Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
5.0
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
1238
Points per Word
0.000404
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
In this story told mainly with words that begin with the letters "b" and "d", Bashful Bob, abandoned and raised by dogs, meets Doleful Dorinda, who deals with dirty dishes, and the two become fast friends and eventually heroes.