Quest for the Tree Kangaroo
What's This Book About
A 2007 Sibert Honor Book It looks like a bear, but isn’t one. It climbs trees as easily as a monkey– but isn’t a monkey, either. It has a belly pocket like a kangaroo, but what’s a kangaroo doing up a tree? Meet the amazing Matschie’s tree kangaroo, who makes its home in the ancient trees of Papua New Guinea’s cloud forest. And meet the amazing scientists who track these elusive animals.
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The Creative Behind the Book
Sy Montgomery is a naturalist, documentary scriptwriter, and author of twenty acclaimed books of nonfiction for adults and children, including the National Book Award finalist The Soul of an Octopus and the memoir The Good Good Pig, a New York Times bestseller. The recipient of numerous honors, including lifetime achievement awards from the Humane Society and the New England Booksellers Association, she lives in New Hampshire with her husband, border collie, and flock of chickens.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780547248929
- Publication Date
- October 1, 2009
- Publisher
- Clarion Books
- Original Publication Date
- October 30, 2006
- Page Count
- 80
- Word Count
- 15496
- Audience
- Middle Grade
- Reading Age
- 10 - 12 years
- Lexile® Level
- 830L
- Scholastic Level
- U
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~T
- ATOS® Book Level
- 5.3
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 2
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 109814
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- MG
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