Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
5.8
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
1682
Points per Word
0.000297
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
Rhyming text introduces the sights and sounds of the Silk Road, such as the Yellow River, the oasis at Dunhuang, the desert near Hami, and the market at Kashgar. Included is a history of this trade route and the places where people stopped along the way.