Mr. Ferris and His Wheel
by Kathryn Gibbs Davis and Gilbert Ford
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- Grade
- PK-6
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Picture Book
Year Published 2014
Word Count 1,776
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 900L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 168154, 0.5 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Math
- Science
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- Structural engineering--United States--Juvenile literature
- Inventors
- Ferris wheels--History--Juvenile literature
- Ferris, George Washington Gale, 1859-1896--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology | Inventions
- Civil engineers
- Ferris wheels
- History
- United States
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Curiosities & Wonders
- Ferris, George Washington Gale
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology
- Inventors--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Structural engineers
- Civil engineers--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
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Awards & Distinctions 5
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Honor, 2015
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Honor, 2015
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Selection, 2015
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Nonfiction Selection, 2014
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