Give Me Back My Bones!

by Kim Norman (Author) Bob Kolar (Illustrator)

Reading Level: K − 1st Grade

A silly pirate skeleton seeks to put its bones back together in this rhyming romp beneath the waves.

Cast a spyglass 'round herewhile breakers curl and pound here.There's treasure to be found here -- I feel it in my bones!

A stormy night at sea has uncovered some long-buried secrets and surprises. Is that the mast of a shipwreck? A faded pirate hat? And what's that hiding in the sand? A mandible and a clavicle, phalanges and femurs, a tibia and a fibula -- could there be a set of bones scattered across the ocean floor? And who might they belong to?

A jaunty rhyme takes readers on an underwater scavenger hunt as a comical skeleton tries to put itself back together piece by piece. Make no bones about it: this rollicking read-aloud will have young ones learning anatomy without even realizing it.

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Starred Review
Budding biologists as well as general fans of pirates, poetry, and wordplay will agree--and it makes a fuller (and less freighted) alternative to Bob Barner's Dem Bones (1996) and other versions of the old teaching spiritual. Both macabre and cheery--a rare treat.

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Kim Norman
Kim Norman, the author of more than 20 children's books, is still a little jealous of her sister Tanya, who once won a new truck in a national contest. Calling herself a Bedtime Reading Booster, Norman has visited hundreds of schools around the United States. She loves art, music, and life with her husband and two pug-mix dogs in a little house in Virginia shaded by big pecan trees.
Toshiki Nakamura grew up surrounded by trucks since both his father and grandfather were civil engineers. Nakamura is an artist and character designer in both animation and illustration. He has worked for studios such as Netflix Animation, HouseSpecial, and DreamWorks TV. He is currently based in Kanagawa, Japan.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780763688417
Lexile Measure
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Guided Reading Level
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Publisher
Candlewick Press (MA)
Publication date
July 16, 2019
Series
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BISAC categories
JUV057000 - Juvenile Fiction | Stories in Verse (see also Poetry)
JUV001020 - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure | Pirates
JUV009120 - Juvenile Fiction | Concepts | Body
Library of Congress categories
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