| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
134 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
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Biography |
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Book |
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age Children |
| Summary |
A collection of autobiographical stories about raising a houseful of children and wild pets including crows, skunks, and raccoons. |
| Contents |
The genesis -- The screech owl who liked television -- Letting Yammer go -- A bathtub full of ducklings -- The goose and the duck who were arrested for disturbing the peace -- A trouble-making crow -- A talking crow -- The mystery of the pond in the foyer -- Raising a raccoon -- Crowbar goes to the bank -- The demise of the kestrel -- The robin in a teacup and the chickadee in the sunporch -- A crow kidnapping -- The boa constrictor and the Nancy Drew club -- The white mouse experiment -- The skunk in the closet -- Learning from a box turtle -- The bat in the refrigerator -- The tarantula in my purse -- The magpie dilemma -- Filling the empty nest -- The bullfrog who was a prince. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.4 3.0 18794. |
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Reading Counts RC 3-5 5.9 6 Quiz: 11254 Guided reading level: U. |
| Awards |
Texas Bluebonnet Award. |
| Provenance |
Gift of Susan Mandel Glazer. |
| Subject |
George, Jean Craighead, 1919-2012 -- Juvenile literature.
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George, Jean Craighead, 1919-2012. |
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Wild animals as pets -- Juvenile literature.
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Wild animals as pets. |
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Naturalists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Naturalists. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Short stories.
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Autobiographies.
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Juvenile works.
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Autobiographies.
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| ISBN |
0060236264 |
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9780060236267 |
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0060236272 (library binding) |
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9780060236274 (library binding) |
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