Collection Analysis Report
for Mock Book Awards: 2018-19, Caldecott Award
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 22 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.
(22 of 22 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (21 books)
- Picture Book (20 books)
- History (5 books)
- Nonfiction (5 books)
- Sports (5 books)
- Art (4 books)
- Biography (4 books)
- Humor (4 books)
- Physical Education (4 books)
- Realistic Fiction (3 books)
- Music (2 books)
- STEAM (2 books)
- Science (2 books)
- Social Studies (2 books)
- Graphic Novel (1 books)
- Health (1 books)
- Historical Fiction (1 books)
- Holiday (1 books)
- Poetry (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 15 of 22 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: 504 (Range: 130 - 970)
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 |
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)
For 6 of 22 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.
- 68 Videos
- 18 Book Readings
- 57 Lesson Plans
- Total of 404 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on "Mock Book Awards: 2018-19, Caldecott Award". 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/QLTY933
Love
by Matt de la Peña and Loren Long
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 830
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for LoveDude!
by Aaron Reynolds and Dan Santat
- Grades Used: 3
- Genres: Humor, Sports, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- 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: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Between the Lines: How Ernie Barnes Went from the Football Field to the Art Gallery
by Sandra Neil Wallace and Bryan Collier
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book, Sports
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts, History, Physical Education
- Lexile: 660
- Year Published: 2018
A Stone for Sascha
by Aaron Becker
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2018
The Field
by Baptiste Paul and Jacqueline Alcántara
- Genres: Picture Book, Realistic Fiction, Sports
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Physical Education
- Lexile: 230
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for The FieldA Busy Creature's Day Eating
by Mo Willems
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 130
- Year Published: 2018
Islandborn
by Junot Díaz and Leo Espinosa
- Genres: Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), Immigrant / Refugee, Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (Latin America), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 600
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Exceedingly Complex
I Got It!
- Grades Used: pk, 6
- Genres: Sports, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts, Physical Education
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Exceedingly Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
They Say Blue
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2018
Julián is a Mermaid
by Jessica Love
- Genres: Holiday, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global), Gender, Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada), LGBTQ+, Men / Boys, Transgender / Non-Conforming
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Spanish
- Lexile: 190
- Year Published: 2018
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
Hello Lighthouse
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 510
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Exceedingly Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
The Golden Thread: A Song for Pete Seeger
by Colin Meloy and Nikki McClure
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Music, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2018
The Digger and the Flower
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1, 2
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2018
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: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
Rodent Rascals
by Roxie Munro
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 970
- Year Published: 2018
Libba: The Magnificent Musical Life of Elizabeth Cotten
by Laura Veirs and Tatyana Fazlalizadeh
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Music
- Lexile: 580
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for LibbaHoney
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 550
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for HoneyOcean Meets Sky
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, STEAM
- Lexile: 540
- Year Published: 2018
Grace for Gus
by Harry Bliss
- Genres: Humor, Graphic Novel, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2018
Hello Hello
- Genres: Poetry
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 220
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Hello HelloThe Great Dictionary Caper
by Judy Sierra and Eric Comstock
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 400
- Year Published: 2018
Between the Lines: How Ernie Barnes Went from the Football Field to the Art Gallery
by Sandra Neil Wallace and Bryan Collier
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book, Sports
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts, History, Physical Education
- Lexile: 660
- Year Published: 2018
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