The Popcorn Book
What's The Popcorn Book About
Tony likes to cook. Tiny likes to read. But both twins like to eat . . . POPCORN! So while Tony cooks it, Tiny reads about what popcorn is, how it’s stored, how it’s cooked, how different Native American people made it, how much popcorn Americans eat, popcorn stories and legends, and popcorn recipes. Tomie de Paola, who eats a lot of popcorn, shares what he knows about it with humor and imagination.
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Tomie dePaola is one of the most popular children’s book authors and illustrators of our time and the winner of the 2011 Children’s Literature Legacy Award for “significant and lasting contribution to children’s literature,” among other lifetime achievement awards. A Newbery Honor winner, he has written and illustrated a number of books, including Caldecott Honor book Strega Nona and its companions, as well as Oliver Button Is a Sissy; The Legend of Old Befana; The Clown of God; Michael Bird-Boy; Andy, That’s My Name; and Quiet. A native of Connecticut, Mr. dePaola studied at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, and now lives in New London, New Hampshire.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780823403141
- Publication Date
- March 1, 1978
- Publisher
- Holiday House
- Original Publication Date
- January 1, 1978
- Page Count
- 32
- Words Per Page
- 26
- Audience
- Picture
- Reading Age
- 4 - 8 years
- Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
- 77021456
- WorldCat Number (OCLC)
- 3205645
- Lexile® Level
- AD650L
- Scholastic Level
- N
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~P
- ATOS® Book Level
- 4.3
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 0.5
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 27474
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- LG
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