Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
4.7
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
1744
Points per Word
0.000287
Page Count
31
Points per Page
0.016129
Description
A Japanese artist uses bonsai cultivating techniques to control and limit the growth of a young bear, not caring that he is denying the animal his proper place in nature.