Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
4.0
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
623
Points per Word
0.000803
Page Count
24
Points per Page
0.020833
Description
Sidewinder by Eloise Macgregor is a nonfiction book for young readers that explores the desert environment where sidewinder snakes live. The book explains the physical characteristics of these snakes, including their unique method of movement that gives them their name. Readers learn what sidewinders eat and how they survive in the hot, dry desert habitat. The book is written at a reading level suitable for kindergarten through third grade students.