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One Day in the Prairie
Contributor(s): George, Jean Craighead (Author), Marstall, Bob (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0064420396     ISBN-13: 9780064420396
Publisher: HarperCollins
OUR PRICE:   $4.49  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: April 1996
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Annotation: Henry Rush is spending the day at the Prairie Wildlife Refuge, determined to photograph a prairie dog doing a back flip. But while he whatches and waites at the edge of prairie dog town, he fails to notice the electricity humming through the air. Or the buffalo aniously pawing the ground. Or the purple-blue cloud building over the prairie grass. A tornado is forming to the west . And when the dark funnel touches down, it will wipe out everything in it's path...
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General
- Juvenile Fiction | Readers - Chapter Books
Dewey: 591.526
LCCN: 85048254
Lexile Measure: 860
Physical Information: 0.2" H x 5.1" W x 7.6" (0.10 lbs) 64 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Southwest U.S.
- Geographic Orientation - Oklahoma
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 14689
Reading Level: 5.0   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 1.0
 
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Publisher Description:

Henry Rush is spending the day at the Prairie Wildlife Refuge, determined to photograph a prairie dog doing a back flip. But while he whatches and waites at the edge of prairie dog town, he fails to notice the electricity humming through the air. Or the buffalo aniously pawing the ground. Or the purple-blue cloud building over the prairie grass. A tornado is forming to the west . And when the dark funnel touches down, it will wipe out everything in it's path...


Contributor Bio(s): George, Jean Craighead: -

Jean Craighead George wrote over one hundred books for children and young adults. Her novel Julie of the Wolves won the Newbery Medal in 1973, and she received a 1960 Newbery Honor for My Side of the Mountain. She continued to write acclaimed picture books that celebrate the natural world. Her other books with Wendell Minor include The Wolves Are Back; Luck; Everglades; Arctic Son; Morning, Noon, and Night; and Galapagos George.

George, Jean Craighead: -

Jean Craighead George wrote over one hundred books for children and young adults. Her novel Julie of the Wolves won the Newbery Medal in 1973, and she received a 1960 Newbery Honor for My Side of the Mountain. She continued to write acclaimed picture books that celebrate the natural world. Her other books with Wendell Minor include The Wolves Are Back; Luck; Everglades; Arctic Son; Morning, Noon, and Night; and Galapagos George.