Lift Your Light a Little Higher: The Story of Stephen Bishop: Slave-Explorer
by Heather Henson and Bryan Collier
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- PK-2
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Picture Book
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2016
Word Count 880
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 670L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 184172, 0.5 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - Colonial & Revolutionary Periods
- Slaves--Kentucky--Mammoth Cave--Biography
- Tour guides (Persons)
- Bishop, Stephen, 1821?-1857--Juvenile literature
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction
- Biographical fiction
- Caving--Juvenile fiction
- Spelunkers--Kentucky--Mammoth Cave--Biography
- Mammoth Cave (Ky.)--Juvenile fiction
- Bishop, Stephen, 1821?-1857--Juvenile fiction
- Historical fiction
- Slavery--Juvenile fiction
- Kentucky--History--1792-1865--Juvenile fiction
- Spelunkers
- Bishop, Stephen, 1821?-1857
- Tour guides (Persons)--United States--Biography
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Mammoth Cave (Ky.)
- Spelunkers--Juvenile fiction
- Mammoth Cave (Ky.)--Juvenile literature
- Caves--Juvenile fiction
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Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Environment, Energy, Ecology Selection, 2017
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Emergent Selection, 2016
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