Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
4.5
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
2155
Points per Word
0.000232
Page Count
40
Points per Page
0.0125
Description
A boy and his parents go out into the rainy spring night to help salamanders cross a busy road on their annual migration to the vernal pools in which they breed. The text includes a glossary and facts about the life cycle of the salamander.