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Chapter Book · Ages 7–10 · 1995 · Est. 54 min read
Elves Don't Wear Hard Hats
By Debbie Dadey, Marcia T. Jones
Part of the The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids series
Are the new playground builders really Christmas elves?
3.8/5 Goodreads · 773 ratings
96 pages· 6,422 words· Est. 54 min read
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Bookroo's summary
Lisa suspects the short construction workers building the school playground are actually Christmas elves. Her friends, Melody and Howie, dismiss her theory as imagination. Is Lisa onto something magical, or is it all in her head? As the playground takes shape, Lisa must uncover the truth before the holiday season reveals its secrets.
From the publisher
When a group of short construction workers begins building a school playground, Lisa begins to suspect that they are really Christmas elves, but Melody and Howie think Lisa has an overactive imagination.
At a glance
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 96
- Words
- 6,422
- Reading age
- 7–10
- Audience
- Juvenile Reader
- Lexile
- 580L
Themes & topics
The author
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The fine print
Book details
Reading levels
- ATOS
- 3.6
- F&P level
- ~O
- AR points
- 1
- AR interest level
- LG
- AR quiz
- 14665
Publication
- Published
- November 1, 1995
- Publisher
- Scholastic Paperbacks
Edition
- Language
- English
- Type
- Chapter Book
Identifiers
- ISBN
- 9780590226370
- LCCN
- 2002563333
- OCLC
- 33393208
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