# Dandy

**Author:** Ame Dyckman
**Grade range:** Grades K–3
**Age range:** 5–8
**First published:** 2019
**Page count:** 41
**Genre:** Realistic Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9780316362955`
**ISBN-10:** `0316362956`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/dandy
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

From popular author Ame Dyckman and rising star Charles Santoso comes the laugh-out-loud story of a father desperate to destroy the dandelion marring his perfectly manicured lawn, and his daughter's fierce attempts to save it. When Daddy spots a solitary weed in his lawn, he's appalled (along with all of his neighborhood friends). But his daughter Sweetie has fallen in love with the beautiful flower, even going so far as to name it Charlotte. Racing against time and the mockery of his friends, Daddy has to find a way to get rid of the errant dandelion without breaking his little girl's heart.

## Where this book is assigned

### Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania)

- **recommended** · Kindergarten grade · Pennsylvania — [source: Mountain Laurel Book Award / Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award — PSLA past winners list, 2021-2022 winner (K-3)](https://pyrcapsla.wixsite.com/pyrca/past-titles-and-winners)
- **recommended** · 1st grade · Pennsylvania — [source: Mountain Laurel Book Award / Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award — PSLA past winners list, 2021-2022 winner (K-3)](https://pyrcapsla.wixsite.com/pyrca/past-titles-and-winners)
- **recommended** · 2nd grade · Pennsylvania — [source: Mountain Laurel Book Award / Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award — PSLA past winners list, 2021-2022 winner (K-3)](https://pyrcapsla.wixsite.com/pyrca/past-titles-and-winners)
- **recommended** · 3rd grade · Pennsylvania — [source: Mountain Laurel Book Award / Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award — PSLA past winners list, 2021-2022 winner (K-3)](https://pyrcapsla.wixsite.com/pyrca/past-titles-and-winners)

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