Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away
Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away by Meg Medina takes about 5 minutes to read aloud (530 words, about 2 sentences a page), and it lands best with children aged 4-6.
Measured read-aloud timeabout 5 minutes
- Words
- 530
- Sentences a page
- 2
- Re-read tolerance
- 3/5holds up
- Vocabulary
- 3/5a few new words
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The useful verdict
Why Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away works
This is the other side of the move - Daniela is the one being left behind - and it spends its length on the last ordinary afternoon of playing rather than on the goodbye itself. The two apartments being 'the same but different' is the line children repeat back.
Themes: friendship, moving away, apartments, city life.
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Questions parents ask about Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away
- How long does it take to read Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away aloud?
- About 5 minutes at an unhurried pace, from a word count of 530. Reading it fast shaves perhaps a third off; stopping for questions on every page can double it.
- What age is Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away actually for?
- Ages 4-6 in our testing, which is narrower than the publisher's range. With 2 sentences a page and vocabulary at 3 out of 5, it asks for that much attention span and no more.
- Does Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away survive being read on repeat?
- Yes, reasonably. It stays bearable through the repeat-request phase without becoming a favourite forever.
- Is Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away a good book for a child who will not sit still?
- It helps that it has a refrain a child can join in with. Those three features are what keep a wriggling toddler listening, far more than the subject matter does.