Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
3.0
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
362
Points per Word
0.001381
Page Count
24
Points per Page
0.020833
Description
The book introduces readers to Gila monsters, colorful carnivorous reptiles that live in the southwestern desert. It describes how these animals burrow underground and hunt at dawn. The text also explains that Gila monsters eat just four times a year. Simple text and photographs present information about Gila monsters for beginning readers.