The Growing Story
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Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · 1947

The Growing Story

Written by Ruth Krauss · Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury

All summer long, a little boy worries that he isn't growing like everything around him.

40 pages· ~330L
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Bookroo's summary

Through spring and summer a little boy watches the plants and animals around him grow bigger and bigger, and worries that he is staying the same. When cold weather comes and he tries on last year's winter clothes, he discovers he has been growing all along. Ruth Krauss's 1947 story, newly illustrated by Helen Oxenbury.

At a glance
Format
Hardcover
Pages
40
Reading age
4–8
Audience
Picture
Lexile
~330L
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
2.4
F&P level
~J
AR points
0.5
AR interest level
LG
AR quiz
115135
Publication
Published
May 22, 2007
First published
January 1, 1947
Publisher
HarperCollins
Edition
Language
English
Type
Picture Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780060247164
LCCN
97042822
OCLC
37902349

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