Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
4.0
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
575
Points per Word
0.00087
Page Count
36
Points per Page
0.013889
Description
The book traces the early life of Beatrix Potter, highlighting her lifelong passion for painting and how she used her paint box to depict the bunnies, mice, and other pets that lived in her family home. It explains how those childhood sketches evolved into the beloved characters that appeared in her classic children's stories. Written for early elementary readers, the simple narrative and illustrations support a fourth-grade reading level.