The Funeral
by Matt James
15 Total Resources 4 Awards View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
- Grade
- PK-2
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
Year Published 2018
Word Count 609
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: Currently Not Available
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 510118
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Death--Fiction
- Death--Juvenile fiction
- Bereavement.--Juvenile fiction
- Bereavement--Juvenile fiction
- Uncles--Juvenile fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / New Experience
- Bereavement--Fiction
- Funeral rites and ceremonies--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emotions & Feelings
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Death, Grief, Bereavement
- Funeral rites and ceremonies--Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | New Experience
- JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Multigenerational
- Picture books
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Death & Dying
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction
- Uncles--Fiction
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Our Original Resources 5
Meet-the-Author Recording with Matt James about The Funeral
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Matt James
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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About the Author 3
Author Interviews 5
Meet-the-Author Recording with Matt James
Created by TeachingBooks
Interview with Matt James
Created by Breakfast Television
Interview with Matt James
Created by Global News
Interview with Matt James
Created by Kirkus Reviews
Interview with Matt James
Created by Groundwood
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 3
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
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Discussion Guide from Storypath (Union Presbyterian Seminary)
Created by Storypath (Union Presbyterian Seminary)
Awards & Distinctions 4
Ezra Jack Keats Book Award, 1986-2021
Author Honor, 2019
Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award, 2006-2020
Finalist, 2019
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019
Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2019
Selection, 2018
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