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Oak Leaf
Ages 5–7 · 2019
Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · 1992
The Old Red Rocking Chair
By John Sandford (Illustrator)
A rocking chair's journey through a neighborhood transforms it into something new.
3.9/5 Goodreads · 34 ratings
32 pages
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Bookroo's summary
Follow the journey of a well-loved rocking chair as it travels through a neighborhood, finding new life and purpose with each owner. From a cozy seat to a tiny footstool, discover how this simple object connects a community and returns to its original owner, transformed yet familiar. What stories does it carry, and how does it change those who use it?
From the publisher
An old rocking chair is recycled through a neighborhood, broken down bit by bit as young and old find various uses for it, until it ends up as a tiny footstool in the hands of the original owner.
At a glance
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 32
- Reading age
- 4–8
- Audience
- Picture
- Lexile
- AD680L
Themes & topics
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The fine print
Book details
Reading levels
- ATOS
- ~4.4
- F&P level
- ~P
Publication
- Published
- January 1, 1992
- Publisher
- Scholastic
Edition
- Language
- English
- Type
- Picture Book
Identifiers
- ISBN
- 9780590605007
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