Big machines : the story of Virginia Lee Burton
(Book - Regular Print)

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Author
Rinker, Sherri Duskey,
Contributors
Rocco, John, illustrator.
Published
Boston ; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2017].
Physical Desc
38 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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Published
Boston ; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2017].
Format
Book - Regular Print
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
LG
Level 3.4, 1 Points
Lexile code
AD
Lexile measure
640

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Description
Describes the life of the children's book author and illustrator, conveying her life at Folly Cove, her love of dance, and how she was able to create images of machinery, including those used in her book, Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel.
Target Audience
Ages 4-7.
Target Audience
Ages: 5-7,Lexile
Target Audience
AD 640 L,Lexile
Target Audience
AD640L,Lexile
Target Audience
Decoding demand: 79 (high),Semantic demand: 91 (very high),Syntactic demand: 88 (very high),Structure demand: 88 (very high),Lexile
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Accelerated Reader,LG,3.4,0.5,Quiz No. 500810 EN Nonfiction
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,LG,3.4,0.5,500810.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader,LG,3.4,0.5,Quiz No. 500810 EN Nonfiction

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Prescott Valley Public Library - JBIO - Children's Area - BiographiesJ BIO BURTONFind It Now
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LC Subjects
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Biographies.
Burton, Virginia Lee, -- 1909-1968 -- Juvenile literature.
Children's stories -- Authorship -- Juvenile literature.
Illustration of books -- Juvenile literature.
Illustrators -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Picture books.
Other Subjects
Authors, American.
Burton, Virginia Lee, -- 1909-1968.
Children's stories -- Authorship.
Illustration of books.
Illustrators.
Women -- Biography.
Women authors, American.
Women illustrators.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Rinker, S. D., & Rocco, J. (2017). Big machines: the story of Virginia Lee Burton . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Rinker, Sherri Duskey and John, Rocco. 2017. Big Machines: The Story of Virginia Lee Burton. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Rinker, Sherri Duskey and John, Rocco. Big Machines: The Story of Virginia Lee Burton Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Rinker, Sherri Duskey,, and John Rocco. Big Machines: The Story of Virginia Lee Burton Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017.

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