Round Trip
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$1580
Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · 1983 · Est. 2 min read-aloud

Round Trip

Written & illustrated by Ann Jonas

Experience a journey where the return trip transforms the world around you.

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32 pages· 249 words· Est. 2 min read-aloud
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Embark on a unique journey with a family as they travel to the city. As you flip the book for the return trip, watch the world transform: clouds become puddles, fields turn to rain, and city lights morph into stars. What new perspectives will you discover on this imaginative round trip?

From the publisher

This book isn’t just the STORY of a family’s round trip - it IS a round trip! Read forward and look at the sights, then flip the book over to see something different on the way back. The black-and-white illustrations for the trip into the city become something different when the book is turned upside down for the journey home. Clouds turn into puddles, fields of wheat turn into rain, lightning becomes mountain trails, and building lights morph into stars. “Round Trip” was featured on Reading Rainbow, the acclaimed PBS-TV series celebrating books and reading.

At a glance
Format
Hardcover
Pages
32
Words
249
Reading age
4–8
Audience
Picture
Lexile
500L
Themes & topics
Books about city and town lifeBooks about country life
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
1.9
F&P level
~N
AR points
0.5
AR interest level
LG
AR quiz
68543
Publication
Published
April 1, 1983
Edition
Language
English
Type
Picture Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780688017729

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