Pinky and Rex and the School Play
by James Howe and Melissa Sweet • Part of the Pinky and Rex Series
- Grade
- PK-5
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Beginning / Early Reader
Year Published 1998
Word Count 2,639
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 530L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 20036, 0.5 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | School & Education
- Juvenile Fiction | Readers | Beginner
- Jealousy
- Schools
- Juvenile Fiction | Performing Arts | Theater & Musicals
- Rex (Fictitious character: Howe)
- Pinky (Fictitious character: Howe)
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
- Theater
- Friendship
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction
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