The Circus Ship
by Chris Van Dusen
18 Total Resources 1 Awards View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
- Grade
- PK-5
- Genre
- Adventure
- Historical Fiction
- Humor
- Picture Book
Year Published 2009
Word Count 806
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 600L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 134375, 0.5 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
- Human-animal relationships
- Maine
- Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks
- Shipwrecks
- Survival
- Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure | Survival Stories
- Shipwrecks--Fiction
- Human-animal relationships--Fiction
- Survival--Fiction
- Shipwreck survival
- Circus animals--Fiction
- Circus animals
- Stories in rhyme
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 19th Century
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction
- Ships
Our Original Resources 4
Audio Name Pronunciation with Chris Van Dusen
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 6
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Teaching Ideas from Raising Readers
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Lesson Plan from Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award
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Lesson Plan from Candlewick Press
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Lesson Plan from Classroom Book of the Week
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Book Readings 1

Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Andrew Watts
Created by Recorded Books
Awards & Distinctions 1

Indies Choice Book Awards, 2009-2019
Picture Book Hall of Fame Selection, 2019
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