Baby Monkey, Private Eye
by David Serlin and Brian Selznick
Marvelous visual storytelling and spare, lively word choice make this winsome novel... read more
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- Grade
- PK-2
- Genre
- Beginning / Early Reader
- Humor
- Mystery
- Graphic Novel
Year Published 2018
Word Count 289
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 210L
- ATOS Reading Level: 1.4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 194161, 0.5 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
- Monkeys--Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Baby Animals
- Juvenile Fiction | Readers | Beginner
- Monkeys--Fiction
- Monkeys
- Detectives
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Apes, Monkeys, etc.
- Animals--Infancy--Fiction
- Humorous stories
- Mystery and detective stories
- Private investigators
- Detectives--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories
- Private investigators--Juvenile fiction
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction
- Lists With This Book
- Dig Deeper: iREAD PreK & Early Literacy
Our Original Resources 6
Meet-the-Author Recording with Brian Selznick and David Serlin about Baby Monkey, Private Eye
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Brian Selznick
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Audio Name Pronunciation with David Serlin
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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View Comprehensive Text Complexity Measures
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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About the Authors 5
Audio Name Pronunciation with Brian Selznick
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Audio Name Pronunciation with David Serlin
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Author Interviews 7
Meet-the-Author Recording with Brian Selznick and David Serlin
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Interview with Brian Selznick
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Interview with David Serlin
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Interview with Brian Selznick
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Interview with Brian Selznick
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Interview with Brian Selznick
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Interview with Brian Selznick
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 1
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Book Trailers 1
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Awards & Distinctions 3
Notable Children's Books, 1995-2021
Commended, 2019
Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2021
Selection, 2019
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2021
Emergent Selection, 2018
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