative Measures:
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by Joan Leotta
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 960
- Year Published: 2008
Nettie's Trip South
by Ann Turner and Ronald Himler
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 860
- Year Published: 1948
Pioneer Girl: The Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder
by William Anderson and Dan Andreasen
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: History
- Lexile: 490
- Year Published: 1998
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Pioneer GirlThe Trouble with Henry: A Tale of Walden Pond
by Deborah O'Neal, Angela Westengard, and S.D. Schindler
- Genres: Biography, Historical Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Science
- Lexile: 880
- Year Published: 2005
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