Lena's Shoes Are Nervous: A First-Day-Of-School Dilemma
by Keith Calabrese and Juana Medina
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- Grade
- PK-2
- Genre
- Humor
- Picture Book
- Realistic Fiction
Year Published 2018
Word Count 443
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 480L
- ATOS Reading Level: 2.3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 197800, 0.5 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | School & Education
- Clothing and dress--Fiction
- Anxiety--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emotions & Feelings
- Juvenile Fiction | Clothing & Dress
- First day of school--Fiction
- Anxiety
- Clothing and dress
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | New Experience
- First day of school
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction
- Lists With This Book
- School Stories: Selected K-12 Literature
- Feeling Anxious
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Awards & Distinctions 3
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019
Ezra Jack Keats Award, 1986-2024
Author Honor, 2019
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2019
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