Collection Analysis Report
for Featured Books Program
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 16 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.
(16 of 16 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (16 books)
- Social Studies (6 books)
- Humor (5 books)
- Realistic Fiction (5 books)
- Adventure (3 books)
- Beginning / Early Reader (2 books)
- Poetry (2 books)
- Science (2 books)
- Fairy Tales / Folklore (1 books)
- Health (1 books)
- Historical Fiction (1 books)
- Math (1 books)
- Music (1 books)
- Mystery (1 books)
- Nonfiction (1 books)
- Picture Book (1 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (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 13 of 16 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: 657 (Range: 340 - 920)
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 11 of 16 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.
- 83 Videos
- 47 Book Readings
- 103 Lesson Plans
- Total of 360 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on "Featured Books Program". 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/QLBYX9W
Because of Winn-Dixie
- Grades Used: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 670
- Year Published: 2000
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately 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
Can I Touch Your Hair?: Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship
by Irene Latham, Charles Waters, Selina Alko, and Sean Qualls
- Genres: Poetry
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2018
Bridge to Terabithia
by Katherine Paterson and Donna Diamond
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health
- Lexile: 810
- Year Published: 1977
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread
by Kate DiCamillo and Timothy Basil Ering
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5, 6
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 670
- Year Published: 2003
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
Charlotte's Web
by E.B. White and Garth Williams
- Grades Used: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 680
- Year Published: 1952
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately 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
Fantastic Mr. Fox
by Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake
- Grades Used: 2, 3, 4
- Genres: Humor
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 600
- Year Published: 2002
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
Freckle Juice
by Judy Blume and Sonia O. Lisker
- Grades Used: 1, 2, 3
- Genres: Humor, Beginning / Early Reader
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 570
- Year Published: 1971
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
The Mouse and the Motorcycle
by Beverly Cleary and Louis Darling
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Adventure, Humor, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 860
- Year Published: 1965
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Slightly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
The Cricket in Times Square
by George Selden and Garth Williams
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Music, Social Studies
- Lexile: 780
- Year Published: 1960
The Year of Billy Miller
by Kevin Henkes
- Genres: Humor, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 620
- Year Published: 2013
Stone Fox
- Grades Used: 2, 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Adventure, Historical Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Math, Science
- Lexile: 550
- Year Published: 1980
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately 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
Lola Levine Is Not Mean!
by Monica Brown and Angela Dominguez and
Book 1 of the Lola Levine Series
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Sports
- Cultural Experiences: Jewish, Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2015
Where the Sidewalk Ends
- Genres: Humor, Nonfiction, Poetry
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2004
Nate the Great
by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat and Marc Simont and
Part of the Nate the Great Series
- Grades Used: k, 1
- Genres: Beginning / Early Reader, Mystery
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 340
- Year Published: 1972
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Slightly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
My Name Is Yoon
by Helen Recorvits and Gabi Swiatkowska
- Grades Used: 1, 2, 3
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee, Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 480
- Year Published: 2003
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Stuart Little
by E.B. White and Garth Williams
- Grades Used: 5
- Genres: Adventure
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 920
- Year Published: 1945
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately 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
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