Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
3.9
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
920
Points per Word
0.000543
Page Count
27
Points per Page
0.018519
Description
A young boy living in the Kalahari Desert learns from a wise old baboon why the elephant, the lion, the hippo, and other animals make warning noises, but the giraffe does not.