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Big Bad Bruce

by Bill Peet

Bruce, a bear bully, never picks on anyone his own size until he is diminished in more ways than one by a small but very independent witch.

Ages: 8, 9, 10
Interest Level: Grades 3 - 5
Grade Level Equivalent: 4.1
Lexile Measure: 890L
DRA: 30-34
Guided Reading: N
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Number of Pages: 48
Genre: General Fiction

About the Author

Bill Peet Bill Peet was the author of 34 books published by Houghton Mifflin. One of these, Bill Peet: An Autobiography , was named a 1989 Caldecott Honor Book. All of Bill Peet's books published by Houghton Mifflin Company, including his first book for children published in 1959, Hubert's Hair-Raising Adventure , remain actively in print today.