The Magician's Elephant
by Kate DiCamillo and Yoko Tanaka
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- Grade
- 1-8
- Genre
- Adventure
- Science Fiction / Fantasy
Year Published 2009
Word Count 23,335
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 730L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 133242, 4.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Adventure and adventurers--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure
- Orphans--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Siblings
- Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic
- Brothers and sisters
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Orphans & Foster Homes
- Orphans
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Adventure stories
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Elephants
- Brothers and sisters--Fiction
- Missing children--Fiction
- Missing children
- Fantasy
- Adventure and adventurers
- Elephants
- Elephants--Fiction
Our Original Resources 5

Meet-the-Author Movie with Kate DiCamillo
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Kate DiCamillo
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 4
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Teacher's Guide from Walker Books Ltd.
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Activity Kit from Walker Books Ltd.
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Book Readings 2

Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Juliet Stevenson
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Video Book Reading narrated by Kate DiCamillo
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Vocabulary Lists 1

Word lists, definitions, and example sentences
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Awards & Distinctions 1

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2022
Commended, 2010
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