Great Joy
by Kate DiCamillo and Bagram Ibatoulline
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- Grade
- 1-5
- Genre
- Holiday
- Realistic Fiction
Year Published 2007
Word Count 734
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 680L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 119066
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Monkeys--Juvenile fiction
- Pageants--Fiction
- Christmas
- Monkeys--Fiction
- Sympathy--Fiction
- Monkeys
- Organ grinders--Juvenile fiction
- Picture books for children
- Organ grinders
- Pageants
- Homeless persons--Fiction
- Sympathy
- Christmas--Fiction
- Pageants--Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations | Christmas & Advent
- Homeless persons
- Homeless persons--Juvenile fiction
- Christmas stories
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction
- Organ grinders--Fiction
- Sympathy--Juvenile fiction
Our Original Resources 6
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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View Comprehensive Text Complexity Measures
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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About the Authors 5
Audio Name Pronunciation with Kate DiCamillo
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Author Interviews 9
Meet-the-Author Movie with Kate DiCamillo
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2016 Interview with Kate DiCamillo
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Interview with Kate DiCamillo
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Interview with Kate DiCamillo
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Interview with Kate DiCamillo
Created by PBS NewsHour
National Ambassador for Young People's Literature inauguration of Kate DiCamillo
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2014 National Book Festival speech by Kate DiCamillo
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Interview with Kate DiCamillo
Created by Candlewick Press Presents Podcast
2018 Interview with Kate DiCamillo
Created by Mackin Community
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 3
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Lesson Plan from Weston Woods
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Book Readings 2
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Jane Curtin
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Video Book Reading narrated by Jane Curtin
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Awards & Distinctions 1
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2008
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