Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World about Kindness
by Donna Janell Bowman and Daniel Minter
Junior Library Guild Selection
Notable Children's Book, Association for Library... read more
21 Total Resources 4 Awards 11 State Lists Book Resume View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
- Grade
- 1-8
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Picture Book
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2016
Word Count 2,673
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 910L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 185164, 0.5 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Training
- Horse trainers--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Human-animal communication
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Horses
- Humane education
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
- Horse trainers
- Human-animal communication--United States--Juvenile literature
- Human-animal relationships
- Key, Bill, 1833-1909--Juvenile literature
- Horses--Training--United States--History--Juvenile literature
- Key, Bill
- Human-animal relationships--United States--Juvenile literature
- History
- Humane education--United States--History--Juvenile literature
- Biography
- United States
- Beautiful Jim Key (Horse)--Juvenile literature
- Beautiful Jim Key (Horse)
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 6
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Activity Guide from Texas Bluebonnet Award 2019
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Awards & Distinctions 4

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2024
Commended, 2017

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2017

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Biography Selection, 2017
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