Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
2.8
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
244
Points per Word
0.002049
Page Count
24
Points per Page
0.020833
Series
Sing-along Science Songs
Description
"Big Rock Candy Mountain" was a traveling song about people on the move searching for work and adventure during the Great Depression. Later, it became a children's song about a magical place where everything is sweet and tasty.