Collection Analysis Report
for My Dad and Me
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 20 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.
(20 of 20 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (19 books)
- Picture Book (14 books)
- Realistic Fiction (8 books)
- Spanish (5 books)
- Science (3 books)
- Social Studies (3 books)
- Art (2 books)
- Biography (2 books)
- Health (2 books)
- Music (2 books)
- Nonfiction (2 books)
- Poetry (2 books)
- Beginning / Early Reader (1 books)
- Historical Fiction (1 books)
- Holiday (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 14 of 20 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: 579 (Range: 350 - 910)
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 5 of 20 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
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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.
- 24 Videos
- 9 Book Readings
- 24 Lesson Plans
- Total of 249 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Colorin Colorado's "My Dad and Me". 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/qlCVD2Z
Always My Dad
by Sharon Dennis Wyeth and Raúl Colón
- Genres: Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: 550
- Year Published: 1995
Building with Dad
by Carol Nevius and Bill Thomson
- Genres: Poetry, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 540
- Year Published: 2006
Calling the Doves / El canto de las palomas
by Juan Felipe Herrera and Elly Simmons
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book, Poetry
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Spanish
- Lexile: 910
- Year Published: 2001
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
Clean Up, Up, Up!
by Ellen Mayer and Ying-Hwa Hu
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Math
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2018
Dragonwings
by Laurence Yep
- Grades Used: 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global), Immigrant / Refugee
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: 870
- Year Published: 1975
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Guess How Much I Love You
by Sam McBratney and Anita Jeram
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 490
- Year Published: 1994
Hero Dad
by Melinda Hardin and Bryan Langdo
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 550
- Year Published: 2010
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Hero DadHow Far Do You Love Me?
by Lulu Delacre
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science, Spanish
- Lexile: 650
- Year Published: 2013
How Many Stars in the Sky?
by Lenny Hort and James Ransome
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 500
- Year Published: 1991
Just the Two of Us
by Will Smith and Kadir Nelson
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Music
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2001
Kenya's Song
by Linda Trice and Pamela Johnson
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global), Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Music
- Lexile: 520
- Year Published: 2013
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Kenya's SongMy Dad
- Genres: Beginning / Early Reader, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts
- Lexile: 350
- Year Published: 2000
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for My DadMy Daddy and I ...
by Eloise Greenfield and Jan Spivey Gilchrist
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1991
My Papi Has a Motorcycle
by Isabel Quintero and Zeke Peña
- Grades Used: k, 1
- Genres: Picture Book, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Spanish
- Lexile: 750
- Year Published: 2019
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
The Night Worker
by Kate Banks and Georg Hallensleben
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 530
- Year Published: 2000
Papá and Me
by Arthur Dorros and Rudy Gutierrez
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1, 2
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: Art, Spanish
- Lexile: 480
- Year Published: 2008
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Slightly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Papi's Gift
by Karen Stanton and Rene King Moreno
- Genres: Holiday, Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (Latin America)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2007
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Papi's GiftPeek!: A Thai Hide-And-Seek
by Minfong Ho and Holly Meade
- Genres: Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Asian, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2004
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Peek!Quiero a mi papá porque... / I Love My Daddy Because...
by Laurel Porter-Gaylord and Ashley Wolff
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Spanish
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2004
Thunder Boy Jr.
by Sherman Alexie and Yuyi Morales
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1, 2, 3
- Genres: Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 420
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
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