Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
3.0
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
936
Points per Word
0.000534
Page Count
40
Points per Page
0.0125
Description
In this illustrated chapter book, Billy Twitters faces an unusual consequence when his mother follows through on her threat to buy him a blue whale after he refuses to obey. The massive marine mammal becomes his new pet, and Billy must take the enormous whale with him everywhere, including to school, where his unusual pet makes him unpopular with his classmates. The story incorporates facts about blue whales while following Billy's attempt to solve his problem.