Collection Analysis Report
for More Women of Note
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 13 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.
(13 of 13 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- History (11 books)
- English Language Arts (10 books)
- Picture Book (10 books)
- Biography (8 books)
- Nonfiction (8 books)
- Social Studies (7 books)
- Historical Fiction (5 books)
- Art (2 books)
- Poetry (2 books)
- Humor (1 books)
- Physical Education (1 books)
- Science (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 11 of 13 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: 835 (Range: 490 - 1030)
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 13 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.
- 9 Videos
- 7 Book Readings
- 20 Lesson Plans
- Total of 205 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Reading Rockets's "More Women of Note". 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/QL6IUS3
Beatrix Potter & the Unfortunate Tale of a Borrowed Guinea Pig
by Deborah Hopkinson and Charlotte Voake
- Genres: Biography, Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts
- Lexile: 840
- Year Published: 2016
Chasing Freedom: The Life Journeys of Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony, Inspired by Historical Facts
by Nikki Grimes and Michele Wood
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American, Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 960
- Year Published: 2015
Coretta Scott King
by Kathleen Krull and Laura Freeman Kathleen Krull and Laura Freeman
Part of the Women Who Broke the Rules Series
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 880
- Year Published: 2015
Elizabeth Started All the Trouble
by Doreen Rappaport and Matt Faulkner
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 790
- Year Published: 2016
Freedom's School
by Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2015
Friends for Freedom: The Story of Susan B. Anthony & Frederick Douglass
by Suzanne Slade and Nicole Tadgell
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American, Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 800
- Year Published: 2014
Hillary
by Jonah Winter and Raúl Colón
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1000
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for HillaryLillian's Right to Vote: A Celebration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
by Jonah Winter and Shane W. Evans
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1030
- Year Published: 2015
Lizzy Bennet's Diary: Inspired by Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2014
Miss Emily
by Burleigh Muten and Matt Phelan
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Poetry
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 900
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Miss EmilyThe Quickest Kid in Clarksville
by Pat Zietlow Miller and Frank Morrison
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Sports, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Physical Education
- Lexile: 490
- Year Published: 2016
To the Stars!: The First American Woman to Walk in Space
by Carmella Van Vleet, Kathy Sullivan, and Nicole Wong
- Grades Used: 1, 2
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Science
- Lexile: 680
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Slightly Complex
- Intertextuality: Slightly Complex
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Ekua Holmes
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5, 6
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Poetry, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global), Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 820
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
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