Block Party
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In this early chapter book in the popular Confetti Kids series, the neighborhood is having a block party and Padma worries that her friends won’t like her mom’s lentil soup.The neighborhood is having a block party where everyone is responsible for bringing a food dish. Padma is excited about the party until she learns that her mother is planning to bring lentil soup. Padma thinks soup is so boring! Everyone else will bring fun things like pizza or hot dogs. Plus Padma worries that her friends won’t like the soup–but to her delight, she discovers that they not only like the soup, they want to learn how to make it.
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Gwendolyn Hooks has written many books including If You Were A Kid During the Civil Rights Movement, The Cat Food Mystery, and Tiny Stitches: The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas, for which she received the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature. She is the recipient of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Crystal Kite Award and her book Block Party is a Junior Library Guide selection. Gwendolyn resides in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Shirley Ng-Benitez is a writer and illustrator who lives in the Bay Area, California, with her husband and two daughters. Shirley is a proud member of the SCBWI, Picture Book Artists Association, Pacific Scribes, and Friends of Calligraphy. Shirley has illustrated a number of books, including Want to Play?, a 2016 Junior Library Guild Selection written by Paula Yoo, and Emily Lost Someone She Loved, a 2015 Gold Illumination Award and Bronze Moonbeam Award Winner written by Kathleen Fucci. Shirley is living her dream!
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9781620143421
- Publication Date
- March 1, 2017
- Publisher
- Lee Low Books
- Original Publication Date
- March 1, 2017
- Page Count
- 32
- Word Count
- 352
- Audience
- Early Reader
- Reading Age
- 4 - 8 years
- Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
- 2016028088
- Lexile® Level
- 430L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~L
- ATOS® Book Level
- 1.8
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 0.5
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 189205
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- LG
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