Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
3.2
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
529
Points per Word
0.000945
Page Count
24
Points per Page
0.020833
Description
This book explores the many different kinds of tortoises, where they live, their behaviors, and why they move so slowly. A folk talk retells Aesop's story of the tortoise and the hare.