Ernest the Heroic Lion-tamer cover

Ernest the Heroic Lion-tamer

Author: Burnard, Damon

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level 3.8
Points 0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction Fiction
Word Count 1115
Points per Word 0.000448
Series Jets

Description

Ernest is a lion-tamer at a circus whose act has become boring, and the ringmaster warns him to make it more exciting or leave. Ernest becomes increasingly bad-tempered and takes his frustration out on his only true friend, Brian the Lion. Eventually, the lion decides he has had enough of Ernest's mistreatment. This book is written for grades K-3 with a reading level of 3.8.