Pickin' Peas
What's Pickin' Peas About
Winner of Tennessee Volunteer State Award A clever, singing rabbit eats his way through the pea patch until Little Girl snatches him up, and he is soon singing a new tune as he plans his escape. With a nod to Brer Rabbit, Pickin Peas is adapted from two folktales collected in Alabama and Virginia. The lively storytelling voice of award-winning author Margaret Read MacDonald, combined with Pat Cummings’ bright, bold contemporary illustrations, makes this timeless battle-of-wits an instant classic. This southern trickster folktale will teach readers the importance of resourcefulness, respect and fairness. Tell this story as a sing-along and make up dance moves as a class. Have fun with it!
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MARGARET READ MACDONALD travels the world telling wonderful stories and teaching others how to share them. Her most recent books include Party Croc! and How Many Donkeys? An Arabic Counting Tale. She lives in Washington where she works as a children’s librarian.
Pat Cummings was born in Chicago but grew up traveling with her military family all over the world. She has been writing and illustrating children’s books since she graduated from Pratt Institute and is the author and/or illustrator of more than forty books. In addition to her art for the Coretta Scott King Award winner My Mama Needs Me by Mildred Pitts Walter, Pat’s luminous work includes Angel Baby; Clean Your Room, Harvey Moon!; and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner Talking With Artists. She teaches children’s book illustration and writing at Parsons School of Design, the New School, and Pratt Institute. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. You can visit her online at www.patcummings.com.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9781939160836
- Publication Date
- September 16, 2014
- Publisher
- August House
- Original Publication Date
- March 1, 1997
- Page Count
- 32
- Audience
- Picture
- Reading Age
- 0 - 17 years
- Lexile® Level
- AD460L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~M
- ATOS® Book Level
- 2.5
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 0.5
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 34812
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- LG
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