Follow the Moon Home: A Tale of One Idea, Twenty Kids, and a Hundred Sea Turtles
by Philippe Cousteau, Deborah Hopkinson, and Meilo So
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- Grade
- PK-5
- Genre
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2016
Word Count 815
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 590L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 182175
- Subject Headings
- Child environmentalists
- Nature conservation
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Baby Animals
- Child environmentalists--Juvenile literature
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction
- Citizen participation
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Turtles
- Environmentalists
- Rare reptiles--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Marine Life
- Rare reptiles
- Loggerhead turtle
- Nature conservation--Citizen participation--Juvenile literature
- Infancy
- Loggerhead turtle--Infancy--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Fiction | Science & Nature | General
Our Original Resources 6
Meet-the-Author Recording with Meilo So about Follow the Moon Home
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Deborah Hopkinson
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Meilo So
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Customizable Lesson
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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 9
Audio Name Pronunciation with Deborah Hopkinson
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Meilo So
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 4
Nonfiction Read and Respond Customizable Lesson
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Common Core Guide from Chronicle
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Reader's Theater Script from Texas Bluebonnet Award 2018
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Teaching Ideas from Texas Bluebonnet Award 2018
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Book Trailers 1
Video Book Trailer from Texas Bluebonnet Award 2018
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Awards & Distinctions 3
Cook Prize, 2012-2019
Honor, 2017
Green Earth Book Award, 2005-2019
Winner, 2017
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2019
Environment, Energy, Ecology Selection, 2017
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