Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
3.0
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
218
Points per Word
0.002294
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
On a sweltering summer day in Brooklyn, the local firemen spray a group of bored city kids with cool water from their hoses. Original poem by Lawrence Ferlinghetti.