Practice Makes Perfect for Rotten Ralph

A Rotten Ralph Rotten Reader

Rotten Ralph Rotten Readers (Volume 2)

Jack Gantos; Pictures by Nicole Rubel

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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When the carnival comes to town, the world’s favorite fractious feline discovers the hilariously wrong way to victory before he gets it right.

“Illustrated with Rubel’s deadpan pictures, this is a prize for newly independent readers, for whom ‘practice makes perfect’ indeed.” —The Horn Book Guide

“Ralph has his own special niche in the world of children’s literature, and now on the easy-reader shelves, too.” —Kirkus Reviews*

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Jack Gantos; Pictures by Nicole Rubel

Jack Gantos and Nicole Rubel published their first book, Rotten Ralph, in 1976. They launched the Rotten Ralph Readers in 2001 with Rotten Ralph Helps Out. In addition to the Rotten Ralph books, Jack Gantos is the author of Hole in My Life, a memoir that won the Michael L. Printz and Robert F. Sibert Honors, Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key, a National Book Award Finalist, and Joey Pigza Loses Control, a Newbery Honor book. He lives with his family in Boston, Massachusetts. Nicole Rubel's many books include Twice as Nice: What It's Like to Be a Twin and  Grody's Not So Golden Rules. She lives in Aurora, Oregon.

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Practice Makes Perfect for Rotten Ralph
A Rotten Ralph Rotten Reader
Rotten Ralph Rotten Readers (Volume 2)
Jack Gantos; Pictures by Nicole Rubel

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
October 2009
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ISBN: 9780374400026
ISBN10: 0374400024
Beginning Reader
5 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches, 48 pages, Full-color illustrations throughout
Age Range: 6 to 8
Grade Range: 1 to 3 Information for Librarians

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Lexile: 460L

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
March 2002
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780374363567
ISBN10: 0374363560
Beginning Reader
5 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches, 48 pages, Full-color illustrations throughout
Age Range: 6 to 8
Grade Range: 1 to 3 Information for Librarians

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Lexile: 460L
AR Quiz Number: 136948
AR Book Level: 3.7
AR Points: 1

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