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The Paint Brush Kid

The Paint Brush Kid

(Stepping Stone)

By Clyde Robert Bulla, illustrated by Ellen Beier

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Grades 3 - 5

Reading Level

Grade level Equivalent: 2.8

Lexile Measure®: 300L

DRA: 24

Guided Reading: M

Type of Book: Chapter Book

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  • Realistic Fiction
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  • Cooperation and Teamwork
  • Summer
  • Hispanic and Latin American
  • Visual Arts
  • Kindness and Compassion
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  • Friends and Friendship

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About This Book

School's out, and Gregory doesn't know what he's going to do with his summer vacation. During the school year he created a beautiful garden with his giant chalk drawings, and now he'd like to draw something even better.

Gregory spends his days at his friend Uncle Pancho's house, listening to him tell stories about his childhood. But Uncle Pancho is about to lose his house. Gregory comes up with the idea of painting scenes from Uncle Pancho's childhood onto his house in order to make it so beautiful; no one will want to tear it down. And even though Gregory's idea doesn't work out the way he has planned, he ends up saving the day for his friend Uncle Pancho.

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Clyde Robert Bulla's biography
Clyde Robert Bulla
Clyde Robert Bulla was born to be a writer, but he wrote for magazines and newspapers for many years before his children's books were published. The chalk garden in The Chalk Box Kid is something Bulla has always wished for.
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Ellen Beier
Candice F. Ransom is the author of more than 60 books for young
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