Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
5.3
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
2673
Points per Word
0.000187
Page Count
48
Points per Page
0.010417
Description
William "Doc" Key, a formerly enslaved man and self-trained veterinarian, taught his horse, Jim, to read, write, and do math, and together with Jim became a famous traveling performance act and proponent for the humane treatment of animals.