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At-a-Glance

48 Titles
  • 8 Genres Represented
  • 9 Cultural Experiences Represented
  • 3 Fiction Books (6%)
  • 45 Nonfiction Books (94%)
  • 39 Diverse Books (81%)
  • 4 Graphic Books (8%)
  • 48 Award Winners (100%)
  • Publication Year Median: 2010
  • Page Count Average: 146
  • Word Count Average: 20,089
  • Lexile® Average: 903
  • Reading Levels: K-1 to 11-12
Recency / Year Published Details
Year Published is based on the original publication and not a specific edition. Eg, Hamlet is 1602.
  • 48 books published between 1996 and 2019
  • 0 books published 2021 - 2024 (0%)
  • 48 books published prior to 2021 (100%)
  • Publication Year Median: 2010
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Genre Details
Curricular Area Details
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Quantitative Measures

For 40 of 48 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: 903, Median: 970, and Range: 410 - 1230

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
9-10 1050-1335 9.67-12.01 62-72 8.32-12.12 Z+ 8.41-10.81 9.02-13.93
11-12 1185-1385 11.20-14.10 67-74 10.34-14.20 Z+ 9.57-12.00 12.30-14.50
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Key: Purple highlight represents average.

Source: National Governors Association for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers.[1]

Qualitative Measures (BETA)

For 25 of 48 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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Conventionality
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Life Experience/Subject Knowledge
Cultural Knowledge/Intertextuality

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

TeachingBooks has available to you 1,343 total resources that personalize, enrich, and deepen discussions of these 48 books.

  • 175 Videos
  • 93 Book Readings
  • 107 Lesson Plans
  • Total of 1,343 resources

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