Collection Analysis Report
for Amber Brown Series
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 8 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.
(8 of 8 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (8 books)
- Realistic Fiction (5 books)
- Social Studies (5 books)
- Health (4 books)
- Beginning / Early Reader (1 books)
- Humor (1 books)
- Physical Education (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 8 of 8 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: 631 (Range: 570 - 720)
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 |
Key: Purple highlight represents average.
Source: National Governors Association for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers.[1]
Qualitative Measures (BETA)
For 2 of 8 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
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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.
- 2 Videos
- 5 Book Readings
- Total of 32 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on "Amber Brown Series". 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/QL3EW3O
Amber Brown Goes Fourth
by Paula Danziger and Tony Ross
Part of the Amber Brown Series
- Genres: Beginning / Early Reader
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: 630
- Year Published: 1995
Amber Brown Horses Around
by Paula Danziger, Bruce Coville, Elizabeth Levy, and Anthony Lewis
Book 12 of the Amber Brown Series
- Genres: Sports
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Physical Education
- Lexile: 570
- Year Published: 2014
Amber Brown Is Feeling Blue
by Paula Danziger and Tony Ross
Part of the Amber Brown Series
- Grades Used: 3, 4
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: 680
- Year Published: 1998
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Amber Brown Is Green with Envy
by Paula Danziger and Tony Ross
Part of the Amber Brown Series
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 600
- Year Published: 2003
Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon
by Paula Danziger and Tony Ross
Part of the Amber Brown Series
- Grades Used: 2, 3
- Genres: Humor, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 720
- Year Published: 1994
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Amber Brown Is on the Move
by Bruce Coville, Elizabeth Levy, and Anthony Lewis
Part of the Amber Brown Series
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 600
- Year Published: 2013
Amber Brown Sees Red
by Paula Danziger and Tony Ross
Part of the Amber Brown Series
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: 610
- Year Published: 1997
Amber Brown Wants Extra Credit
by Paula Danziger, Bampton, and Tony Ross
Part of the Amber Brown Series
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: 640
- Year Published: 1996
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