A Fire Truck Named Red
A Fire Truck Named Red

A Fire Truck Named Red

Written by Randall de Seve & illustrated by Bob Staake
Hardcover
$16.99
$15.97
3 - 7
Reading age
40
Page count
12
Words per page
~361L
Lexile measure
May 3, 2016
Publication date

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A young boy has his heart set on a brand-new toy fire truck, so he is disappointed when he gets his grandfather’s rusty old fire truck, Red, instead. But working together, the boy and his grandfather patch Red right up while Grandpa tells his grandson all about the adventures he had with Red when he was a boy.

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    Author
    Randall de Seve

    Randall de Seve is the New York Times-bestselling author of Toy Boat, The Duchess of Whimsy, and Mathilda and the Orange Balloon. She lives in Brooklyn, NY, with her husband, two daughters, and a very wicked dog named Henry Biscuit.

    Illustrator
    Bob Staake

    Bob Staake has written and/or illustrated more than fifty books, including The Red Lemon, a New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Children’s Book of the Year. His work has graced the cover of The New Yorker more than a dozen times, and his November 17, 2008, Barack Obama victory cover was named the Best Magazine Cover of the Year by Time magazine. He lives on Cape Cod, in Massachusetts.

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Book Details

ISBN
9780374300739
Publication Date
May 3, 2016
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Original Publication Date
May 3, 2016
Page Count
40
Words Per Page
12
Audience
Picture
Reading Age
3 - 7 years
Est. Lexile® Level
~361L
Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
~K
ATOS® Book Level
2.6
Accelerated Reader® Points
0.5
Accelerated Reader Quiz
184917
Accelerated Reader Interest Level
LG

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