Collection Analysis Report
for PBA 2019-2020
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)
- Picture Book (19 books)
- Humor (8 books)
- Fairy Tales / Folklore (4 books)
- Social Studies (4 books)
- History (3 books)
- Nonfiction (3 books)
- Physical Education (2 books)
- Sports (2 books)
- Adventure (1 books)
- Beginning / Early Reader (1 books)
- Biography (1 books)
- Historical Fiction (1 books)
- Horror (1 books)
- Math (1 books)
- Mystery (1 books)
- Poetry (1 books)
- Realistic Fiction (1 books)
- Science (1 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (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 19 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: 579 (Range: 470 - 890)
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 5 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.
- 52 Videos
- 13 Book Readings
- 37 Lesson Plans
- Total of 341 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on SC Association of School Librarians (SCASL)'s "PBA 2019-2020". 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/QLNGM4C
7 Ate 9
by Tara Lazar and Ross MacDonald
- Genres: Humor, Mystery, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Math
- Lexile: 530
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for 7 Ate 9After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again
by Dan Santat
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 550
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
All the Way to Havana
by Margarita Engle and Mike Curato
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (Latin America)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Spanish, Social Studies
- Lexile: 890
- Year Published: 2017
Baabwaa and Wooliam: A Tale of Literacy, Dental Hygiene, and Friendship
by David Elliott and Melissa Sweet
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 530
- Year Published: 2017
Be Quiet!
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 510
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Be Quiet!Before She Was Harriet
by Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American, Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
Billy Bloo Is Stuck in Goo
by Jennifer Hamburg and Ross Burach
- Genres: Adventure, Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 540
- Year Published: 2017
Bizzy Mizz Lizzie
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 570
- Year Published: 2017
Creepy Pair of Underwear!
by Aaron Reynolds and Peter Brown Aaron Reynolds and Peter Brown
Part of the Creepy Tales
- Genres: Horror, Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 470
- Year Published: 2017
Dad and the Dinosaur
by Gennifer Choldenko and Dan Santat
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 560
- Year Published: 2017
Happy Dreamer
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 490
- Year Published: 2017
Hattie & Hudson
- Genres: Picture Book, Sports
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Physical Education
- Lexile: 640
- Year Published: 2017
Jabari Jumps
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1, 2, 3
- Genres: Picture Book, Sports
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Physical Education
- Lexile: 490
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately 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
Jack and the Beanstalk and the French Fries
by Mark Teague
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Humor, Science Fiction / Fantasy, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 560
- Year Published: 2017
The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors
by Drew Daywalt and Adam Rex
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Beginning / Early Reader, Fairy Tales / Folklore, Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 670
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Let the Children March
by Monica Clark-Robinson and Frank Morrison
- Grades Used: k, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- Genres: Nonfiction, Poetry, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 650
- Year Published: 2018
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
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
Poor Louie
by Tony Fucile
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 480
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Poor LouieRemembering Vera
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 780
- Year Published: 2017
Shawn Loves Sharks
by Curtis Manley and Tracy Subisak
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 490
- Year Published: 2017
Thirsty, Thirsty Elephants
by Sandra Markle and Fabricio Vanden Broeck
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 610
- Year Published: 2017
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