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Dory Story
Contributor(s): Pallotta, Jerry (Author), Biedrzycki, David (Illustrator)

ISBN: 0881060755 ISBN-13: 9780881060751
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing

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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: February 2000
Annotation: Danny ventures out into the ocean with his new fishing boat and gets a firsthand look at the ocean's exciting and sometimes dangerous food chain.

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Imagination & Play
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Marine Life
- Juvenile Fiction | Transportation - Boats, Ships, & Underwater Craft

Dewey: FIC

LCCN: 98037756

Age Level: 4-8

Grade Level: PreK-3

Lexile Measure: 590 AD (Adult Directed Text)

Physical Information: 0.36" H x 11.23" W x 9.27" L (1.03 lbs) 32 pages

Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product

Awards: North Carolina Children's Book Award, Nominee, Picture Book, 2003
Black-Eyed Susan Award, Nominee, Picture Book, 2003
Massachusetts Book Award (MassBook), Honor Book, Children's Picture, 2001

Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 01/01/2000 pg. 63
Booklist 02/01/2000 pg. 1019
School Library Journal 03/01/2000 pg. 210
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2000 pg. 278 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2000 pg. 278 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 35768
Reading Level: 3.4 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:
Be prepared for a few surprises when Danny ventures out into the bay in his dory.

Although taking the dory out solo is strictly forbidden, Danny cannot resist the calm waters of the bay. And that's where the adventure begins. He thinks rowing into a school of bluefish is trouble enough, but wait until the whales enter the picture. Danny encounters one sea creature after another and learns about the ocean food chain in the process. Just when you think you know what's going to happen next, the story takes an unexpected twist.

With brilliant and vibrant illustrations, readers will feel the excitement of being out on the water surrounded by ocean creatures. The life and the life cycle of the ocean will fascinate young readers.

Contributor Bio(s): Schifini, Alfredo: - Dr. Schifini assists schools across the nation and around the world in developing comprehensive language and literacy programs for English learners. He has worked as an ESL teacher, reading specialist, school administrator and university professor. Through an arrangement with California State Polytechnic University at Pomona, Dr. Schifini currently serves as program consultant to two large teacher-training efforts in the area of reading for second language speakers of English. His research interests include early literacy and language development and the integration of language and content-area instruction.Short, Deborah J.: - Dr. Short is a division director at the Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) in Washington, D.C. She has worked as a teacher, trainer, researcher, and curriculum/materials developer. Her work at CAL has concentrated on the integration of language learning with content-area instruction. Through several national projects, she has conducted research and provided professional development and technical assistance to local and state education agencies across the United States. She directed the ESL Standards and Assessment Project for TESOL and co-developed the SIOP model for sheltered instruction.

Dr. Short's monographs include: Extend Your Students' Reach and Move Them Toward Independence, Base Your ESL Instruction in the Content Areas, Reach for the Common Core, Structural Supports for English Learners, Comprehensive and Responsive Assessment, and Developing Academic Literacy in Adolescents.Tinajero, Josefina Villamil: - Dr. Tinajero specializes in staff development and school-university partnership programs and has consulted with school districts in the U.S. to design ESL, bilingual, literacy, and bi-literacy programs. She has served on state and national advisory committees for standards development, including the English as a New Language Advisory Panel of the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards and the Texas Reading Academies. She is currently professor of Education and Interim Dean of the College of Education at the University of Texas at El Paso and was President of the National Association for Bilingual Education, 1997-2000.

Dr. Tinajero's monograph is titled Teaching the Fundamentals.

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