| If You Were a Contraction Contributor(s): Speed Shaskan, Trisha (Author), Gray, Sara (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1404847758 ISBN-13: 9781404847750 Publisher: Picture Window Books OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Language Arts - Grammar - Juvenile Nonfiction | Concepts - Words (see Also Headings Under Language Arts) - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals - Farm Animals |
| Dewey: 428.1 |
| Lexile Measure: 460 |
| Series: Word Fun (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.1" H x 8.8" W x 10.6" (0.25 lbs) 24 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 123925 Reading Level: 2.6 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: If you were a contraction, you would be a shortened form of two words put together. You would change "it" and "is" to IT'S and "could" and "not" to COULDN'T. What else could you do if you were a contraction? |
Contributor Bio(s): Jones, Christianne C.: - Christianne Jones is an award-winning author of books for younger children. Her picture book Lacey Walker, Nonstop Talker won a 2013 Gelett Burgess Award and was a Midwest Book Award finalist, and Hello, Goodbye, and a Very Little Lie was listed as one of the 100 best children's books by popular parenting site babble.com. Christianne lives in Mankato, Minnesota, with her husband and three daughters.Speed Shaskan, Trisha Sue: - Trisha Speed Shaskan was born and raised in Winona, Minnesota, where she waterskied on the Mississippi River, played basketball, and skateboarded. She has written more than forty books for children and taught creative writing to children and teens. Trisha received a 2012 Minnesota State Artist's Initiative Grant. She won the 2009 McKnight Artist Fellowship for Writers, Loft Award in Children's Literature/Older Children. She lives in Minneapolis with her husband, Stephen Shaskan, who is a children's book author and illustrator. |