Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
5.2
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
2432
Points per Word
0.000206
Page Count
40
Points per Page
0.0125
Description
This fictionalized biography follows John from a young boy through college and as he traveled the country collecting and recording cowboy songs, helping to preserve such favorites as "Sweet Betsy from Pike" and "Home on the Range."