Renato and the Lion
by Barbara Dilorenzo
The touching, magical story of a boy in a war-torn country and the stone lion that... read more
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- Grade
- PK-2
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
Year Published 2017
Word Count 990
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 570L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 190115
- Curricular Area
- Art
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- STEAM
- Subject Headings
- JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Parents
- Florence (Italy)--History--Siege, 1944--Fiction
- World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Art & Architecture
- Italy--History--German occupation,1943-1945--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Parents
- Juvenile Fiction | Art
- Refugees--Fiction
- Sculpture--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | Military & Wars
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / Military & Wars
- Lists With This Book
- Juvenile Collection
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Awards & Distinctions 2

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2020
World History & Culture Selection, 2018

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
Elementary Selection, 2017
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