Water Hole Waiting Contributor(s): Kurtz Jane (Author), Christiansen, Lee (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0060298502 ISBN-13: 9780060298500 Publisher: Greenwillow Books
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: March 2002 Annotation: Water holes on the African plains are popular places, but very dangerous for small monkeys who have to watch out for lions, crocs, and elephants. Will the monkeys ever get to drink? Illustrations. |
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BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Science & Nature - General - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - Africa - Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Apes, Monkeys, Etc. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dewey: E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
LCCN: 2001023040 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Age Level: 4-8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grade Level: PreK-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lexile Measure: 490 AD (Adult Directed Text) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Physical Information: 0.37" H x 8.76" W x 11.36" L (0.87 lbs) 32 pages | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Themes: - Cultural Region - African | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Awards: Georgia Children's Book Award, Nominee, Picture Storybook, 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 03/01/2002 pg. 337 School Library Journal 05/01/2002 pg. 120 Booklist 05/15/2002 pg. 1601 Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2002 pg. 335 - Marginal, Seriously Flawed Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2002 pg. 335 - Marginal, Seriously Flawed School Library Journal 10/01/2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Quiz #: 56446 Reading Level: 2.3 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
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Publisher Description: It's a hot day on the savanna. The sun sizzles, bristles, and bakes. A young monkey wants to drink at the water hole. But wait Blocking the way are irritable hippos, sharphoofed zebras, a toothy lion, huge elephants, and a lurking crocodile. Will Monkey ever get to taste cool water? Why is waiting so hard? |
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Contributor Bio(s): Kurtz Jane, &. Christopher: - Jane Kurtz is a highly acclaimed author of books for young readers. Her picture books include Fire on the Mountain, an honor book for the Marion Vannett Ridgeway Award, and River Friendly, River Wild, winner of the Golden Kite Award for picture book text. Christopher Kurtz previously collaborated with his sister, Jane, on Only a Pigeon, which won a Parents' Choice Gold Award and an African Studies Association Award. Jane and Christopher spent part of their childhoods in a remote village in Ethiopia. Christopher returned to Ethiopia to teach as an adult and spent many hours with monkeys at the Awash National Park. Jane visited the water hole at Treetops, Kenya, while working on this story. Jane Kurtz lives in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and Christopher Kurtz lives in Portland, Oregon. Christiansen, Lee: -Lee Christiansen illustrated Water Hole Waiting by Jane Kurtz and Christopher Kurtz. School Library Journal called the illustrations "breathtaking" while Kirkus Reviews noted the "vivid artwork complements the elegant text, often extending it with additional details." Water Hole Waiting was named a School Library Journal Best Book and a National Science Teachers Association/Children's Book Council Outstanding Science Trade Book. Lee Christiansen lives in Red Lodge, Montana, with his wife and sons. |
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