Collection Analysis Report
for Horace Mann Upstanders Children's Book Award, 2008-2024
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 19 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.
(19 of 19 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (19 books)
- Picture Book (8 books)
- Realistic Fiction (6 books)
- Social Studies (5 books)
- Adventure (4 books)
- Historical Fiction (4 books)
- Humor (4 books)
- History (3 books)
- Fairy Tales / Folklore (2 books)
- Science (2 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (2 books)
- Physical Education (1 books)
- Poetry (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 17 of 19 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: 721 (Range: 510 - 1010)
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 19 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.
- Total of resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on . 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/QLKNW5W
Almost Zero
by Nikki Grimes and R. Gregory Christie
- Genres: Humor, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 630
- Year Published: 2010
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Almost ZeroBanned Book
by Jonah Winter and Gary Kelley
- Genres: Picture Book, Poetry
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2023
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Banned BookThe Boy and the Whale
- Genres: Adventure, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 510
- Year Published: 2017
The Dunderheads
by Paul Fleischman and David Roberts
- Grades Used: 6
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 630
- Year Published: 2009
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately 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: Moderately Complex
Ghetto Cowboy
by G. Neri and Jesse Joshua Watson
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Sports
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Physical Education
- Lexile: 660
- Year Published: 2011
The Journey of Little Charlie
- Genres: Adventure, Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 960
- Year Published: 2018
Keeping the City Going
by Brian Floca
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 630
- Year Published: 2021
Mañanaland
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee, Latino/a/e/x (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 650
- Year Published: 2020
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for MañanalandMrs. Marlowe's Mice
by Frank Asch and Devin Asch
- Genres: Adventure, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 740
- Year Published: 2007
The Real Boy
by Anne Ursu and Erin McGuire
- Grades Used: 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 730
- Year Published: 2013
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
She Holds Up the Stars
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 700
- Year Published: 2022
The Smallest Girl in the Smallest Grade
by Justin Roberts and Christian Robinson
- Grades Used: 2
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1010
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
Some Kind of Courage
- Genres: Adventure, Historical Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 760
- Year Published: 2016
Song for a Whale
by Lynne Kelly
- Grades Used: 5
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 800
- Year Published: 2019
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
Stella by Starlight
by Sharon M. Draper and Sarah Jane Coleman
- Grades Used: 4, 5, 6, 8
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 740
- Year Published: 2015
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: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
The Summer of Owen Todd
by Tony Abbott
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 630
- Year Published: 2017
Unspoken: A Story from the Underground Railroad
by Henry Cole
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2012
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for UnspokenThe Unteachables
- Grades Used: 6, 7
- Genres: Humor, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 740
- Year Published: 2019
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
Violet the Pilot
by Steve Breen
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 740
- Year Published: 2008
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