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Hey, Al
story by Arthur Yorinks ; pictures by Richard Egielski.
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1986.
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.

Annotations:

On jacket: The Caldecott medal.
A city janitor and his treasured canine companion are transported by a large colorful bird to an island in the sky, where their comfortable paradise existence threatens to turn them into birds as well.

Best Books:

Children's Catalog, Eighteenth Edition, 2001 ; H.W. Wilson; United States
Children's Catalog, Nineteenth Edition, 2006 ; H.W. Wilson; United States
Recommended Literature: Kindergarten through Grade Twelve, 2002 ; California Department of Education; California

Awards, Honors, Prizes:

Golden Archer Award, 1988 Winner The Little Archer Award Wisconsin
Kentucky Bluegrass Award, 1988 Winner Grades K-3 Kentucky
Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1987 Winner United States

State and Provincial Reading Lists:

Flicker Tale Children's Book Award, 1989 ; Nominee; Picture Books; North Dakota
Kentucky Bluegrass Award, 1988 ; Nominee; Kentucky

Reading Measurement Programs:


Accelerated Reader
Interest Level Lower Grade
Book Level 2.1
Accelerated Reader Points 0.5
Accelerated Vocabulary, Recorded Voice Quizzes

Reading Counts-Scholastic
Interest Level K-2
Reading Level 5
Title Point Value 1
Lexile Measure 320

Subjects:

Birds--Fiction.
Dogs--Fiction.
Imprints 20th century 1986
Juvenile literature--New York (N.Y.)--1986.
LanguageCall NumberLCCNDewey DecimalISBN/ISSN
English (eng) PZ7.Y819 He 1986
86080955 [E]
0374330603 : $13.95
9780374330606
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