A Horse in the House and Other Strange But True Animal Stories Contributor(s): Ablow, Gail (Author), Osborn, Kathy (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0763628387 ISBN-13: 9780763628383 Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA) OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2007 Annotation: Amazing tales of animals--all quite strange but very true--are combined with delightfully surreal illustrations for a collection culled from newspaper reports from around the world. Full color. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals - General - Juvenile Nonfiction | Curiosities & Wonders - Juvenile Nonfiction | Humor - General |
Dewey: 590 |
LCCN: 2006051855 |
Lexile Measure: 880 |
Physical Information: 0.41" H x 8.56" W x 12.04" (1.07 lbs) 40 pages |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 115899 Reading Level: 5.2 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 1.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Amazing real-life tales of animals -- combined with delightfully surreal illustrations -- make for a captivating book of a different stripe. Whoever heard of a horse who lived in a house (while its owners lived next door)? Or two donkeys who had a marriage feast? Or an official spying cat who was wired for sound? These stories and many more -- all quite strange, all very true -- come from newspaper reports around the world. With paintings by Kathy Osborn hinting at magic realism and journalist Gail Ablow's wonderfully witty text, this fascinating collection has much to say about creatures ranging from hippos to humans, who may in fact be the strangest animals of all. Back matter includes an author's note. |