The Matchbox Diary
by Paul Fleischman and Bagram Ibatoulline
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- Grade
- PK-6
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Picture Book
- Cultural Experience
- Immigrant / Refugee
Year Published 2013
Word Count 1,400
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 610L
- ATOS Reading Level: 2.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 157363, 0.5 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Immigrants--Juvenile fiction
- Immigrants
- Matchboxes--Juvenile fiction
- Emigration and immigration--Juvenile fiction
- Matchboxes
- Great-grandfathers--Fiction
- Collectors and collecting
- Great-grandfathers
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | Europe
- Matchboxes--Fiction
- Collectors and collecting--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational
- Great-grandfathers--Juvenile fiction
- Collectors and collecting--Juvenile fiction
- Immigrants--Fiction
- Emigration and immigration
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emigration & Immigration
- Emigration and immigration--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 20th Century
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Paul Fleischman about The Matchbox Diary
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Paul Fleischman
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 5
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Awards & Distinctions 5
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Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2014
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Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024
Selection, 2014
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Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2024
Selection, 2014
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Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Emergent Selection, 2013
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