Collection Analysis Report
for NFHB Oct. 2016
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 18 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.
(18 of 18 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (18 books)
- Picture Book (6 books)
- Adventure (5 books)
- Historical Fiction (5 books)
- History (5 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (5 books)
- Fairy Tales / Folklore (4 books)
- Humor (4 books)
- Social Studies (3 books)
- Spanish (2 books)
- Art (1 books)
- French (1 books)
- Graphic Novel (1 books)
- Horror (1 books)
- Mystery (1 books)
- Nonfiction (1 books)
- Poetry (1 books)
- Realistic Fiction (1 books)
- Romance (1 books)
- STEAM (1 books)
- Science (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 17 of 18 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: 450 - 1000)
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 18 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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- Moderately
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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.
- 21 Videos
- 16 Book Readings
- 18 Lesson Plans
- Total of 250 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on "NFHB Oct. 2016". 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/QLN3UZU
Bubonic Panic: When Plague Invaded America
by Gail Jarrow
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Science, Social Studies, STEAM
- Lexile: 1000
- Year Published: 2016
D'Aulaires' Book of Norwegian Folktales
by Ingri D'Aulaire and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2016
Every Hidden Thing
- Genres: Adventure, Historical Fiction, Romance
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 650
- Year Published: 2016
The Evil Wizard Smallbone
- Genres: Adventure, Humor, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 820
- Year Published: 2016
Ghostly Echoes
- Genres: Adventure, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 740
- Year Published: 2016
The Girl Who Drank the Moon
by Kelly Barnhill and Yuta Onoda
- Grades Used: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 640
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
The Haunting of Falcon House
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Horror
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 790
- Year Published: 2016
The Heartless Troll
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Graphic Novel
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 550
- Year Published: 2016
I Will Not Eat You
by Adam Lehrhaupt and Scott Magoon
- Genres: Humor, Science Fiction / Fantasy, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 490
- Year Published: 2016
The Last Execution
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 620
- Year Published: 2016
Marisol McDonald and the Monster / Marisol McDonald y El Monstruo
by Monica Brown and Sara Palacios Monica Brown and Sara Palacios
Part of the Marisol McDonald Series
- Genres: Picture Book, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada), Multiracial / Mixed Race
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Spanish
- Lexile: 570
- Year Published: 2016
The Merry Pranks of Till Eulenspiegel
by Heinz Janisch and Lisbeth Zwerger
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 830
- Year Published: 2016
The Not So Quiet Library
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 540
- Year Published: 2016
The Passion of Dolssa
by Julie Berry
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, French, History
- Lexile: 650
- Year Published: 2016
The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoes
- Grades Used: k, 1
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian, Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (Latin America)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Spanish
- Lexile: 770
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Quit Calling Me a Monster!
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 450
- Year Published: 2016
The Singing Bones
by Shaun Tan
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts
- Lexile: 910
- Year Published: 2016
To Stay Alive: Mary Ann Graves and the Tragic Journey of the Donner Party
by Skila Brown
- Genres: Adventure, Poetry
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 860
- Year Published: 2016
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