Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse

Lionni, Leo

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Random House

Just the Series: Step into Reading: Step 3 Reading on Your Own

Series and Publisher: Step into Reading: Step 3 Reading on Your Own

Annotation: Alexander, a real mouse, wants to be a toy mouse like his friend Willy until he discovers Willy is to be thrown away.

Genre: [Animal fiction]

Reviews: 1

Catalog Number: #86915

Format: Perma-Bound Edition

Common Core/STEAM: Common Core

Publisher: Random House

Edition Date: 1997 Release Date: 07/08/14

Pages: 37 pages

ISBN: Publisher: 0-385-75551-1 Perma-Bound: 0-605-82865-2

ISBN 13: Publisher: 978-0-385-75551-1 Perma-Bound: 978-0-605-82865-0

Dewey: E

LCCN: 2013038785

Dimensions: 23 cm.

Subject Heading:
Mice. Fiction.

Language: English

Reviews:

Horn Book (Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 CDT 2015)

These two Caldecott Honor books are reissued as beginning readers. Lionni's text and illustrations work reasonably well in this smaller format. Some text is printed over the illustrations, and the large, clean design of the original pages is lost. However, fans may enjoy revisiting the stories on their own. The font is larger and broken into shorter lines, making the (now-leveled) texts more accessible.

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Horn Book (Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 CDT 2015)

Word Count: 742

Reading Level: 3.0

Interest Level: 1-4

Accelerated Reader: reading level: 3.0 / points: 0.5 / quiz: 17503 / grade: Lower Grades

Reading Counts!: reading level:4.7 / points:2.0 / quiz:Q00184

Lexile: 560L

Guided Reading Level: L

Leo Lionni’s Caldecott Honor–winning story about the magic of friendship is now available as a Step 3 Step into Reading book—perfect for children who are ready to read on their own.

Everyone loves Willy the wind-up mouse, while Alexander the real mouse is chased away with brooms and mousetraps. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to be loved and cuddled? thinks Alexander, who wishes he could be a wind-up mouse, too. Lionni’s enduringly popular story makes a winning addition to the Step into Reading line, letting young children enjoy this classic all by themselves.

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