Collection Analysis Report
for TX 2X2 2017
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.)
- English Language Arts (19 books)
- Picture Book (15 books)
- Humor (8 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (4 books)
- Nonfiction (3 books)
- Math (2 books)
- Science (2 books)
- Social Studies (2 books)
- Art (1 books)
- Biography (1 books)
- Concept Book (1 books)
- Fairy Tales / Folklore (1 books)
- Graphic Novel (1 books)
- History (1 books)
- Physical Education (1 books)
- Poetry (1 books)
- STEAM (1 books)
- Spanish (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 18 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: 517 (Range: 200 - 1040)
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 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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- 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
- 10 Book Readings
- 13 Lesson Plans
- Total of 192 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Children's Round Table of the TX Library Association (TLA)'s "TX 2X2 2017". 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/QLE84IX
123 Dream
by Kim Krans
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Math
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for 123 DreamAlan's Big, Scary Teeth
by Peter Jarvis
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1, 2
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 690
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Blocks
- Genres: Concept Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 200
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for BlocksDuck, Duck, Porcupine!
by Salina Yoon
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 390
- Year Published: 2016
Dylan the Villain
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1, 2
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 570
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Slightly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Fabulous Frogs
by Martin Jenkins and Tim Hopgood
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 520
- Year Published: 2016
The Grumpy Pets
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2016
Hank's Big Day: The Story of a Bug
by Evan Kuhlman and Chuck Groenink
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 550
- Year Published: 2016
Horrible Bear!
by Ame Dyckman and Zachariah O'Hora
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 420
- 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
Is That Wise, Pig?
by Jan Thomas
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Math
- Lexile: 240
- Year Published: 2016
It Came in the Mail
by Ben Clanton
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 480
- Year Published: 2016
La Madre Goose: Nursery Rhymes for Los Ninos
by Susan Middleton Elya and Juana Martinez-Neal
- Genres: Poetry, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Spanish
- Lexile: 490
- Year Published: 2016
Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 620
- Year Published: 2015
Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea
Book 1 of the Narwhal and Jelly Series
- Genres: Humor, Graphic Novel, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 490
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for NarwhalOcean Animals from Head to Tail
by Stacey Roderick and Kwanchai Moriya
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 1040
- Year Published: 2016
School's First Day of School
by Adam Rex and Christian Robinson
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 580
- Year Published: 2016
There's a Bear on My Chair
by Ross Collins
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 460
- Year Published: 2016
A Unicorn Named Sparkle
Book 1 of the Unicorn Named Sparkle Series, A
- Genres: Picture Book, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 460
- Year Published: 2016
The William Hoy Story: How a Deaf Baseball Player Changed the Game
by Nancy Churnin and Jez Tuya
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book, Sports
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: Art, History, Physical Education, Social Studies
- Lexile: 620
- Year Published: 2016
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