Baby Monkey, Private Eye
by David Serlin and Brian Selznick
36 Total Resources 4 Awards 6 State Lists Book Resume View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
- Grade
- PK-2
- Genre
- Beginning / Early Reader
- Graphic Novel
- Humor
- Mystery
Year Published 2018
Word Count 289
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 210L
- ATOS Reading Level: 1.4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 194161, 0.5 AR Points
- Phonics & Phonolgical Awareness
- Any Vowel Sounds
- Vowel Combinations
- Long A
- Long E
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
- Monkeys--Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Baby Animals
- Juvenile Fiction | Readers | Beginner
- Monkeys--Fiction
- Monkeys
- Detectives
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Apes, Monkeys, etc.
- Animals--Infancy--Fiction
- Humorous stories
- Mystery and detective stories
- Private investigators
- Detectives--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories
- Private investigators--Juvenile fiction
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction
- Lists With This Book
- Level Up at Your Library: iREAD Children
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Brian Selznick and David Serlin about Baby Monkey, Private Eye
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Brian Selznick
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Audio Name Pronunciation with David Serlin
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Graphic Novel / Graphic Format Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Mystery Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Vocabulary Graphic Organizers
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Comprehension Graphic Organizers
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Printables for Phonics & Phonological Awareness
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- Long A
- Long E
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Routines to Reinforce Phonemic Awareness
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 6
Printables for Phonics & Phonological Awareness
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Reinforces:
- Long A
- Long E
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Routines to Reinforce Phonemic Awareness
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Graphic Novel / Graphic Format Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Mystery Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Comprehension Graphic Organizers
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Vocabulary Resources 1
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Awards & Distinctions 4

Gryphon Award, 2004-2021
Winner, 2019

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2019

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2019

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Emergent Selection, 2018
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