Collection Analysis Report
for Stories for the Chinese New Year
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 18 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.
(18 of 18 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (16 books)
- Holiday (11 books)
- Picture Book (9 books)
- Social Studies (9 books)
- Realistic Fiction (4 books)
- Fairy Tales / Folklore (3 books)
- Nonfiction (3 books)
- Concept Book (2 books)
- Health (1 books)
- Historical Fiction (1 books)
- Mystery (1 books)
- Poetry (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 12 of 18 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: 655 (Range: 330 - 1020)
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)
For 2 of 18 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.
- 15 Videos
- 12 Book Readings
- 26 Lesson Plans
- Total of 193 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Colorin Colorado's "Stories for the Chinese New Year". 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/QLOAQ3B
Amy Wu and the Patchwork Dragon
by Kat Zhang and Charlene Chua Kat Zhang and Charlene Chua
Part of the Amy Wu Series
- Genres: Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 500
- Year Published: 2020
Bringing in the New Year
by Grace Lin
- Genres: Holiday, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 330
- Year Published: 2008
The Case of the Goblin Pearls
by Laurence Yep and Nicholas Krenitsky
- Genres: Mystery
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 780
- Year Published: 1997
Celebrate Chinese New Year
by Carolyn Otto
- Genres: Holiday
- Cultural Experiences: Asian, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: Social Studies
- Lexile: 740
- Year Published: 2009
Chinese New Year Colors
by Rich Lo
- Genres: Concept Book, Holiday, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Asian, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2019
The Day the Dragon Danced
by Kay Haugaard and Carolyn Reed Barritt
- Genres: Holiday, Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2006
Goldy Luck and the Three Pandas
by Natasha Yim and Grace Zong
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Holiday, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 560
- Year Published: 2014
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
by Bette Bao Lord and Marc Simont
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee, Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: 730
- Year Published: 1984
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Lion Dancer: Ernie Wan's Chinese New Year
by Kate Waters, Madeline Slovenz-Low, and Martha Cooper
- Genres: Holiday, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 540
- Year Published: 1990
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Lion DancerMoonbeams, Dumplings & Dragon Boats: A Treasury of Chinese Holiday Tales, Activities & Recipes
by Nina Simonds, Leslie Swartz, and Meilo So
- Genres: Holiday, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Asian, Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: Social Studies
- Lexile: 1020
- Year Published: 2002
My Chinatown: One Year in Poems
by Kam Mak
- Genres: Poetry, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee, Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2002
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for My ChinatownNew Clothes for New Year's Day
by Hyun-Joo Bae
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Holiday, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Asian, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2007
Red is a Dragon: A Book of Colors
by Roseanne Greenfield Thong and Grace Lin
- Genres: Concept Book
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2001
The Runaway Rice Cake
by Ying Chang Compestine and Tungwai Chau
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Holiday, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 570
- Year Published: 2001
Sam and the Lucky Money
by Karen Chinn, Cornelius Van Wright, and Ying-Hwa Hu
- Genres: Holiday, Picture Book, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 670
- Year Published: 1995
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Exceedingly Complex
This Next New Year
by Janet S. Wong and Yangsook Choi
- Genres: Holiday, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2000
The Year of the Dog
by Grace Lin
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 690
- Year Published: 2006
The Year of the Rat
by Grace Lin
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 730
- Year Published: 2007
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