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Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · 2007 · Est. 9 min read-aloud
No Sword Fighting in the House
By Susanna Leonard Hill, True Kelley (Illustrator)
Boys joust on cows, flattening mom's daffodils before a contest.
3.6/5 Goodreads · 59 ratings
32 pages· 1,055 words· Est. 9 min read-aloud
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Bookroo's summary
Art and Lance, forbidden from indoor swordplay, take their antics outside, jousting on cows. Chaos ensues when their bovine steeds trample their mother's prized daffodils just before the contest. Can they fix the mess before it's too late?
From the publisher
After being told not to sword fight in the house, Art and Lance move to the backyard where they begin jousting on cows, but even there the boys manage to get into trouble as they flatten their mother’s daffodils just before the big daffodil contest.
At a glance
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 32
- Words
- 1,055
- Reading age
- 4–8
- Audience
- Early Reader
- Lexile
- 520L
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The fine print
Book details
Reading levels
- ATOS
- 2.5
- F&P level
- ~N
- AR points
- 0.5
- AR interest level
- LG
- AR quiz
- 112404
Publication
- Published
- December 14, 2006
- First published
- January 1, 2007
- Publisher
- Holiday House
Edition
- Language
- English
- Type
- Picture Book
Identifiers
- ISBN
- 9780823419166
- LCCN
- 2005052533
- OCLC
- 61456726
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