Ready for Pumpkins
Ready for Pumpkins
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Ready for Pumpkins

Written by Kate Duke
Hardcover
$16.99
$15.97
5 - 8
Reading age
40
Page count
18
Words per page
AD510L
Lexile measure
Aug 28, 2012
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A classroom guinea pig finds a way to plant his own garden in this funny tale of pumpkins and patience. After watching the first graders grow plants from seeds, Hercules, the class guinea pig, is inspired. He wants to grow things, too! With the help of a rabbit named Daisy, Hercules plants his seeds and waits. And waits and waits. . . . He learns that growing things takes more than seeds and soil, sun and rain. It takes patience. But sometimes having to wait makes the reward even sweeter. “Duke’s story brims with humor of both the classroom and animal-buddy varieties, and her featherlight paintings capture every ounce of Herky’s enthusiasm, impatience, and eventual satisfaction.” –PW, starred review

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animalsgardeningnaturebunnies and rabbitspatiencepumpkinsscience and naturemice, hamster, guinea pigs, etc.school and educationguinea pigs

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9780375870682
    Publication Date
    August 28, 2012
    Publisher
    Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
    Page Count
    40
    Words Per Page
    18
    Audience
    Picture
    Reading Age
    5 - 8 years
    Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
    2011044615
    Lexile® Level
    AD510L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~N
    ATOS® Book Level
    2.4
    Accelerated Reader® Points
    0.5
    Accelerated Reader Quiz
    153473
    Accelerated Reader Interest Level
    LG

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