Orangutanka: A Story in Poems
by Margarita Engle and Renée Kurilla
All the orangutans are ready for a nap in the sleepy depths of the afternoon .... read more
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- Grade
- PK-5
- Genre
- Poetry
- Picture Book
Year Published 2015
Word Count 316
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: Currently Not Available
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 175607, 0.5 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Science
- Subject Headings
- Naps (Sleep)
- Familial behavior in animals
- Orangutans--Juvenile fiction
- Orangutans--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Apes, Monkeys, etc.
- Familial behavior in animals--Fiction
- Waka
- Orangutans
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | General (see also headings under Social Themes)
- Naps (Sleep)--Fiction
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction
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