Collection Analysis Report
for Passport to the World
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 8 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.
(8 of 8 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- HASH(0x55c522ad7e00) (5 books)
- HASH(0x55c522ae69a0) (4 books)
- Science (4 books)
- English Language Arts (3 books)
- HASH(0x55c522b36b58) (2 books)
- History (2 books)
- Art (1 books)
- HASH(0x55c522a53a50) (1 books)
- HASH(0x55c522acbeb8) (1 books)
- HASH(0x55c522af2198) (1 books)
- HASH(0x55c522af2420) (1 books)
- HASH(0x55c522b2e858) (1 books)
- Health (1 books)
- Math (1 books)
- Social Studies (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 6 of 8 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: 698 (Range: 530 - 1090)
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 8 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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- 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.
- 4 Videos
- 3 Book Readings
- 15 Lesson Plans
- Total of 100 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Reading Rockets's "Passport to the World". 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/QL2MVEE
Brush of the Gods
by Lenore Look and Meilo So
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Historical Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Asian, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 580
- Year Published: 2013
Grandma and the Great Gourd: A Bengali Folktale
by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni and Susy Pilgrim Waters
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: South Asian, Asian, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 630
- Year Published: 2013
No Monkeys, No Chocolate
by Melissa Stewart, Allen Young, and Nicole Wong
- Genres: Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Health, Science
- Lexile: 740
- Year Published: 2013
Orangutan
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2013
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for OrangutanPython
by Christopher Cheng and Mark Jackson
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2013
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for PythonRed Kite, Blue Kite
by Ji-li Jiang and Greg Ruth
- Grades Used: k, 1
- Genres: Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Asian, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 530
- Year Published: 2013
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Exceedingly Complex
Room for Everyone
by Naaz Khan and Mercè López
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Concept Book, Number, Humor, Picture Book, Poetry
- Cultural Experiences: African, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Math
- Lexile: 620
- Year Published: 2021
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Exceedingly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Exceedingly Complex
Volcano Rising
by Elizabeth Rusch and Susan Swan
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: 1090
- Year Published: 2013
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