There Once Was a Man Named Michael Finnegan
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Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · 2001

There Once Was a Man Named Michael Finnegan

By Mary Ann Hoberman, Nadine Bernard Westcott (Illustrator)

A man causes chaos with his unique violin tune.

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28 pages
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In a whimsical twist on a classic song, a man stirs up delightful chaos with his peculiar violin playing. As his music echoes, the town is swept into a playful frenzy. What surprises will his melody bring next?

From the publisher

‘The team which collaborated on The Eensy-Weensy Spider meet again to offer an elaborated version of the repetitive children’’s song about a man who creates quite a din-igan playing the violin-igan. 15,000 first printing.’.

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Format
Hardcover
Pages
28
Reading age
4–8
Audience
Picture
Lexile
~202L
Themes & topics
Books about songs
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
1.8
F&P level
~G
AR points
0.5
AR interest level
LG
AR quiz
51683
Publication
Published
March 1, 2001
First published
January 1, 2001
Publisher
Little, Brown
Edition
Language
English
Type
Picture Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780316363013

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