Charlie Needs a Cloak
by Tomie dePaola
Charlie was a shepherd. He had a cozy house, a big hat, a crook, and a flock of fat... read more
- Grade
- PK-5
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Picture Book
Year Published 1973
Word Count 120
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 500L
- ATOS Reading Level: 2.3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 80073, 0.5 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- STEAM
- Subject Headings
- Hand spinning--Juvenile literature
- Dyes and dyeing--Wool--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Farm Animals
- Juvenile Fiction | Clothing & Dress
- Cloaks
- Cloaks--Juvenile literature
- Dyes and dyeing
- Clothing and dress
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Lifestyles | Farm Life & Ranch Life
- Wool
- Hand weaving--Juvenile literature
- Hand spinning
- Hand weaving
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- Books for Spring
- Sample: Bookworms
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