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Stink volume 1
Lexile measure
540L
Language
English
Description
The shortest kid in the second grade, James Moody, also known as Stink, learns all about the shortest president of the United States, James Madison, when they celebrate Presidents' Day at school. Every morning, Judy Moody measures Stink and it's always the same: three feet, eight inches tall. Stink feels like even the class newt is growing faster than he is. Then, one day, the ruler reads-can it be?-three feet, seven and three quarters inches! Is...
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"One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2007" John Tyler Bonner (1920–2019) was professor emeritus of ecology and evolutionary biology at Princeton University. His many books include The Evolution of Culture in Animals and The Social Amoebae (both Princeton).
Why size plays such a big role in the living world
John Tyler Bonner, one of our most distinguished and creative biologists, here offers a completely new perspective on the role...
6) Cloudette
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Lexile measure
AD 590L
Language
English
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Description
Cloudette, the littlest cloud, finds a way to do something big and important as the other clouds do.
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Series
Lexile measure
440L
Language
English
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It's time to get smaller than tiny! It's time to get miniature! Introduce kids to different types of Miniature Dogs. Engage early readers with the charming photos and easy-to-read sentences that bring these small animals to life. Maps of where the animals live, size charts compared to humans, fun facts and a quick comprehension quiz will keep them learning all the way through the book.
Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
Sandcastle...
9) Brontorina
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English
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Despite her size and not having the proper footwear, a determined dinosaur pursues her dream of becoming a ballerina.
11) Tall and short
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English
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"Introduces the concept of the tall and short, using repetition of words and short, simple phrases"--Provided by publisher.
12) George shrinks
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Lexile measure
AD 490L
Language
English
Description
Taking care of a cat and a baby brother turns into a series of comic adventures when George wakes up to find himself shrunk to the size of a mouse.
13) Chicken Big
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Lexile measure
AD 570L
Language
English
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Description
A giant chicken hatches from an enormous egg, but the other chickens cannot accept that he is one of them.
15) Short
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Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Description
"Julia is very short for her age, but by the end of the summer run of The Wizard of Oz, she'll realize how big she is inside, where it counts. She hasn't ever thought of herself as a performer, but when the wonderful director of Oz casts her as a Munchkin, she begins to see herself in a new way. As Julia becomes friendly with the poised and wise Olive--one of the adults with dwarfism who've joined the production's motley crew of Munchkins--and with...
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Lexile measure
NC 590L
Language
English
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Description
Asks whether or not an elephant exhibits a variety of behaviors or physical characteristics, from eating plankton to weighing less than a grape, and responds by introducing the animal that actually exhibits that characteristic or behavior.
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Series
Lexile measure
240L
Language
English
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Description
This title looks at one of the tiniest and cutest species of hedgehog. Readers will learn more about the African Pygmy hedgehog's size, where it lives, what it likes to eat, and even compares it to regular-sized hedgehog species. Complete with adorable and colorful photographs that support the simple text.
19) D.W. thinks big
Author
Pub. Date
1993
Lexile measure
510L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Even though her brother Arthur says she is too little to help with the upcoming wedding, D.W. proves she is just the right size when disaster strikes during the ceremony.