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My Friend, the Starfinder
Contributor(s): Lyon, George Ella (Author), Gammell, Stephen (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1416927387     ISBN-13: 9781416927389
Publisher: Atheneum Books
OUR PRICE:   $17.99  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: February 2008
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Annotation: Dazzled, a little girl listens to her old neighbors story of following a falling star when he was a boy. He found it, too. But thats not all the starfinder has to tell. Full color.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship
- Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic
- Juvenile Fiction | Legends, Myths, Fables - General
Dewey: E
LCCN: 2006032026
Lexile Measure: 540
Physical Information: 0.45" H x 9.29" W x 11.1" (1.03 lbs) 40 pages
Themes:
- Topical - Friendship
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 118148
Reading Level: 2.6   Interest Level: Lower Grades   Point Value: 0.5
 
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Publisher Description:
Dazzled,
a little girl listens
to her old neighbor's story
of following a falling star
when he was a boy.

He found it, too.
He put it in her hands.

But that's not all
the starfinder has to tell.

One day something
found him.

It's a story
too good to keep.

See for yourself.


Contributor Bio(s): Gammell, Stephen: - Stephen Gammell is the beloved illustrator of more than fifty books for children, including Song and Dance Man by Karen Ackerman, which received the Caldecott Medal, and two Caldecott Honor Books: The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant, Where the Buffaloes Begin by Olaf Baker, and The Secret Science Project That Almost Ate Our School by Judy Sierra. Mr. Gammell lives with his wife, Linda, in St. Paul, Minnesota.Lyon, George Ella: - George Ella Lyon is the author of Trucks Roll!, Planes Fly!, and Boats Float!, cowritten with her son Benn. Among George Ella's other books are the ALA Notable All the Water in the World and What Forest Knows. A novelist and poet, she lives with her family in Lexington, Kentucky. Visit her online at GeorgeEllaLyon.com.