| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm |
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age Age: Children lcdgt |
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edu Educational level: School Children lcdgt |
| Note |
Art techniques used: Watercolor in contrasting muted and bright colors. |
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Color separations by Offset Separations Corp ... Bound by A. Horowitz and Sons ; Typography by Cynthia Krupat"--Title page verso. |
| Summary |
Al, a janitor, and his faithful dog, Eddie, live in a single room on the West Side. They eat together, they work together, they do everything together. So what's the problem? Their room is crowded and cramped; their life is an endless struggle. Al and Eddie are practically at each others throats when a large and mysterious bird offers them a new life in paradise. After some debate, they decide to accept. Transported to a gorgeous island in the sky, Al and Eddie are soon living a life of ease and luxury. But they come to find that the grass can be a little too green on the other side. |
| Audience |
520L Lexile. |
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Decoding indicator: 80 (high) Semantic indicator: 90 (high) Syntactic indicator: 60 (middle) Structure indicator: 90 (high) Lexile. |
| Awards |
Caldecott Medal, 1987. |
| Study Program |
AR LG 2.1 0.5. |
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Accelerated Reader Lower Grade 3.8 0.5 Chandler Elementery. |
| Subject |
Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.
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Dwellings -- Juvenile fiction.
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Paradise -- Juvenile fiction.
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Satisfaction -- Juvenile fiction.
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Dogs -- Juvenile fiction.
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Human-animal relationships -- Juvenile fiction.
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Birds -- Juvenile fiction.
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Fantasy fiction.
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Birds -- Fiction.
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Dogs -- Fiction.
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Birds. (OCoLC)fst00832970
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Dogs. (OCoLC)fst00896265
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Dwellings. (OCoLC)fst00899978
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Fantasy fiction. (OCoLC)fst00920710
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Friendship. (OCoLC)fst00935174
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Human-animal relationships. (OCoLC)fst00963482
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Paradise. (OCoLC)fst01198510
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Satisfaction. (OCoLC)fst01105825
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Self-acceptance -- Fiction.
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Caldecott Medal books.
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| Indexed Term |
Imprints 20th century 1986 |
| Genre/Form |
Caldecott Medal Winner -- 1987.
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Juvenile literature -- New York (N.Y.) -- 1986.
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Curriculum resource.
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Fantasy fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726607
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Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
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Fantasy fiction.
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Fantasy fiction.
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Juvenile literature -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1986.
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Dust jackets (Bindings) -- 1986.
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| Added Author |
Egielski, Richard, illustrator.
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Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. Publisher.
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Offset Separations Corp. Printer.
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A. Horowitz & Sons. Binder.
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Juvenile Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
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| ISBN |
0374330603 (hardcover) |
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9780374330606 (hardcover) |
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0812454596 (Perfection Learning bdg.) |
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9780812454598 (Perfection Learning bdg.) |
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9780374429850 (pbk.) |
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0374429855 (pbk.) |
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9781435203471 (Follett Bound) |
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143520347X (Follett Bound) |
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9780833527813 (Turtleback) |
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0833527819 (Turtleback) |
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9780606035248 (Turtleback) |
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0606035249 (Turtleback) |
