Kunu's Basket: A Story from Indian Island
by Lee DeCora Francis and Susan Drucker
Kunu, a Penobscot Indian boy, is frustrated by his first attempts to make a basket.... read more
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- Grade
- PK-2
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Picture Book
- Cultural Experience
- American Indian
Year Published 2012
Word Count 865
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 490L
- ATOS Reading Level: 2.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 151789, 0.5 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Perserverance (Ethics)--Fiction
- Basket making
- Grandfathers--Fiction
- Grandfathers
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emotions & Feelings
- Indians of North America--Maine--Fiction
- Basket making--Fiction
- Penobscot Indians
- Maine
- Maine--Fiction
- Penobscot Indians--Fiction
- Perserverance (Ethics)
- Indians of North America
- Lists With This Book
- Grandpa's Stories
- Sample: Math by the Book
- Sample: CKLA Kindergarten Colonial Towns
Our Original Resources 3
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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About the Authors 3
Author Interviews 1
Interview with Lee DeCora Francis
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 3
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Reader Guide from Tilbury House Publishers
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Awards & Distinctions 2
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013
American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL): Lists of Best Books, 2010-2022
Elementary Selection, 2013
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