Follow the Moon Home: A Tale of One Idea, Twenty Kids, and a Hundred Sea Turtles
by Philippe Cousteau, Deborah Hopkinson, and Meilo So
23 Total Resources 3 Awards View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
- Grade
- PK-5
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- Picture Book
Year Published 2016
Word Count 815
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 590L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 182175, 0.5 AR Points
- Subject Headings
- Child environmentalists
- Nature conservation
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Baby Animals
- Child environmentalists--Juvenile literature
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction
- Citizen participation
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Turtles
- Environmentalists
- Rare reptiles--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Marine Life
- Rare reptiles
- Loggerhead turtle
- Nature conservation--Citizen participation--Juvenile literature
- Infancy
- Loggerhead turtle--Infancy--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Fiction | Science & Nature | General
- Lists With This Book
- Earth Day 2017|March for Science
- Sample: Bookworms
- Sample: Journeys, Units 1-2
Our Original Resources 6
Meet-the-Illustrator Recording with Meilo So about Follow the Moon Home
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Deborah Hopkinson
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Meilo So
Created by TeachingBooks
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
View Comprehensive Text Complexity Measures
Created by TeachingBooks
Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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About the Authors 8
Audio Name Pronunciation with Deborah Hopkinson
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Meilo So
Created by TeachingBooks
Author Interviews 10
Meet-the-Illustrator Recording with Meilo So
Created by TeachingBooks
Interview with Philippe Cousteau
Created by Texas Bluebonnet Award
Interview with Meilo So
Created by Texas Bluebonnet Award
Interview with Deborah Hopkinson
Created by Texas Bluebonnet Award
Interview with Deborah Hopkinson
Created by Laurie Thompson
Interview with Deborah Hopkinson
Created by Read & Shine
Interview with Meilo So
Created by Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast
Interview with Philippe Cousteau
Created by Cogito
Interview with Philippe Cousteau
Created by Great Big Story
Interview with Philippe Cousteau
Created by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 4
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Teaching Ideas from Texas Bluebonnet Award 2018
Created by Texas Bluebonnet Award 2018
Reader's Theater Script from Texas Bluebonnet Award 2018
Created by Texas Bluebonnet Award 2018
Common Core Guide from Chronicle
Created by Chronicle
Book Trailers 1
Video Book Trailer from Texas Bluebonnet Award
Created by Texas Bluebonnet Award
Awards & Distinctions 3
Cook Prize, 2012-2023
Honor, 2017
Green Earth Book Award, 2005-2022
Winner, 2017
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2022
Environment, Energy, Ecology Selection, 2017
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