Collection Analysis Report
for Exploring the Refugee Crisis
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 (20 books)
- Social Studies (15 books)
- Nonfiction (7 books)
- Picture Book (7 books)
- Realistic Fiction (6 books)
- History (3 books)
- Adventure (2 books)
- Health (1 books)
- Historical Fiction (1 books)
- Music (1 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (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: 702 (Range: 450 - 1060)
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 13 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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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.
- 27 Videos
- 18 Book Readings
- 38 Lesson Plans
- Total of 271 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Publishers Weekly's "Exploring the Refugee Crisis". 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/QLCOFYI
Calling the Water Drum
by Latisha Redding and Aaron Boyd
- Grades Used: 1, 2, 3
- Genres: Picture Book, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global), Disability, Immigrant / Refugee, Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Music, Social Studies
- Lexile: 550
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
A Different Pond
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
- Genres: Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global), Immigrant / Refugee
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 620
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Escape from Aleppo
by N.H. Senzai
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Middle Eastern, Immigrant / Refugee
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 880
- Year Published: 2018
How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child
by Sandra Uwiringiyimana and Abigail Pesta
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee, African (Global), African
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 790
- Year Published: 2017
The Journey
- Grades Used: k, 1, 2, 3, 4
- Genres: Adventure, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 630
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Kunkush: The True Story of a Refugee Cat
by Marne Ventura and Beidi Guo
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 640
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for KunkushA Land of Permanent Goodbyes
by Atia Abawi
- Grades Used: 9
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Middle Eastern, Immigrant / Refugee, Muslim
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 760
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Exceedingly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
The Lines We Cross
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee, Muslim
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 690
- Year Published: 2017
Lost and Found Cat: The True Story of Kunkush's Incredible Journey
by Doug Kuntz, Amy Shrodes, and Sue Cornelison
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1, 2, 3
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Middle Eastern, Immigrant / Refugee
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 810
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
My Beautiful Birds
- Grades Used: k, 1, 2
- Genres: Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Disability, Middle Eastern, Immigrant / Refugee
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 620
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Exceedingly Complex
One Good Thing about America
by Ruth Freeman
- Grades Used: 7
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 570
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Slightly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Pablo and Birdy
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 820
- Year Published: 2017
Refugee
by Alan Gratz
- Grades Used: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Adventure, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee, Jewish
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 800
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Refugees
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1060
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for RefugeesRefugees and Migrants
by Ceri Roberts and Hanane Kai
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2017
Stepping Stones: A Refugee Family's Journey
by Margriet Ruurs and Nizar Ali Badr
- Grades Used: k, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee, Middle Eastern
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 480
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Stormy Seas: Stories of Young Boat Refugees
by Mary Beth Leatherdale and Eleanor Shakespeare
- Grades Used: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 890
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
Teacup
by Rebecca Young and Matt Ottley
- Grades Used: 1, 2, 3, 4
- Genres: Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 590
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
The Treasure Box
by Margaret Wild and Freya Blackwood
- Grades Used: 1, 2, 3
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Where Will I Live?
- Grades Used: k, 1, 2
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 450
- 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
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
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