Text Complexity Differentiation Report
for International Books, 2009
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Quantitative Measures
Below is the low, high, and average Lexile® levels for the books in this list. We hope this range shows the variety and differentiation that you want for these titles.
(27 of 40 titles have known Lexile® levels.)
Lexile® Average: 733 (Range: 420 - 1110)
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 |
9-10 | 1050-1335 | 9.67-12.01 | 62-72 | 8.32-12.12 | Z+ | 8.41-10.81 | 9.02-13.93 |
Source: National Governors Association for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers.[1]
Qualitative Measures (BETA)
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 that you want for these titles.
(4 of 40 titles have known qualitative measurements.)
Qualitative Text Complexity Ranges
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Qualitative measures for each title are determined by professional educators who complete the literary or informational text complexity rubrics, and results are crowd sourced for each title. These are relatively new on TeachingBooks, so only a small percentage of all titles have currently been evaluated. Perhaps you can help?
Genre & Curricular Area Measures Summary
Below please find the most common Genres and Curricular Areas for the books in this list. We hope this information shows the variety and differentiation that you want for these titles.
(40 of 40 titles have genres or curricular ares.)
- Realistic Fiction (15 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (9 books)
- Historical Fiction (7 books)
- Adventure (6 books)
- Humor (6 books)
- Fairy Tales / Folklore (5 books)
- Mystery (3 books)
- Nonfiction (2 books)
- Holiday (2 books)
- Graphic Novel (1 books)
- Horror (1 books)
- Biography (1 books)
- Poetry (1 books)
- English Language Arts (38 books)
- Science (6 books)
- Social Studies (6 books)
- History (5 books)
- Health (2 books)
- Math (1 books)
- Music (1 books)
Genre and Curricular Area categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
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.
- 30 Videos
- 26 Book Readings
- 21 Lesson Plans
- Total of 257 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY)'s "International Books, 2009". 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://www.teachingbooks.net/qlz9ghb
Bog Child
by Siobhan Dowd
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Mystery, Realistic Fiction
- Lexile: 530
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Bog ChildCrossing to Paradise
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Music, Social Studies
- Genres: Adventure, Historical Fiction
- Lexile: 640
Daughter of War
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Realistic Fiction
- Lexile: Unknown
Dog Lost
by Ingrid Lee
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Lexile: 570
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Dog LostThe Donkey of Gallipoli: A True Story of Courage in World War I
by Mark Greenwood and Frane Lessac
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Lexile: Unknown
Dragoneye Reborn
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Lexile: 750
The Dragonfly Pool
by Eva Ibbotson and Kevin Hawkes
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Lexile: 960
Elephants Never Forget
by Anushka Ravishankar and Christiane Pieper
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Genres: Poetry
- Lexile: Unknown
A Fistful of Pearls: And Other Tales from Iraq
by Elizabeth Laird and Shelley Fowles
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore
- Lexile: Unknown
Forever Rose
by Hilary McKay
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Genres: Holiday, Humor, Realistic Fiction
- Lexile: 810
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Forever RoseGarmann's Summer
by Stian Hole
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Lexile: 630
The Girl Who Saw Lions
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health
- Genres: Adventure, Realistic Fiction
- Lexile: 790
The Graveyard Book
by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean
- Grades Used: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Lexile: 820
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately 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: Very Complex
The Great Snake: Stories from the Amazon
by Sean Taylor and Fernando Vilela
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore
- Lexile: Unknown
Here Lies Arthur
by Philip Reeve
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Lexile: 890
How to Heal a Broken Wing
by Bob Graham
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: Unknown
I Feel a Foot!
by Maranke Rinck and Martijn Van Der Linden
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Genres: Humor
- Lexile: Unknown
In the Town All Year 'Round
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Lexile: Unknown
The Knife of Never Letting Go
Book 1 of the Chaos Walking Trilogy
- Grades Used: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Lexile: 860
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly 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
The Landing
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Lexile: 1020
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for The LandingLittle Beauty
- Grades Used: 1, 2
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 430
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
The London Eye Mystery
by Siobhan Dowd
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Genres: Mystery
- Lexile: 640
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Minji's Salon
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Genres: Humor
- Lexile: Unknown
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
by Nahoko Uehashi and Yuko Shimizu
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Genres: Adventure, Graphic Novel, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Lexile: 840
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for MoribitoMy Dad's a Birdman
by David Almond and Polly Dunbar
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Lexile: 420
My Two Grannies
by Floella Benjamin and Margaret Chamberlain
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Lexile: Unknown
Nation
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Genres: Adventure, Realistic Fiction, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Lexile: 790
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for NationNewes from the Dead
by Mary Hooper
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Horror
- Lexile: 1110
One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference
by Katie Smith Milway and Eugenie Fernandes
- Curricular Areas: Math, Social Studies
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Lexile: 650
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for One HenOttoline and the Yellow Cat
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Genres: Humor, Mystery
- Lexile: 760
Rex Zero, King of Nothing
by Tim Wynne-Jones Tim Wynne-Jones
Part of the Rex Zero Series
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Humor
- Lexile: Unknown
The Shepherd's Granddaughter
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Lexile: 600
Shin-chi's Canoe
by Nicola I. Campbell and Kim LaFave
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Lexile: 810
The Swan Kingdom
by Zoe Marriott
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Lexile: 910
Tiger Moon
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Lexile: 820
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Tiger MoonTraction Man Meets Turbodog
by Mini Grey
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Genres: Adventure, Humor
- Lexile: 540
Ways to Live Forever
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Lexile: 580
We Are All Born Free: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Pictures
by John Burningham, Niki Daly, and Korky Paul
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Lexile: Unknown
Who Made This Cake?
by Chihiro Nakagawa and Junji Koyose
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Genres: Holiday, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Lexile: Unknown
Would You?
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Lexile: 640
Qualitative Measures:
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