Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
4.1
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
635
Points per Word
0.000787
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
This story was inspired by events in the boyhood of Winston "Spree" Simon, a pioneer in the development of the steel drum, in which he discovers he can create tunes by banging on discarded cans.