Stand straight, Ella Kate : the true story of a real giant / by Kate Klise ; pictures by M. Sarah Klise.
2010
PZ7.K684 St 2010 (Mapit)
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Title
Stand straight, Ella Kate : the true story of a real giant / by Kate Klise ; pictures by M. Sarah Klise.
Author
Klise, Kate.
ISBN
9780803734043 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
0803734042 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
0803734042 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
Publication Details
New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, ©2010.
Language
English
Description
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Call Number
PZ7.K684 St 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification
[Fic]
Summary
A fictionalized biography of Ella Kate Ewing, born in 1872, who was eight feet tall by the age of seventeen and who became financially independent by traveling the country for nearly twenty years appearing at museums, exhibitions, and in circus shows.
Audience
AD640L Lexile
Decoding: 4 (hard) Vocabulary: 5 (very hard) Sentences: 5 (very hard) Patterns: 5 (very hard) Lexile.
Decoding: 4 (hard) Vocabulary: 5 (very hard) Sentences: 5 (very hard) Patterns: 5 (very hard) Lexile.
Awards
A Junior Library Guild selection
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2011
Comstock Read Aloud Book Award, 2010.
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2011
Comstock Read Aloud Book Award, 2010.
Added Author
Klise, M. Sarah, illustrator.
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