Collection Analysis Report
for TX 2X2 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.)
- English Language Arts (18 books)
- Picture Book (15 books)
- Humor (10 books)
- STEAM (4 books)
- Social Studies (4 books)
- Science (3 books)
- Art (2 books)
- Concept Book (2 books)
- Holiday (2 books)
- Nonfiction (2 books)
- Adventure (1 books)
- Beginning / Early Reader (1 books)
- Biography (1 books)
- Fairy Tales / Folklore (1 books)
- Health (1 books)
- Physical Education (1 books)
- Poetry (1 books)
- Realistic Fiction (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: 471 (Range: 120 - 910)
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 6 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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- Moderately
- Very
- 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.
- 39 Videos
- 9 Book Readings
- 58 Lesson Plans
- Total of 294 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Children's Round Table of the TX Library Association (TLA)'s "TX 2X2 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/ql4H7R6
Alma and How She Got Her Name
- Grades Used: 6
- Genres: Picture Book, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (Latin America)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 490
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Can I Be Your Dog?
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1, 2, 3
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 530
- Year Published: 2018
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: Slightly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
Crunch, the Shy Dinosaur
by Cirocco Dunlap and Greg Pizzoli
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 540
- Year Published: 2018
Festival of Colors
by Kabir Sehgal, Surishtha Sehgal, and Vashti Harrison
- Genres: Holiday, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Asian, Asian (Global), South Asian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 250
- Year Published: 2018
How Are You? / ¿Cómo estás?
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Spanish
- Lexile: 120
- Year Published: 2018
The Itchy Book!
by Mo Willems and LeUyen Pham
- Genres: Humor
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 340
- Year Published: 2018
Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor: The Woman Who Loved Reptiles
by Patricia Valdez and Felicita Sala
- Grades Used: 1, 2, 3
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 800
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
The Little Red Fort
by Brenda Maier and Sonia Sánchez
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, STEAM
- Lexile: 470
- Year Published: 2018
Misunderstood Shark
by Ame Dyckman and Scott Magoon
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 480
- Year Published: 2018
People Don't Bite People
by Lisa Wheeler and Molly Idle
- Genres: Humor, Poetry, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: 360
- Year Published: 2018
A Place for Pluto
by Stef Wade and Melanie Demmer
- Genres: Concept Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 560
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Slightly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
The Rabbit Listened
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 450
- Year Published: 2018
Russell Wrestles the Relatives
by Cindy Chambers Johnson and Daniel Duncan
- Genres: Holiday, Humor, Sports, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Physical Education
- Lexile: 610
- Year Published: 2018
Shake the Tree!
by Chiara Vignocchi, Paolo Chiarinotti, and Silvia Borando
- Genres: Adventure, Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2017
Shapes
- Genres: Concept Book
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
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by Bridget Heos and T.L. McBeth
- Grades Used: 2, 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Beginning / Early Reader, Humor
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 380
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Exceedingly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
Teddy's Favorite Toy
by Christian Trimmer and Madeline Valentine
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 350
- Year Published: 2018
Truck Full of Ducks
by Ross Burach
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1, 2
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 360
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Slightly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
What Do They Do with All That Poo?
by Jane Kurtz and Allison Black
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science, Social Studies, STEAM
- Lexile: 910
- Year Published: 2018
What If...
by Samantha Berger and Mike Curato
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts, STEAM
- Lexile: 490
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
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