| Stubborn as a Mule and Other Silly Similes Contributor(s): Loewen, Nancy (Author), Watkins, Adam (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1404867155 ISBN-13: 9781404867154 Publisher: Picture Window Books OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Language Arts - Composition & Creative Writing - Juvenile Nonfiction | Humor - General - Juvenile Nonfiction | Concepts - Words (see Also Headings Under Language Arts) |
| Dewey: 428.1 |
| LCCN: 2010033763 |
| Lexile Measure: 580 |
| Series: Ways to Say It (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.07" H x 7.64" W x 10.46" (0.25 lbs) 24 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 141666 Reading Level: 3.3 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Are you silly as a goose? Do you laugh like a hyena? Like a monkey? Like a moose? In this introduction to grammar fundamentals, young learners discover the silly world of similes, a figure of speech that compares two things. With laugh-out-loud illustrations and clever, quirky text, this nonfiction picture books young grammarians and the children of language lovers. |
Contributor Bio(s): Loewen, Nancy: - Nancy Loewen writes fiction and nonfiction for children and young adults. Recent awards include: 2012 Minnesota Book Awards finalist (The LAST Day of Kindergarten); 2011 Bank Street's Best Children's Books of the Year (Share a Scare: Writing Your Own Scary Story); 2011 Book of Note, Tri-State Young Adult Review Committee (Stubborn as a Mule and Other Silly Similes); and 2010 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers (Writer's Toolbox Series). She's also received awards from The American Library Association, the New York Public Library, the Independent Book Publishers Association, and the Society of School Librarians International. Nancy holds an MFA in creative writing from Hamline University, St. Paul. She lives in the Twin Cities with her husband and two teenage children. |