Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
4.0
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
583
Points per Word
0.000858
Page Count
36
Points per Page
0.013889
Description
Simple text and illustrations celebrate the two weeks every spring at Delaware Bay when millions of horseshoe crabs lay eggs, thousands of shorebirds flock to eat the eggs, and people gather to observe both animals.