Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
2.3
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
490
Points per Word
0.00102
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
Barbara Hendricks has entered a running race, but she is worried. After all, she's a tortoise, and everyone knows tortoises are the slowest. Barbara soon discovers that with encouragement, anything is possible.