Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
4.0
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
1427
Points per Word
0.00035
Page Count
28
Points per Page
0.017857
Description
Because her Haitian family is too poor to be able to buy paints for her, eight-year-old Ti Marie finds her own way to create pictures that make the heart sing.