Anna's Table
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Picture Book · Ages 8–11 · 2003 · Est. 5 min read-aloud

Anna's Table

By Eve Bunting

A girl collects nature's treasures, revealing life's beauty and cycles.

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32 pages· 562 words· Est. 5 min read-aloud
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Anna creates a 'nature table' with treasures from the world around her, each item a testament to nature's cleverness and life's cycles. As she gathers mouse bones, shark teeth, and bird nests, Anna's collection becomes a celebration of growth, death, and rebirth. This heartwarming tale explores the deep bond between children and nature, the miracle of family, and the beauty found in the simplest things. What secrets will Anna's nature table reveal about the world and herself?

From the publisher

In this heart-warming story, Anna gathers the treasures she and her Family find, and she collects them on her ‘nature table. Esteemed children’s author Eve Bunting shows us the poetry of mouse bones and dried pomegranates, a shark’s tooth and an old bird’s nest. Anna’s collection reminds readers of all ages ‘how clever nature is through growth, death & rebirth. A subtle celebration of the cycle of life, this story is about the incredible bond of children to nature, the miracle of family, and a belief in the beauty of all things

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Format
Hardcover
Pages
32
Words
562
Reading age
8–11
Audience
Picture
Lexile
~491L
Themes & topics
Books about natureBooks about science and natureBooks about collectors and collecting
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
3.3
F&P level
~M
AR points
0.5
AR interest level
LG
AR quiz
70390
Publication
Published
March 1, 2003
First published
March 25, 2003
Edition
Language
English
Type
Picture Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9781559718417

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