14 Cows for America
by Carmen Agra Deedy, Thomas Gonzalez, and Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah
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- Grade
- PK-8
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- Picture Book
Year Published 2009
Word Count 1,324
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 540L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 133355, 0.5 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- United States--Relations--Kenya--Juvenile literature
- Kenya--Relations--United States
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | Africa
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction
- September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001
- Maasai (African people)--Biography
- Gifts--Kenya--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | United States
- Maasai (African people)--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Gifts--Kenya
- United States--Relations--Kenya
- Naiyomah, Wilson Kimeli--Juvenile literature
- September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Juvenile literature
- United States
- Cows
- Cows--Kenya
- Kenya--Relations--United States--Juvenile literature
- Cows--Kenya--Juvenile literature
- Relations
- Naiyomah, Wilson Kimeli
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics | Values & Virtues
- Gifts
- Maasai (African people)
- Kenya
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- ELA Text Exemplars, 2-3
- Grief and Loss Books
- Stories from Africa
- World History
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