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The Caboose Who Got Loose Book & CD [With CD]
Contributor(s): Peet, Bill (Author)

ISBN: 0618959793 ISBN-13: 9780618959792
Publisher: Clarion Books

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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: April 2008
Annotation: "Katy, 'a caboose who disliked being last, ' finds happiness when an accident releases her from the other cars on the train and perches her high between two evergreen trees".--Horn Book.

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Transportation - Railroads & Trains
- Juvenile Fiction | Lifestyles - City & Town Life
- Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories

Dewey: E

Age Level: 4-7

Grade Level: PreK-2

Lexile Measure: 1190 NP (Non-Prose Text)

Guided Reading: L (Grade 2)

Physical Information: 0.4" H x 9.1" W x 12.4" L (0.60 lbs) 48 pages

Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product, Read-A-Long

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 19556
Reading Level: 4.9 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:
Katy caboose doesn't like her life at the back of the train. Stuck with clouds of billowing smoke from the engine and a bumpy, jolting ride, she longs for some peace and quiet. When her rusty bolts bust loose, Katy finally gets the life she wants in a way she never expected!
This Read-Along Book and CD Favorite includes a paperback edition of the book and a compact disc in a newly designed reusable package. Perfect for car trips, classrooms, and bedtime listening, these recordings feature lively sound effects and original music. The CD includes one reading with page-turn signals as well as an uninterrupted reading.

Contributor Bio(s): Peet, Bill: - Bill Peet was the author of 34 books published by Houghton Mifflin. One of these, BILL PEET: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY, was named a 1989 Caldecott Honor Book. All of Bill Peet's books published by Houghton Mifflin Company, including his first book for children published in 1959, HUBERT'S HAIR-RAISING ADVENTURE, remain actively in print today.

In both his career as an author and illustrator of children's books and in his work as sketch artist and continuity illustrator at Walt Disney, Bill Peet created a menagerie of memorable characters. As he himself noted, "I write about animals because I love to draw them. Most of my animal characters have human personalities, and some are much like the people I know."

At Walt Disney, where Bill Peet worked for 27 years, he was a key participant in the production of classic films such as Fantasia, Sleeping Beauty, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, and 101 Dalmatians for which he was not only an artist, but the screenwriter as well.

Bill Peet's signature style enabled him to create fast-paced stories of fantastical adventure delivered with warmth and laugh-out-loud hilarity. His unfailing humor did not, however, prevent him from addressing such poignant issues as kindness toward others and respect for the environment. Through the exploits of his characters, Peet offered his audience a chance to see themselves and their world through new eyes.

"At some point," Bill Peet once said, "it occurred to me that drawing was something I couldn't possibly give up, and somehow it must be turned into a profession." He went on to not only fulfill his dream but to introduce generations of young readers to his delightful vision of humor, friendship and compassion.

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