# Mr. Tanen's Ties

**Author:** Maryann Cocca-Leffler
**Grade range:** Grades K–3
**Age range:** 5–8
**First published:** 1999
**Page count:** 32
**Genre:** Realistic Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9780807553022`
**ISBN-10:** `0807553026`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/mr-tanens-ties
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Mr. Tanen, the principal at Lynnhurst Elementary School, is well known for his colorful and unusual ties, but he and his students are saddened when his boss orders him to stop wearing them.

## Themes

- neckties
- schools
- school principals
- schools, fiction

## Where this book is assigned

### Young Hoosier Book Award

- **recommended** · Kindergarten grade · Indiana — [source: Indiana Library Federation — Young Hoosier Book Award past winners, 2003 winner (Picture Book)](https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.ilfonline.org/resource/resmgr/yhba/yhba_pastwinners.pdf)
- **recommended** · 1st grade · Indiana — [source: Indiana Library Federation — Young Hoosier Book Award past winners, 2003 winner (Picture Book)](https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.ilfonline.org/resource/resmgr/yhba/yhba_pastwinners.pdf)
- **recommended** · 2nd grade · Indiana — [source: Indiana Library Federation — Young Hoosier Book Award past winners, 2003 winner (Picture Book)](https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.ilfonline.org/resource/resmgr/yhba/yhba_pastwinners.pdf)
- **recommended** · 3rd grade · Indiana — [source: Indiana Library Federation — Young Hoosier Book Award past winners, 2003 winner (Picture Book)](https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.ilfonline.org/resource/resmgr/yhba/yhba_pastwinners.pdf)

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