| Circle Dogs Contributor(s): Henkes, Kevin (Author), Yaccarino, Dan (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0688154468 ISBN-13: 9780688154462 Publisher: Greenwillow Books OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 1998 Annotation: Even the youngest readers will want to run and wiggle and bounce and dig through the day with the circle dogs--an inspired collaboration, a new take on simple shapes, a story to read again and again. Full color. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Concepts - Size & Shape - Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Dogs |
| Dewey: E |
| LCCN: 97033037 |
| Lexile Measure: 350 |
| Physical Information: 0.43" H x 8.3" W x 10.3" (0.71 lbs) 32 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 2497 Reading Level: 1.7 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The circle dogs live in a big, square house with a big, square yard. See the dogs? See the circles? Mama calls them pooches. Papa calls them hounds. I'm a dog says Big Sister. Baby is, too. And even the youngest reader will want to wiggle and bounce and dig through the day with the circle dogs....until it is time for bed. An inspired collaboration, a new take on simple shapes, a story to read again and again. Bravo Henkes and Yaccarino |
Contributor Bio(s): Henkes, Kevin: - Kevin Henkes is an award-winning author and illustrator of many books for children of all ages. He received the Caldecott Medal for Kitten's First Full Moon; Caldecott Honors for Waiting and Owen; two Newbery Honors--one for Olive's Ocean and one for The Year of Billy Miller--and Geisel Honors for Waiting and Penny and Her Marble. His other books include Egg, Old Bear, A Good Day, Chrysanthemum, and the beloved Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse. Kevin Henkes lives with his family in Madison, Wisconsin. www.kevinhenkes.com Yaccarino, Dan: -Dan Yaccarino is an internationally acclaimed author-illustrator with more than thirty children's books to his credit, including I Am a Story, Five Little Pumpkins, Five Little Bunnies, Trashy Town, and Giant Tess. He also created and produced Nickelodeon's Oswald and is the character designer behind The Backyardigans. You can visit him at www.yaccarinostudio.com. |