Are you ready to play outside?
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Author

Willems, Mo

Published

New York : Hyperion Books for Children, 2008.

ISBN

9781423113478 (hardcover), 1423113470 (hardcover), 1448742978 (PawPrint), 9781448742974 (PawPrint), 9781448742974 (FollettBound), 9781368025386 (hardcover), 9781536422160 (reinforced binding)

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LC Subjects

Animal fiction.
Elephants -- Juvenile fiction.
Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.
Gerald (Fictitious character from Willems) -- Juvenile fiction.
Humorous fiction.
Picture books.
Piggie (Fictitious character from Willems) -- Juvenile fiction.
Rain and rainfall -- Juvenile fiction.
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Swine -- Juvenile fiction.

Other Subjects

Pigs -- Fiction.

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Format

Picture Book

Edition

First edition.

Physical Desc

57 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Accelerated Reader

LG
Level 0.6, 1 Points

Lexile measure

140

Notes

Description

Friends Elephant and Piggie are playing outside when it starts to rain, and then they must decide what to do.

Target Audience

Ages 4-8.

Target Audience

140 Lexile

Target Audience

140L Lexile

Target Audience

Decoding demand: 31 (low) Semantic demand: 48 (medium) Syntactic demand: 16 (very low) Structure demand: 64 (high) Lexile

Study Program Information

Accelerated Reader 0.6.

Study Program Information

Accelerated Reader AR LG 0.6 0.5 154562.

Awards

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award, 2009.

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Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (Style Guide)

Willems, M. (2008). Are you ready to play outside? (First edition). Hyperion Books for Children.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 18th Edition (Style Guide)

Willems, Mo. 2008. Are You Ready to Play Outside? Hyperion Books for Children.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 18th Edition (Style Guide)

Willems, Mo. Are You Ready to Play Outside? Hyperion Books for Children, 2008.

UCL Harvard Citation (Style Guide)

Willems, M. (2008). Are you ready to play outside? First edn New York: Hyperion Books for Children.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (Style Guide)

Willems, Mo. Are You Ready to Play Outside? First edition, Hyperion Books for Children, 2008.

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