Saving Fiona: The Story of the World's Most Famous Baby Hippo
by Thane Maynard
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- Grade
- PK-2
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- Picture Book
Year Published 2018
Word Count 2,313
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1020L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 195657, 0.5 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Science
- Subject Headings
- Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden--Juvenile literature
- Fiona (Hippopotamus), 2017---Juvenile literature
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction
- Hippopotamus--Infancy--Juvenile literature
- Animals--Infancy--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | Zoos
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | Hippos & Rhinos
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Animals / Animal Welfare
- Hippopotamus--Ohio--Cincinnati
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | Baby Animals
- Animals--Infancy
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Animals / Zoos
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Zoology
- Ohio--Cincinnati
- Hippopotamus
- Fiona
- Ohio
- Cincinnati
- Hippopotamus--Ohio--Cincinnati--Juvenile literature
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Animals / Baby Animals
- Hippopotamus--Juvenile literature
- Picture books
- Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden
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Awards & Distinctions 2

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2023
Selection, 2019

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Nonfiction Selection, 2018
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