A Balloon for Isabel Contributor(s): Underwood, Deborah K. (Author), Rankin, Laura (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0061779873 ISBN-13: 9780061779879 Publisher: Greenwillow Books OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations - General (see Also Religious - Christian - Holiday - Juvenile Fiction | School & Education - Juvenile Fiction | Animals - General |
Dewey: E |
LCCN: 2009018759 |
Lexile Measure: 510 |
Physical Information: 0.39" H x 8.92" W x 11.28" (0.86 lbs) 32 pages |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 136701 Reading Level: 2.8 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Balloons are bright and floaty and shiny and perfect. More than anything else in the whole wide world, Isabel wants a balloon. Everyone will get one on Graduation Day--everyone except the porcupines, because Porcupines + Balloons = Trouble But Isabel isn't going to settle for another boring bookmark. She has a plan. . . . |
Contributor Bio(s): Rankin, Laura: - Ginger Foglesong Gibson is the author of numerous books for children, including the bilingual favorites ˇFiesta!, Siesta, and ˇBravo! She graduated from the University of Virginia with a degree in early childhood education, and now lives in Seattle, Washington. Laura Rankin is the creator of The Handmade Alphabet, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book, and Ruthie and the (Not So) Teeny Tiny Lie. She is the illustrator of many other books for children, including A Balloon for Isabel, by Deborah Underwood. She lives in Easton, Maryland. Underwood, Deborah K.: -Deborah Underwood is the author of The Quiet Book, illustrated by Renata Liwska, and Granny Gomez and Jigsaw, illustrated by Scott Magoon. She lives in San Francisco, California. |