Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
6.0
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
5489
Points per Word
0.000182
Page Count
56
Points per Page
0.017857
Description
When a griffin shows great fondness for the sculpture of himself and equal admiration for the Minor Canon, the townspeople fear that the terrifying creature will live among them forever. The illustrator is Maurice Sendak.