Collection Analysis Report
for When You Can't Read Just One
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 12 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.
(12 of 12 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (12 books)
- Humor (5 books)
- Mystery (5 books)
- Social Studies (4 books)
- Beginning / Early Reader (3 books)
- Health (2 books)
- Adventure (1 books)
- Art (1 books)
- Biography (1 books)
- Holiday (1 books)
- Math (1 books)
- Nonfiction (1 books)
- Realistic Fiction (1 books)
- Science (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 11 of 12 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: 479 (Range: 190 - 720)
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 4 of 12 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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- Moderately
- Very
- 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
- 35 Lesson Plans
- Total of 121 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Reading Rockets's "When You Can't Read Just One". 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/qlXYAWZ
26 Fairmount Avenue
by Tomie dePaola Tomie dePaola
Book 1 of the 26 Fairmount Avenue Series
- Grades Used: 2, 3, 4
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts
- Lexile: 640
- Year Published: 1999
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon
by Paula Danziger and Tony Ross Paula Danziger and Tony Ross
Part of the Amber Brown Series
- Grades Used: 2, 3
- Genres: Humor, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 720
- Year Published: 1994
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly 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
Arthur's Nose
Part of the Arthur Series
- Genres: Humor
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health
- Lexile: 350
- Year Published: 1976
Dinosaurs Before Dark
by Mary Pope Osborne and Salvatore Murdocca Mary Pope Osborne and Salvatore Murdocca
Book 1 of the Magic Tree House Series
- Grades Used: 1, 2, 3, 4
- Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 510
- Year Published: 1992
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective
by Donald J. Sobol Donald J. Sobol
Part of the Encyclopedia Brown Series
- Genres: Mystery
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 560
- Year Published: 2007
Fox on the Job
- Genres: Beginning / Early Reader, Humor
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Math, Social Studies
- Lexile: 440
- Year Published: 1988
Frog and Toad Together
Part of the Frog and Toad Series
- Grades Used: 1, 2
- Genres: Beginning / Early Reader, Humor
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: 330
- Year Published: 1972
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Slightly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
The Hamster of the Baskervilles
by Bruce Hale
- Genres: Humor, Mystery
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 520
- Year Published: 2003
Max's Birthday
- Genres: Holiday
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 190
- Year Published: 1985
The Mystery Off Glen Road
- Genres: Mystery
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1956
Nate the Great and the Boring Beach Bag
by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat and Marc Simont Marjorie Weinman Sharmat and Marc Simont
Part of the Nate the Great Series
- Genres: Mystery, Beginning / Early Reader
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 520
- Year Published: 1987
The Talking T. Rex
by Ron Roy and John Steven Gurney Ron Roy and John Steven Gurney
Book 20 of the A to Z Mysteries
- Genres: Mystery
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 490
- Year Published: 2003
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