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Reading Rockets: Author Interviews: Lois Ehlert Instructional VideoReading Rockets: Author Interviews: Lois Ehlert Instructional Video
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Reading Rockets
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K - 1st
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English Language Arts
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1130L
Instructional Video

Reading Rockets: Author Interviews: Lois Ehlert

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Children and adults enjoy participating in Lois Ehlert's colorful books. She discusses her work in this video interview with Reading Rockets. Also included at the site are biographical notes, a transcript of the interview and a list of some of her books.

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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