Collection Analysis Report
for ALSC Summer Reading, Birth-PreK
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 21 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.
(21 of 21 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (20 books)
- Picture Book (19 books)
- Humor (3 books)
- Music (3 books)
- Poetry (3 books)
- Realistic Fiction (2 books)
- Science (2 books)
- Social Studies (2 books)
- Fairy Tales / Folklore (1 books)
- Graphic Novel (1 books)
- Health (1 books)
- Math (1 books)
- STEAM (1 books)
- Spanish (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 15 of 21 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: 446 (Range: 240 - 930)
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 3 of 21 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
- 5 Book Readings
- 20 Lesson Plans
- Total of 217 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Association for Library Service to Children - ALSC - a division of the American Library Association's "ALSC Summer Reading, Birth-PreK". 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/QLDV343
Baa, Baa, Black Sheep
by Jane Cabrera
- Genres: Poetry, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Music
- Lexile: 400
- Year Published: 2015
Beep! Beep! Go to Sleep!
by Todd Tarpley and John Rocco
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 320
- Year Published: 2015
City Shapes
by Diana Murray and Bryan Collier
- Genres: Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Math, Social Studies
- Lexile: 930
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for City ShapesCricket Song
by Anne Hunter
- Genres: Poetry, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Cricket SongEgg
by Kevin Henkes
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Slightly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
I Hear a Pickle: And Smell, See, Touch, & Taste It, Too!
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health
- Lexile: 240
- Year Published: 2016
The Lending Zoo
by Frank Asch
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 540
- Year Published: 2017
Let's Play!
by Hervé Tullet
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 360
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Let's Play!Looking for Bongo
- Genres: Picture Book, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Spanish
- Lexile: 280
- Year Published: 2016
My Heart Fills with Happiness
by Monique Gray Smith and Julie Flett
- Genres: Picture Book, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 280
- Year Published: 2016
Old MacDonald Had a Truck
by Steve Goetz and Eda Kaban
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Music
- Lexile: 630
- Year Published: 2016
Puddle
by Hyewon Yum
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1
- Genres: Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 280
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Slightly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
Puddles!!!
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Puddles!!!Sidewalk Flowers
by JonArno Lawson and Sydney Smith
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Picture Book, Graphic Novel
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Exceedingly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
Steam Train, Dream Train
by Sherri Duskey Rinker and Tom Lichtenheld Sherri Duskey Rinker and Tom Lichtenheld
Part of the Construction Site Series
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 610
- Year Published: 2013
Thank You and Good Night
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 480
- Year Published: 2015
Tree: A Peek-Through Picture Book
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for TreeTwenty Yawns
by Jane Smiley and Lauren Castillo
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 510
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Twenty YawnsThe Whale in My Swimming Pool
by Joyce Wan
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 460
- Year Published: 2015
The Wheels on the Tuk Tuk
by Surishtha Sehgal, Kabir Sehgal, and Jess Golden
- Genres: Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Asian, Asian (Global), South Asian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Music, Social Studies
- Lexile: 370
- Year Published: 2016
When Green Becomes Tomatoes: Poems for All Seasons
by Julie Fogliano and Julie Morstad
- Genres: Poetry
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science, STEAM
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2016
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