Collection Analysis Report
for Tejas Star 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 18 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.
(18 of 18 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- Spanish (18 books)
- Picture Book (15 books)
- Nonfiction (7 books)
- Biography (6 books)
- Art (4 books)
- Realistic Fiction (4 books)
- Social Studies (4 books)
- English Language Arts (3 books)
- History (3 books)
- Poetry (3 books)
- Adventure (1 books)
- Fairy Tales / Folklore (1 books)
- Graphic Novel (1 books)
- Humor (1 books)
- Music (1 books)
- Mystery (1 books)
- STEAM (1 books)
- Science (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 11 of 18 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: 638 (Range: 130 - 1000)
Reading Level and Grade Band Crosswalk
Grade Band | Lexile® | ATOS | Degrees of Reading Power® | Flesch-Kincaid | Fountas & Pinnell | Reading Maturity | SourceRater |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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)
There are currently no items on this list with qualitative measurements.
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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
- 9 Book Readings
- 34 Lesson Plans
- Total of 272 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on TX Library Association (TLA)'s "Tejas Star 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/qlBO4II
Alma y cómo obtuvo su nombre
- Genres: Picture Book, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: Spanish
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2018
Amor
by Matt de la Peña and Loren Long
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Spanish
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for AmorEl día en que descubres quién eres
by Jacqueline Woodson and Rafael López
- Genres: Poetry, Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Spanish
- Lexile: 880
- Year Published: 2018
Ella persistió alrededor del mundo: 13 mujeres que cambiaron la historia
by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: History, Spanish
- Lexile: 1000
- Year Published: 2018
Frida Kahlo y sus animalitos
by Monica Brown and John Parra
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (Latin America)
- Curricular Areas: Art, History, Spanish
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2017
Frida, el misterio del anillo del pavo real y yo
- Genres: Mystery
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (Latin America)
- Curricular Areas: Art, Spanish
- Lexile: 670
- Year Published: 2018
La Frontera: El viaje con papá / My Journey with Papa
by Deborah Mills, Alfredo Alva, and Claudia Navarro
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee, Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (Latin America)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Spanish, Social Studies
- Lexile: 730
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for La FronteraLa Matadragones: cuentos de Latinoamérica
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Graphic Novel, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (Latin America)
- Curricular Areas: Spanish
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2017
Las orejas de los Animales
by Mary Holland
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science, Spanish, STEAM
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2018
Lola
by Junot Díaz and Leo Espinosa
- Genres: Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: Spanish, Social Studies
- Lexile: 570
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for LolaLos deseos de Carmela
by Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson
- Genres: Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: Spanish
- Lexile: 750
- Year Published: 2018
Miguel y su valiente caballero: el joven Cervantes sueña a don Quijote
by Margarita Engle and Raúl Colón
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Poetry, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Spanish
- Lexile: 840
- Year Published: 2018
Pasando páginas: La historia de mi vida
by Sonia Sotomayor and Lulu Delacre
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (Latin America)
- Curricular Areas: History, Spanish, Social Studies
- Lexile: 940
- Year Published: 2018
Querido Dragón de Komodo
by Nancy Kelly Allen and Laurie Allen Klein
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Asian, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: Spanish
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2018
Quizás algo hermoso: cómo el arte transformó un barrio
by F. Isabel Campoy, Theresa Howell, and Rafael López
- Genres: Picture Book, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: Art, Spanish
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2018
Soñadores
by Yuyi Morales
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Spanish
- Lexile: 260
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for SoñadoresWe've Got the Whole World in Our Hands / Tenemos el mundo entero en las manos
by Rafael López
- Genres: Picture Book, Poetry
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts, Music, Spanish, Social Studies
- Lexile: 130
- Year Published: 2018
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