Publisher: Candlewick Press

Copyright Date: 2019

Edition Date: 2019 Release Date: 04/09/19

Illustrator: Madrid, Erwin,

Pages: 60 pages

ISBN: Publisher: 0-7636-9998-5 Perma-Bound: 0-7804-3881-7

ISBN 13: Publisher: 978-0-7636-9998-7 Perma-Bound: 978-0-7804-3881-1

Dewey: Fic

LCCN: 2018961626

Dimensions: 23 cm.

Subject Heading:
Moody, Judy. (Fictitious character). Juvenile fiction.
Moody, Judy. (Fictitious character). Fiction.
Brothers and sisters. Juvenile fiction.
Fossils. Juvenile fiction.
Brothers and sisters. Fiction.
Fossils. Fiction.

Language: English

Word Count: 2,034

Reading Level: 3.3

Interest Level: 1-4

Accelerated Reader: reading level: 3.3 / points: 0.5 / quiz: 502651 / grade: Lower Grades

Lexile: 600L

Guided Reading Level: M

Fountas & Pinnell: M

Surprises are in store as Stink excavates his backyard in search of a relic from an extinct beast — and Judy lends him a little sleight of hand.

Mega-chomp! Stink wants to make the find of the century. He’s on a dig, dig, digging quest in his backyard to find a tooth from a saber-toothed cat, otherwise known as a Smilodon. Why not? Two kids in Michigan found a mastodon bone in a backyard stream, and a girl in Great Britain found a pterosaur bone. It could happen! But Judy thinks the chances of finding a saber-toothed anything in the Moody backyard are one in a gazillion million. Will Stink make a discovery before their whole backyard caves in? Just right for newly independent readers, this latest story from Megan McDonald is sure to leave Moody fans with smiles as wide as a Smilodon’s.