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.