Collection Analysis Report
for History, K-5
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.)
- Picture Book (16 books)
- English Language Arts (15 books)
- History (15 books)
- Nonfiction (13 books)
- Social Studies (11 books)
- Biography (8 books)
- Historical Fiction (4 books)
- Art (3 books)
- STEAM (2 books)
- Science (2 books)
- Adventure (1 books)
- French (1 books)
- Health (1 books)
- Holiday (1 books)
- Math (1 books)
- Poetry (1 books)
- Realistic Fiction (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 16 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: 831 (Range: 530 - 1100)
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 |
Key: Purple highlight represents average.
Source: National Governors Association for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers.[1]
Qualitative Measures (BETA)
For 4 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.
- 27 Videos
- 12 Book Readings
- 21 Lesson Plans
- Total of 287 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)'s "History, K-5". 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/QLCZWGG
A Bear Far from Home
by Susan Fletcher and Rebecca Green
- Genres: Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2022
Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave
by Laban Carrick Hill and Bryan Collier
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1100
- Year Published: 2010
Earmuffs for Everyone!: How Chester Greenwood Became Known as the Inventor of Earmuffs
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 720
- Year Published: 2015
Fifty Cents and a Dream: Young Booker T. Washington
by Jabari Asim and Bryan Collier
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 650
- Year Published: 2012
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
George Washington's Birthday: A Mostly True Tale
by Margaret McNamara and Barry Blitt
- Genres: Holiday, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2012
Georgia in Hawaii: When Georgia O'Keeffe Painted What She Pleased
by Amy Novesky and Yuyi Morales
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: Art, History
- Lexile: 890
- Year Published: 2012
The Hallelujah Flight
by Phil Bildner and John Holyfield
- Grades Used: k, 1, 2
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 760
- Year Published: 2010
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
The Hole Story of the Doughnut
by Pat Miller and Vincent X. Kirsch
- Genres: Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 900
- Year Published: 2016
I Lay My Stitches Down: Poems of American Slavery
by Cynthia Grady and Michele Wood
- Genres: Nonfiction, Poetry
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 990
- Year Published: 2011
The Incredible Life of Balto
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Health, History, Science
- Lexile: 870
- Year Published: 2011
Lady Liberty: A Biography
by Doreen Rappaport and Matt Tavares
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History
- Lexile: 760
- Year Published: 2008
Qualitative Measures:
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by Monica Kulling and Melissa Castrillón
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 840
- Year Published: 2017
Most Loved in All the World
by Tonya Cherie Hegamin and Cozbi A. Cabrera
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 530
- Year Published: 2009
My Heart Will Not Sit Down
by Mara Rockliff and Ann Tanksley
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2012
Nothing Stopped Sophie: The Story of Unshakable Mathematician Sophie Germain
by Cheryl Bardoe and Barbara McClintock
- Grades Used: 1, 2, 3
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, French, History, Math, Social Studies, STEAM
- Lexile: 1030
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Slightly Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
Osnat and Her Dove: The True Story of the World's First Female Rabbi
by Sigal Samuel and Vali Mintzi
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Jewish, Middle Eastern, Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2021
Queen of the Falls
- Grades Used: 3
- Genres: Adventure, Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1060
- Year Published: 2011
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly 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
Teddy: The Remarkable Tale of a President, a Cartoonist, a Toymaker and a Bear
by James Sage and Lisk Feng
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts, History, Social Studies, STEAM
- Lexile: 950
- Year Published: 2019
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for TeddyWhich Side Are You On?: The Story of a Song
by George Ella Lyon and Christopher Cardinale
- Genres: Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 560
- Year Published: 2011
Wonder Horse: The True Story of the World's Smartest Horse
- Genres: Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 690
- Year Published: 2010
Qualitative Measures:
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