Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
3.5
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
818
Points per Word
0.000611
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
Sailor is a very unusual Newfoundland dog -- he's afraid of the water! Six-year-old Ike, tries a variety of methods to entice Sailor into the water. One spring day Ike falls through the ice and Sailor overcomes his fear and saves him.