Collection Analysis Report
for Holiday Booklist
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 22 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.
(22 of 22 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- Holiday (22 books)
- English Language Arts (18 books)
- Picture Book (17 books)
- Social Studies (8 books)
- Historical Fiction (4 books)
- Nonfiction (3 books)
- History (2 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (2 books)
- Art (1 books)
- Concept Book (1 books)
- Graphic Novel (1 books)
- Humor (1 books)
- Math (1 books)
- Music (1 books)
- Physical Education (1 books)
- Poetry (1 books)
- Realistic Fiction (1 books)
- Spanish (1 books)
- Sports (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 22 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: 470 - 980)
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 22 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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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.
- 21 Videos
- 11 Book Readings
- 9 Lesson Plans
- Total of 194 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Colorin Colorado's "Holiday Booklist". 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/QL7VZVQ
The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll
by Patricia C. McKissack and Jerry Pinkney
- Genres: Holiday, Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 650
- Year Published: 2007
Baseball Bats for Christmas
by Michael Arvaarluk Kusugak and Vladyana Langer Krykorka
- Genres: Holiday, Sports
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Physical Education
- Lexile: 730
- Year Published: 1990
Christmas in Lagos
- Genres: Holiday, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2019
An Ellis Island Christmas
by Maxinne Rhea Leighton and Dennis Nolan
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Holiday
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 530
- Year Published: 1992
The Gifts of Kwanzaa
- Genres: Holiday, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1994
Grandma's Gift
- Grades Used: k, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Holiday, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), African American, African (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: Art
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2010
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
The Hanukkah Hunt
by Laura Gehl, Olga Ivanov, and Aleksey Ivanov
- Genres: Holiday, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Jewish
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 590
- Year Published: 2022
Hanukkah: A Counting Book in English, Hebrew, and Yiddish
by Emily Sper
- Genres: Holiday, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Jewish
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Math
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2001
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for HanukkahLas Posadas: An Hispanic Christmas Celebration
by Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith and Lawrence Migdale
- Genres: Holiday, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (Latin America)
- Curricular Areas: Spanish, Social Studies
- Lexile: 980
- Year Published: 2000
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Las PosadasLi'l Rabbit's Kwanzaa
by Donna L. Washington and Shane W. Evans
- Genres: Holiday, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 550
- Year Published: 2010
Miracle on 133rd Street
by Sonia Manzano and Marjorie Priceman
- Genres: Holiday, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 640
- Year Published: 2015
Native American Night Before Christmas
by Gary Robinson and Jesse T. Hummingbird
- Genres: Holiday, Poetry, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2007
The Nutcracker in Harlem
by T.E. McMorrow and James Ransome
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Holiday, Science Fiction / Fantasy, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Music
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2017
Oskar and the Eight Blessings
by T.R. Simon, Simon Richard, and Mark Siegel
- Grades Used: 4, 5
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Holiday, Graphic Novel, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Jewish
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 570
- Year Published: 2015
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
Santa Knows
by Cynthia Leitich Smith, Greg Leitich Smith, and Steve Björkman
- Genres: Holiday, Humor, Science Fiction / Fantasy, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 570
- Year Published: 2006
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Santa KnowsSeven Candles for Kwanzaa
by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney
- Genres: Holiday, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 970
- Year Published: 1993
Soulful Holidays: An inclusive rhyming story celebrating the joys of Christmas and Kwanzaa
by Ciara L. Hill and Christian Krabbe
- Genres: Holiday, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2021
Together for Kwanzaa
by Juwanda G. Ford and Shelly Hehenberger
- Genres: Holiday, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 750
- Year Published: 2000
Tree of Cranes
by Allen Say
- Genres: Holiday, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Asian, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 470
- Year Published: 1991
The Trees of the Dancing Goats
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Holiday, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Jewish
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 630
- Year Published: 1996
When Christmas Feels Like Home
by Gretchen Griffith and Carolina Farías
- Genres: Holiday, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Immigrant / Refugee, Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: Social Studies
- Lexile: 540
- Year Published: 2013
A Winter Walk in the City
by Cathy Goldberg Fishman and Melanie W. Hall
- Genres: Concept Book, Holiday, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2020
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