Collection Analysis Report
for Immigrant Stories: Life Along the Border
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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.
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(20 of 20 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (19 books)
- Picture Book (15 books)
- Spanish (12 books)
- Social Studies (11 books)
- Realistic Fiction (6 books)
- Humor (3 books)
- Biography (2 books)
- Nonfiction (2 books)
- Poetry (2 books)
- Adventure (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: 649 (Range: 460 - 850)
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 8 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
= 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.
- 49 Videos
- 21 Book Readings
- 47 Lesson Plans
- Total of 426 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Colorin Colorado's "Immigrant Stories: Life Along the Border". 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/QL35H5I
¡Vamos! Let's Cross the Bridge
by Raúl the Third Raúl the Third
Part of the ¡Vamos! Series
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (Latin America)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Spanish
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2021
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Exceedingly Complex
¡Vamos! Let's Go to the Market
by Raúl the Third Raúl the Third
Part of the ¡Vamos! Series
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (Latin America)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Spanish
- Lexile: 610
- Year Published: 2019
Areli Is a Dreamer: A True Story
by Areli Morales and Luisa Uribe
- Grades Used: 5
- Genres: Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee, Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 550
- Year Published: 2021
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: Moderately Complex
Bright Star
by Yuyi Morales
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2021
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Exceedingly Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Exceedingly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Exceedingly Complex
Dreamers
by Yuyi Morales
- Grades Used: k, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee, Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 480
- Year Published: 2018
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
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
From North to South / Del norte al sur
by René Colato Laínez and Joe Cepeda
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Immigrant / Refugee, Latino (Latin America), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Spanish, Social Studies
- Lexile: 640
- Year Published: 2010
La Frontera: El viaje con papá / My Journey with Papa
by Deborah Mills, Alfredo Alva, and Claudia Navarro
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee, Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (Latin America)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Spanish, Social Studies
- Lexile: 730
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for La FronteraLuca's Bridge / El puente de Luca
by Mariana Llanos and Anna Lopez Real
- Genres: Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Immigrant / Refugee, Latino (Latin America), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Spanish
- Lexile: 580
- Year Published: 2019
Mama The Alien / Mama la extraterrestre
by René Colato Laínez and Laura Lacámara
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Spanish, Social Studies
- Lexile: 560
- Year Published: 2016
My Diary from Here to There / Mi diario de quí a allá
by Amada Irma Pérez and Maya Gonzalez
- Grades Used: 4
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee, Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Spanish, Social Studies
- Lexile: 780
- Year Published: 2009
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
My Shoes and I
by René Colato Laínez and Fabricio Vanden Broeck
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Immigrant / Refugee, Latino (Latin America), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Spanish
- Lexile: 460
- Year Published: 2010
My Two Border Towns
by David Bowles and Erika Meza
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (Latin America), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 680
- Year Published: 2021
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Exceedingly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Exceedingly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Exceedingly Complex
Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant's Tale
- Grades Used: k, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- Genres: Adventure, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee, Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (Latin America), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 590
- Year Published: 2013
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Red Glass
by Laura Resau
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Immigrant / Refugee, Latino (Latin America)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 800
- Year Published: 2007
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Red GlassSomos Como Las Nubes / We Are Like the Clouds
by Jorge Argueta and Alfonso Ruano
- Genres: Poetry, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee, Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (Latin America)
- Curricular Areas: Spanish, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2016
Star in the Forest
by Laura Resau
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Immigrant / Refugee, Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 780
- Year Published: 2010
Super Cilantro Girl / La Superniña del Cilantro
by Juan Felipe Herrera and Honorio Robledo Tapia
- Genres: Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Spanish
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2022
They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid's Poems
by David Bowles
- Grades Used: 5
- Genres: Poetry
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee, Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Spanish, Social Studies
- Lexile: 850
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Un tren llamado Esperanza / A Train Called Hope
by Mario Bencastro and Robert Casilla
- Genres: Picture Book, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee, Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (Latin America)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Spanish
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2021
You Weren't With Me
by Chandra Ghosh Ippen and Erich Peter Ippen, Jr.
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2019
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