Stalactite & Stalagmite: A Big Tale from a Little Cave (Caldecott Honor)

Contributor(s): Beckmeyer, Drew (Author), Beckmeyer, Drew (Illustrator)

ISBN: 9781665926638

Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Hardcover

$19.99

Pub Date: March 18, 2025

Dewey: E

LCCN: 2023058302

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Illustrated, Price on Product

Target Age Group: 04 to 08

Physical Info: 0.44" H x 12.19" L x 9.34" W ( 1.15 lbs) 40 pages

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Accelerated Reader® Info

Quiz #:0000556114 ( Stalactite & Stalagmite: A Big Tale from a Little Cave (Caldecott Honor))

Reading level: 3.00

Interest level: LG

Point value: 0.5

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: Two little mineral piles, Stalactite and Stalagmite, foster a friendship over millions of years as they grow closer together, figuratively and literally.

Brief description: Drew Beckmeyer received a Caldecott Honor for his picture book Stalactite & Stalagmite. He is an author-illustrator and schoolteacher based in Los Angeles. He is the author-illustrator of I Am a Tornado, The First Week of School, Stalactite & Stalagmite, and The Long Island, which was longlisted for the Klaus Flugge Prize, and the illustrator of Dear Wild Child. Visit him online at DrewBeckmeyer.com.

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