Tricky Vic: The Impossibly True Story of the Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower
by Greg Pizzoli
A New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Children's Book of 2015... read more
15 Total Resources 4 Awards View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
- Grade
- 1-8
- Genre
- Adventure
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Picture Book
Year Published 2015
Word Count 2,722
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1230L
- ATOS Reading Level: 7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 172595, 0.5 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- Criminals
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Adventure & Adventurers
- Swindlers and swindling
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Law & Crime
- Lustig, Victor, 1890-1947--Juvenile literature
- Lustig, Victor
- Swindlers and swindling--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | Europe
- Criminals--Biography--Juvenile literature
Our Original Resources 4
Audio Name Pronunciation with Greg Pizzoli
Created by TeachingBooks
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
Created by TeachingBooks
About the Author 3
Author Interviews 7
Interview with Greg Pizzoli
Created by Nonfiction Nook
Insights by Greg Pizzoli
Created by Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast
Interview with Greg Pizzoli
Created by Publishers Weekly
Interview with Greg Pizzoli
Created by Juana Martinez-Neal
Interview from 2013 with Greg Pizzoli
Created by The Children's Book Podcast
Interview from 2015 with Greg Pizzoli
Created by The Children's Book Podcast
Interview with Greg Pizzoli
Created by The Yarn Podcast
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 2
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Awards & Distinctions 4
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2022
Commended, 2016
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2022
Elementary Selection, 2015
Horn Book Fanfare, 2001 - 2021
Selection, 2015
Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2021
Selection, 2015
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