Fishing for Numbers: A Maine Number Book

Contributor(s): Reynolds, Cynthia Furlong (Author), Brett, Jeannie (Illustrator)

ISBN: 9781585360352

Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press

Hardcover

$19.99

Pub Date: July 8, 2005

Dewey: 974.1

LCCN: 2005006127

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product

Target Age Group: 06 to 08

Physical Info: 0.41" H x 9.42" L x 11.30" W ( 1.03 lbs) 40 pages

BISAC Categories:

Series: America by the Numbers

Accelerated Reader® Info

Quiz #:0000105052 ( Fishing for Numbers: A Maine Number Book)

Reading level: 6.30

Interest level: MG

Point value: 1.0

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: Using numbers and counting, information about Maine including sweetgrass baskets, clipper ships, puffins, and state symbols are introduced with poetry and expository text.

Brief description:

Cynthia is an award-winning journalist. Her byline has appeared in newspapers, magazines and books. She first launched her quest for intriguing words and lilting rhymes when she wrote L is for Lobster: A Maine Alphabet and S is for Star: A Christmas Alphabet. Cynthia and her husband Mark have three children, Chip, Ben and Elizabeth.