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Helen Lester
Helen Lester has published The Wizard, the Fairy, and the Magic Chicken in 1983, in collabroation with Lynn Munsinger. They have also worked together on the hilarious Tacky the Penguin series and many other wildly funny and popular titles, including the award-winning Hooway for Wodney Wat. Helen... show more



Helen Lester has published The Wizard, the Fairy, and the Magic Chicken in 1983, in collabroation with Lynn Munsinger. They have also worked together on the hilarious Tacky the Penguin series and many other wildly funny and popular titles, including the award-winning Hooway for Wodney Wat. Helen Lester is a full-time writer who makes her home in Pawling, New York.

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Birth date: January 01, 1936
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Ms. Mascia's Classroom Library
Ms. Mascia's Classroom Library rated it 6 years ago
This book is about a penguin named Tacky that never followed the pack. Tacky is known as the odd bird, but he is a nice bird. All the other birds love having Tacky around even with his crazy singing. Now lets do a sequencing activity to see what happened first to the end of the story. Lexile Level:...
mrscstrickland
mrscstrickland rated it 6 years ago
Reading level and Leveling System: Guided Reading: L Lexile Measure: AD810L Tacky's an odd penguin who likes to do splashy cannonballs and greet his companions with a loud “What's happening?” Tacky's fellow penguins find somewhat bothersome until his odd behaviors save the day. I love how this bo...
mrscstrickland
mrscstrickland rated it 6 years ago
Reading level and Leveling System: Guided Reading: L Tacky the Penguin is back, this time trying to compete with Goodly, Lovely, Angel, Neatly, and Perfect in the iceberg-wide Penguin Cheering Contest. While reading this book the students could look for words that include diagraphs. Using this boo...
SLasagna
SLasagna rated it 8 years ago
Rodney the rat couldn't pronounce his "r's" so he was teased by all of the other rodents at school. Rodney was very lonely an shy. Then, a new student named Camilla Capybara, joined the class and began bullying all of the other students. One day, it was Rodney's turn to be the leader in the game "...
MY BOOK BLOG
MY BOOK BLOG rated it 8 years ago
Hurty Feelings is a cute, entertaining book to read to kindergartners and first graders. It is good to teach with a lesson on feelings or bullying because Fragility the hippo is very sensitive and has a bully that keeps making her sad. She finds the courage to stand up for herself which is a great l...
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