Manjhi Moves a Mountain
by Nancy Churnin and Danny Popovici
Dashrath Manjhi used a hammer and chisel, grit, determination, and twenty years... read more
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- Grade
- 1-5
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Area
- South Asian
Year Published 2017
Word Count 807
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 610L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 189738
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Science
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Work ethic--Juvenile literature
- Social service--India--Juvenile literature
- Social service
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction
- Road construction workers
- Excavation
- Road construction workers--India--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | General
- Excavation--Juvenile literature
- India
- Persistence--Juvenile literature
- Work ethic
- Maainjhai, Daasaratha
- Mān̐jhī, Daśaratha, 1934-2007--Juvenile literature
- Persistence
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics | Values & Virtues
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | Asia
Our Original Resources 4
Audio Name Pronunciation with Danny Popovici
Created by TeachingBooks
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
Created by TeachingBooks
About the Authors 5
Audio Name Pronunciation with Danny Popovici
Created by TeachingBooks
Author Interviews 9
Interview with Danny Popovici
Created by Vivian Kirkfield
Interview with Danny Popovici
Created by Kidlit 411
Interview with Danny Popovici
Created by Jena Benton
Interview with Nancy Churnin
Created by Jena Benton
Interview with Nancy Churnin
Created by Laura Sassi
Interview with Nancy Churnin
Created by Book Q&As with Deborah Kalb
Interview with Nancy Churnin
Created by Vivian Kirkfield
Interview with Nancy Churnin
Created by GROG
Interview with Nancy Churnin
Created by Melissa Stoller
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 4
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Teaching Ideas from South Asia Book Award
Created by South Asia Book Award
Curriculum Guide from Creston Books
Created by Creston Books
Awards & Distinctions 4
South Asia Book Award for Children's & Young Adult Literature, 2012-2020
Winner, 2018
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2020
Geography, People, Places Selection, 2018
ILA Children’s Choices Reading List, 2015-2020
Selection, 2018
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
Character Building Selection, 2017
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