Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
3.9
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
1942
Points per Word
0.000257
Page Count
30
Points per Page
0.016667
Description
Small for his age, Wallace always wears a fireman's hat so he won't be lost in a crowd, but when his legs start growing out of proportion to his body, his mother is told by old Nanny Heppleweather that the hat must come off.