Interest Level
Grades 3 - 5
Reading Level
Grade level Equivalent: 4.1
Lexile Measure®: 470L
DRA: 40
Guided Reading: R
Genre
- Adventure
- Animal Stories
- Historical Fiction
Theme/Subject
- Westward Exploration and Expansion
Reading Quiz Programs
About This Book
In 1803, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark set off to explore the vast territory west of the Mississippi River, and are joined by Lewis's dog, Seaman. From his first meeting with Lewis, to being mistaken for a bear by Indians who have never seen such a large dog, Seaman's tales are filled with adventure and are based on the explorers' journals.About the Authors or Illustrators
Michael Dooling has illustrated such traditional (and seemingly traditional) stories as O. Henry's The Gift of the Magi, Tom Paxton's The Story of Santa Claus, and Eric Kimmel's Robin Hook, Pirate Hunter!; his biographies include Johanna Hurwitz's Astrid Lindgren: Storyteller to the World and James Cross Giblin's George Washington: A Picture Book Biography and Thomas Jefferson: A Picture Book Biography.
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