A Beetle Is Shy
by Dianna Hutts Aston and Sylvia Long
The award-winning duo of Dianna Hutts Aston and Sylvia Long team up again, this time... read more
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- Grade
- PK-2
- Genre
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2016
Word Count 784
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1070L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 182868, 0.5 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Science
Our Original Resources 4
Audio Name Pronunciation with Sylvia Long
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TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Sylvia Long “Illustrating Nonfiction Picture Books”
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 1
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Awards & Distinctions 4

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2023
Commended, 2017

ILA Teachers' Choices Reading List, 2015-2020
Selection, 2017

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2022
Nonfiction Selection, 2016
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