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Maira Kalman
Kalman is an author/illustrator of children's books, including the series about the globe trotting poet dog Max StravinskyContributor Biography
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Fireboat
by Maira KalmanGrade level Equivalent: 2.2
Lexile Level: 280LGuided Reading Level: NR
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Grades K-2
After a group of fun-loving friends save it from being scrapped, the NYC fireboat John J. Harvey comes out of retirement on September 11, 2001 to help put out fires ignited by the attack on the World Trade Center.
What Pete Ate from A-Z (Really!)
by Maira KalmanGrade level Equivalent: 3.0
Lexile Level: 700LGuided Reading Level: M
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Grades K-2
In a whimsical alphabet book, a shaggy dog devours everything from an accordion to an eggbeater to underpants – as his stomach morphes into the shape of everything he eats. Poppy, this lovable pooch's faithful owner, is at her wits end!
Smartypants
by Maira KalmanGrade level Equivalent: 3.7
Lexile Level: 700LGuided Reading Level: NR
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Grades K-2
Poppy Wise describes what happens when her dog, Pete, eats everything. Pete accompanies Poppy and her brother to school, and his meals make him literally full of knowledge. - Scholastic Reading Counts Quiz: