The Marvelous Thing That Came from a Spring: The Accidental Invention of the Toy That Swept the Nation
by Gilbert Ford
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- PK-6
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Picture Book
Year Published 2016
Word Count 685
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 880L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 187408, 0.5 AR Points
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- Subject Headings
- James, Richard T.
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction
- Inventors
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Toys, Dolls & Puppets
- James, Betty
- James, Richard T., 1914-1974
- Slinky (Toy)--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology | Inventions
- James, Betty, 1918-2008
- Inventors--United States--Biography
- Toys
- Slinky (Toy)
- Lists With This Book
- Sample: EL Education, Grades K-8
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