Title:
Hey, Al / story by Arthur Yorinks ; pictures by Richard Egielski.
ISBN:
9780374330606
9780833527813
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Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1986.
Physical Description:
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
General Note:
On jacket: The Caldecott medal.
Summary:
A city janitor and his treasured canine companion are transported by a large colorful bird to an island in the sky, where their comfortable paradise existence threatens to turn them into birds as well. Al, a janitor, and his faithful dog, Eddie, live in a single room on the West Side. They eat together, they work together, they do everything together. So what's the problem? Their room is crowded and cramped; their life is an endless struggle. Al and Eddie are practically at each others throats when a large and mysterious bird offers them a new life in paradise. After some debate, they decide to accept. Transported to a gorgeous island in the sky, Al and Eddie are soon living a life of ease and luxury. But they come to find that the grass can be a little too green on the other side. After a dramatic, nearly tragic escape from their paradise prison, both man and dog agree: there really is no place like home.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR LG 2.1 0.5 11174.
Reading Counts RC K-2 4.7 1 Quiz: 05208 Guided reading level: N.
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Audience:
320L Lexile
OCLC Number:
ocm14990971
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