The Circus Ship
by Chris Van Dusen
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- 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
Created by TeachingBooks
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
Created by TeachingBooks
About the Author 4
Author Interviews 6
Interview with Chris Van Dusen
Created by Classroom Book of the Week
Interview with Chris Van Dusen
Created by MPBN Radio: Maine Public Broadcasting Network
Interview with Chris Van Dusen
Created by Candlewick Press
Interview with Chris Van Dusen
Created by Reading Rockets
Interview with Chris Van Dusen
Created by Mackin Community
Interview with Chris Van Dusen
Created by Art of the Picture Book
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 6
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Teaching Ideas from Raising Readers
Created by Raising Readers
Lesson Plan from Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award
Created by Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award
Lesson Plan from Candlewick Press
Created by Candlewick Press
Lesson Plan from Classroom Book of the Week
Created by Classroom Book of the Week
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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