| Tricking the Tallyman Contributor(s): Davies, Jacqueline (Author), Schindler, S. D. (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0385755198 ISBN-13: 9780385755191 Publisher: Dragonfly Books OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - General - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 660 |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 7.8" W x 9.8" (0.35 lbs) 40 pages |
| Themes: - Catalog Heading - Social Studies - Curriculum Strand - Social Studies - Chronological Period - 18th Century |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 129401 Reading Level: 3.7 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Are kids interested in learning about the very first American census? Probably not. Do young readers clamor for stories set in the very, very olden days of the late 18th century? Uh, not really. Okay, but do they like nutty cat-and-mouse trickery, wacky slapstick, and animals disguised as people? You bet So let them have all that, and if they end up learning a thing or two about our country, its history, and the ways our government works, shhh . . . we won't tell Tricking the Tallyman accomplishes the tricky task of showing kids the way the 1790 census was tabulated (or tallied) and how the country's new citizens came to understand (after much misunderstanding) how it worked to help them and the country. Excellent for classroom use or to put in the hands of bright kids with a taste for the quirky and irreverent, young readers may enjoy this story so much they might not even notice how much they've learned |