# Small Steps

**Author:** Peg Kehret
**Grade range:** Grades 4–10
**First published:** 1996
**Page count:** 194
**Genre:** Children's
**ISBN-13:** `9780807574591`
**ISBN-10:** `0807574597`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/small-steps-the-year-i-got-polio
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Where this book is assigned

### Golden Kite Award

- **recommended** · 4th grade — [source: Golden Kite Award (SCBWI) winners, via Wikipedia — 1997 Winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Kite_Award)
- **recommended** · 5th grade — [source: Golden Kite Award (SCBWI) winners, via Wikipedia — 1997 Winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Kite_Award)
- **recommended** · 6th grade — [source: Golden Kite Award (SCBWI) winners, via Wikipedia — 1997 Winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Kite_Award)
- **recommended** · 7th grade — [source: Golden Kite Award (SCBWI) winners, via Wikipedia — 1997 Winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Kite_Award)
- **recommended** · 8th grade — [source: Golden Kite Award (SCBWI) winners, via Wikipedia — 1997 Winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Kite_Award)
- **recommended** · 9th grade — [source: Golden Kite Award (SCBWI) winners, via Wikipedia — 1997 Winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Kite_Award)
- **recommended** · 10th grade — [source: Golden Kite Award (SCBWI) winners, via Wikipedia — 1997 Winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Kite_Award)

### Mark Twain Readers Award

- **recommended** · 4th grade · Missouri — [source: Missouri Mark Twain Readers Award (Missouri Association of School Librarians) — winner list 1972-2025 via Wikipedia — 1999 Mark Twain Award winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain_Award)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · Missouri — [source: Missouri Mark Twain Readers Award (Missouri Association of School Librarians) — winner list 1972-2025 via Wikipedia — 1999 Mark Twain Award winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain_Award)
- **recommended** · 6th grade · Missouri — [source: Missouri Mark Twain Readers Award (Missouri Association of School Librarians) — winner list 1972-2025 via Wikipedia — 1999 Mark Twain Award winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain_Award)
- **recommended** · 7th grade · Missouri — [source: Missouri Mark Twain Readers Award (Missouri Association of School Librarians) — winner list 1972-2025 via Wikipedia — 1999 Mark Twain Award winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain_Award)
- **recommended** · 8th grade · Missouri — [source: Missouri Mark Twain Readers Award (Missouri Association of School Librarians) — winner list 1972-2025 via Wikipedia — 1999 Mark Twain Award winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain_Award)
- **recommended** · 9th grade · Missouri — [source: Missouri Mark Twain Readers Award (Missouri Association of School Librarians) — winner list 1972-2025 via Wikipedia — 1999 Mark Twain Award winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain_Award)
- **recommended** · 10th grade · Missouri — [source: Missouri Mark Twain Readers Award (Missouri Association of School Librarians) — winner list 1972-2025 via Wikipedia — 1999 Mark Twain Award winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain_Award)

### Vermont Golden Dome Book Award

- **recommended** · 4th grade · Vermont — [source: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (formerly Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award) — winner list 1957-2020 via Wikipedia — 1998 winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Canfield_Fisher_Children%27s_Book_Award)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · Vermont — [source: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (formerly Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award) — winner list 1957-2020 via Wikipedia — 1998 winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Canfield_Fisher_Children%27s_Book_Award)
- **recommended** · 6th grade · Vermont — [source: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (formerly Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award) — winner list 1957-2020 via Wikipedia — 1998 winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Canfield_Fisher_Children%27s_Book_Award)
- **recommended** · 7th grade · Vermont — [source: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (formerly Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award) — winner list 1957-2020 via Wikipedia — 1998 winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Canfield_Fisher_Children%27s_Book_Award)
- **recommended** · 8th grade · Vermont — [source: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (formerly Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award) — winner list 1957-2020 via Wikipedia — 1998 winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Canfield_Fisher_Children%27s_Book_Award)
- **recommended** · 9th grade · Vermont — [source: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (formerly Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award) — winner list 1957-2020 via Wikipedia — 1998 winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Canfield_Fisher_Children%27s_Book_Award)
- **recommended** · 10th grade · Vermont — [source: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (formerly Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award) — winner list 1957-2020 via Wikipedia — 1998 winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Canfield_Fisher_Children%27s_Book_Award)

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