The Secret Kingdom: Nek Chand, a Changing India, and a Hidden World of Art
by Barb Rosenstock and Claire A. Nivola
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- Grade
- 1-5
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Picture Book
- Cultural Experience
- South Asian
Year Published 2017
Word Count 946
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1100L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 195125, 0.5 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- Art
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- STEAM
- Subject Headings
- Chandīgarh (India)--Juvenile literature
- Rock gardens--India--Chandīgarh (Union Territory)
- Chand, Nek
- India--Juvenile literature
- Chandīgarh (India)
- India--Chandīgarh
- Folk art--India--Chandīgarh (Union Territory)
- JUVENILE NONFICTION--People & Places--Asia
- Chand, Nek--Juvenile literature
- Rock gardens
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Art
- India
- Sculptors--India--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Public sculpture--India--Chandīgarh (Union Territory)
- Artists
- JUVENILE NONFICTION--Biography & Autobiography--Art
- JUVENILE NONFICTION--Recycling & Green Living
- Rock gardens--India--Juvenile literature
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | Asia
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Recycling & Green Living
- Sculptors
Our Original Resources 8
Meet-the-Illustrator Recording with Claire A. Nivola about The Secret Kingdom
Created by TeachingBooks
Meet-the-Author Recording with Barb Rosenstock about The Secret Kingdom
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Claire A. Nivola
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Barb Rosenstock
Created by TeachingBooks
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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About the Authors 5
Audio Name Pronunciation with Claire A. Nivola
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Barb Rosenstock
Created by TeachingBooks
Author Interviews 9
Meet-the-Illustrator Recording with Claire A. Nivola
Created by TeachingBooks
Meet-the-Author Recording with Barb Rosenstock
Created by TeachingBooks
Guest post by Barb Rosenstock
Created by Nerdy Book Club
Guest post by Barb Rosenstock
Created by Unleashing Readers
Interview with Claire A. Nivola
Created by Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast
Interview with Barb Rosenstock
Created by Read is the New Black
Guest post by Barb Rosenstock
Created by Celebrate Science
Interview with Barb Rosenstock
Created by Follett
Interview with Barb Rosenstock
Created by Book Q&As with Deborah Kalb
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 4
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Art Lesson Plans from Barb Rosenstock
Created by Barb Rosenstock
Awards & Distinctions 4
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2023
Honor, 2019
South Asia Book Award for Children's & Young Adult Literature, 2012-2022
Winner, 2019
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2022
Arts Selection, 2018
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