Collection Analysis Report
for Inspiring, Imaginative Women
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 10 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.
(10 of 10 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- Picture Book (7 books)
- Biography (6 books)
- History (6 books)
- English Language Arts (5 books)
- Nonfiction (5 books)
- Social Studies (5 books)
- Health (2 books)
- Science (2 books)
- Beginning / Early Reader (1 books)
- Fairy Tales / Folklore (1 books)
- Historical Fiction (1 books)
- Humor (1 books)
- Music (1 books)
- STEAM (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 10 of 10 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: 697 (Range: 470 - 1060)
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 2 of 10 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.
- 6 Videos
- 4 Book Readings
- 18 Lesson Plans
- Total of 122 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Reading Rockets's "Inspiring, Imaginative Women". 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/QLG6OQ4
Annie and Helen
by Deborah Hopkinson and Raúl Colón
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: Health, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 800
- Year Published: 2012
Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909
by Michelle Markel and Melissa Sweet
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, Jewish, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 760
- Year Published: 2013
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Brave GirlIvy Takes Care
by Rosemary Wells and Jim LaMarche
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Science
- Lexile: 830
- Year Published: 2013
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 SongLook Up!: Henrietta Leavitt, Pioneering Woman Astronomer
by Robert Burleigh and Raúl Colón
- Grades Used: 2, 3, 4
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: History, Science, Social Studies, STEAM
- Lexile: 600
- Year Published: 2013
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
Miss Moore Thought Otherwise: How Anne Carroll Moore Created Libraries for Children
by Jan Pinborough and Debby Atwell
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1060
- Year Published: 2013
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
Nurse Clementine
by Simon James
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: 510
- Year Published: 2013
Penny and Her Marble
by Kevin Henkes
- Genres: Beginning / Early Reader
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 470
- Year Published: 2013
The Princess and the Peas
by Caryl Hart and Sarah Warburton
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 560
- Year Published: 2013
Write On, Mercy!: The Secret Life of Mercy Otis Warren
by Gretchen Woelfle and Alexandra Wallner
- Genres: Biography, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: History
- Lexile: 860
- Year Published: 2012
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