A Sick Day for Amos McGee: (Caldecott Medal Winner) Contributor(s): Stead, Philip C. (Author), Stead, Erin E. (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1596434023 ISBN-13: 9781596434028 Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
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BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship - Juvenile Fiction | Health & Daily Living - Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries - Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Zoos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dewey: E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
LCCN: 2010281493 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Age Level: 2-6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grade Level: PreK-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lexile Measure: 760 AD (Adult Directed Text) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 9.5" W x 8.6" L (0.74 lbs) 32 pages | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Themes: - Topical - Friendship | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Awards: Monarch Award, Nominee, Grades K-3, 2013 Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens, Recommended, Up to Seven, 2011 Golden Archer Award, Nominee, Primary, 2012 Caldecott Medal, Winner, Picture Book, 2011 Cybils, Finalist, Fiction Picture Book, 2010 Charlotte Zolotow Award, Honor Book, Picture Book Text, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 04/15/2010 Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2010 pg. 72 Booklist 05/01/2010 pg. 92 School Library Journal 05/01/2010 pg. 92 Publishers Weekly 05/10/2010 pg. 1 New York Times Book Review 11/07/2010 pg. 34 Kirkus Best Children's Books 11/15/2010 pg. 152 Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2010 - Superior,Well Above Average Publishers Weekly Best Books 11/08/2010 pg. 32 BookPage 06/01/2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Quiz #: 135897 Reading Level: 3.0 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
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Publisher Description: THE BEST SICK DAY EVER and the animals in the zoo feature in this striking picture book debut. Friends come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. In Amos McGee's case, all sorts of species, too Every day he spends a little bit of time with each of his friends at the zoo, running races with the tortoise, keeping the shy penguin company, and even reading bedtime stories to the owl. But when Amos is too sick to make it to the zoo, his animal friends decide it's time they returned the favor. A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead and Erin E. Stead is a 2011 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year and the winner of the 2011 Caldecott Medal. This title has Common Core connections. |
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Contributor Bio(s): Stead, Philip C.: - PHILIP C. STEAD is the author of the Caldecott Medal winning A Sick Day for Amos McGee, also named a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of 2010 and a Publishers Weekly Best Children's Book of 2010, illustrated by his wife, Erin E. Stead (A Neal Porter Book, Roaring Brook Press, 2010). Philip, also an artist, both wrote and illustrated his debut Creamed Tuna Fish and Peas on Toast (Roaring Brook Press, 2009), which was applauded by School Library Journal for "its wry humor and illustrations worthy of a Roald Dahl creation." Philip lives with Erin in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Stead, Erin E.: - Erin E. Stead has illustrated several children's books with her husband, Philip C. Stead. Their first picture book, A Sick Day for Amos McGee, won the Caldecott Medal. She has also illustrated And Then It's Spring (written by Julie Fogliano) and contributed to Eric Carle's What's Your Favorite Animal? The Steads divide their time between Ann Arbor, Michigan, and New York City. |
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