Gentle Ben
Written by Walt Morey & illustrated by John Schoenherr
Part of the Puffin Modern Classics Book Series
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$8.99
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8 - 12
Reading
age
191
Page
count
52,406
Word
count
740L
Lexile
measure
Jan 1, 2006
Publication
date
What's Gentle Ben About
Publisher Summary
Traces the friendship between a boy and a bear in the rugged Alaskan Territory.
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Walt Morey was an award-winning author of numerous works of children’s fiction set in the U.S. Pacific Northwestand Alaska, the places where Morey lived for all of his life. His book Gentle Ben was the basis for the 1967 movie Gentle Giant and the 1967-1969 television show Gentle Ben.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780142405512
- Publication Date
- January 1, 2006
- Publisher
- Puffin Books
- Original Publication Date
- January 1, 1965
- Page Count
- 191
- Word Count
- 52406
- Audience
- Middle Grade
- Reading Age
- 8 - 12 years
- WorldCat Number (OCLC)
- 63515149
- Lexile® Level
- 740L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~R
- ATOS® Book Level
- 4.8
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 8
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 222
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- MG
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