Cress Watercress
Cress Watercress
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Cress Watercress

Written by Gregory Maguire & illustrated by David Litchfield
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8 - 12
Reading age
224
Page count
148
Words per page
~669L
Lexile measure
Mar 29, 2022
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A lavishly illustrated woodland tale with a classic sensibility and modern flair–from the fertile imagination behind Wicked Gregory Maguire turns his trademark wit and wisdom to an animal adventure about growing up, moving on, and finding community. When Papa doesn’t return from a nocturnal honey-gathering expedition, Cress holds out hope, but her mother assumes the worst. It’s a dangerous world for rabbits, after all. Mama moves what’s left of the Watercress family to the basement unit of the Broken Arms, a run-down apartment oak with a suspect owl landlord, a nosy mouse super, a rowdy family of squirrels, and a pair of songbirds who broadcast everyone’s business. Can a dead tree full of annoying neighbors, and no Papa, ever be home? In the timeless spirit of E. B. White and The Wind and the Willows–yet thoroughly of its time–this read-aloud and read-alone gem for animal lovers of all ages features an unforgettable cast that leaps off the page in glowing illustrations by David Litchfield. This tender meditation on coming-of-age invites us to flourish wherever we find ourselves.

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animalscommunityfamilybunnies and rabbitsfamily life

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9781536211009
    Publication Date
    March 29, 2022
    Publisher
    Candlewick Press (MA)
    Page Count
    224
    Words Per Page
    148
    Audience
    Middle Grade
    Reading Age
    8 - 12 years
    Est. Lexile® Level
    ~669L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~P
    ATOS® Book Level
    4.3
    Accelerated Reader® Points
    5
    Accelerated Reader Quiz
    515688
    Accelerated Reader Interest Level
    MG

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