One Day in the Prairie Contributor(s): George, Jean Craighead (Author), Marstall, Bob (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0064420396 ISBN-13: 9780064420396 Publisher: HarperCollins OUR PRICE: $4.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1996 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 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
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. |