Liz and the Sand Castle Contest
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Picture Book · Ages 5–9 · 2015 · Est. 37 min read-aloud

Liz and the Sand Castle Contest

Written by Callie Barkley · Illustrated by Marsha Riti

Book #11 in the The Critter Club series

A young girl participates in a sand castle contest and helps a baby octopus in distress

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128 pages· 4,739 words· Est. 37 min read-aloud
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At the beach, Liz faces a sand castle contest with a not-so-friendly neighbor, Tommy, who might have sabotaged her creation. As she navigates this rivalry, Liz discovers a baby octopus in need of rescue. With the contest looming and the ocean calling, Liz must rebuild her castle and help the tiny creature. Will she manage to win the competition and save the octopus? Dive into this adventure where friendship and determination are put to the test.

From the publisher

Liz deals with some unfriendly competition at the beach and tries to rescue a baby octopus in the eleventh book of The Critter Club series. Liz and her family are at the beach! Liz loves building sand sculptures, so when she sees a flyer for a sand castle competition, of course she enters. She thinks she’s found a new friend when she meets her neighbor Tommy, who is also competing, but Tommy’s not so nice. He teases Liz about the castle she’s building and he laughs when one of the pieces caves in. Then Liz’s castle gets ruined overnight! It’s the day of the contest judging, and Liz no longer has anything to enter. Did Tommy destroy Liz’s sand castle? Plus, Liz finds a baby octopus that needs help! Will she be able to get the octopus back in the ocean and swimming again? With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, The Critter Club chapter books are perfect for beginning readers!

At a glance
Format
Paperback
Pages
128
Words
4,739
Reading age
5–9
Audience
Juvenile Reader
Lexile
590L
Themes & topics
Books about friendshipBooks about animalsBooks about the beachBooks about animal rescueBooks about contests
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
3.5
F&P level
~O
AR points
1
AR interest level
LG
AR quiz
174497
Publication
Published
June 2, 2015
Publisher
Little Simon
Edition
Language
English
Type
Picture Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9781481424059

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