Collection Analysis Report
for PBA 2018-2019
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.)
- HASH(0x5646cc2a5d80) (19 books)
- English Language Arts (18 books)
- HASH(0x5646cc3c78b0) (8 books)
- History (4 books)
- HASH(0x5646cc35e638) (3 books)
- Science (3 books)
- Social Studies (3 books)
- HASH(0x5646cb762510) (2 books)
- HASH(0x5646cc10fe78) (2 books)
- Art (1 books)
- HASH(0x5646cba07848) (1 books)
- HASH(0x5646cc01c8e8) (1 books)
- HASH(0x5646cc01d320) (1 books)
- HASH(0x5646cc2078b8) (1 books)
- Physical Education (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 17 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: 555 (Range: 400 - 820)
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 |
Key: Purple highlight represents average.
Source: National Governors Association for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers.[1]
Qualitative Measures (BETA)
For 4 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.
- 34 Videos
- 12 Book Readings
- 23 Lesson Plans
- Total of 298 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on SC Association of School Librarians (SCASL)'s "PBA 2018-2019". 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/QLXVT87
Be a Friend
by Salina Yoon
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 400
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Be a FriendA Bike Like Sergio's
by Maribeth Boelts and Noah Z. Jones
- Genres: Picture Book, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2016
Bobbie the Wonder Dog: A True Story
by Tricia Brown and Cary Porter
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 710
- Year Published: 2016
Chicken Lily
by Lori Mortensen and Nina Victor Crittenden
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book, Poetry
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Chicken LilyExcellent Ed
by Stacy McAnulty and Julia Sarcone-Roach
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1, 2
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 550
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
Follow the Moon Home: A Tale of One Idea, Twenty Kids, and a Hundred Sea Turtles
by Philippe Cousteau, Deborah Hopkinson, and Meilo So
- Grades Used: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- Genres: Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art, Science
- Lexile: 590
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly 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
From Wolf to Woof: The Story of Dogs
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Science
- Lexile: 670
- 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
Lion Lessons
by Jon Agee
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 490
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Lion LessonsMarta! Big & Small
by Jen Arena and Angela Dominguez
- Genres: Concept Book
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Spanish
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2016
My Dog's a Chicken
by Susan Montanari and Anne Wilsdorf
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 530
- Year Published: 2016
A Piece of Home
by Jeri Watts and Hyewon Yum
- Genres: Picture Book, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee, Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 650
- Year Published: 2016
The Quickest Kid in Clarksville
by Pat Zietlow Miller and Frank Morrison
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Picture Book, Sports
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Physical Education
- Lexile: 490
- Year Published: 2016
Quit Calling Me a Monster!
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 450
- 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
The Summer Nick Taught His Cats to Read
by Curtis Manley and Kate Berube
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 560
- Year Published: 2016
Thunder Boy Jr.
by Sherman Alexie and Yuyi Morales
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1, 2, 3
- Genres: Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 420
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Who Wants a Tortoise?
by Dave Keane and K.G. Campbell
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 610
- Year Published: 2016
Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions
by Chris Barton and Don Tate
- Grades Used: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: History, Science, Social Studies, STEAM
- Lexile: 820
- Year Published: 2016
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: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
Wolf Camp
by Andrea Zuill
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 510
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
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