# The Paper Crane

**Author:** Molly Bang
**Grade range:** Grades K–1
**Age range:** 5–6
**First published:** 1985
**Page count:** 32
**Genre:** Fantasy
**ISBN-13:** `9780395781562`
**ISBN-10:** `0395781566`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/the-paper-crane
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

A mysterious man enters a restaurant and pays for his dinner with a paper crane that magically comes alive and dances.

## Themes

- cranes (birds)
- restaurants
- origami
- science fiction, fantasy, & magic

## Where this book is assigned

### Common Core State Standards (ELA)

- **recommended** · Kindergarten grade — [source: CCSS ELA Appendix B, grades K-1 read-aloud story exemplar](https://www.nysed.gov/sites/default/files/programs/standards-instruction/appendix-b-text-exemplars-and-sample-performance-tasks.pdf)
- **recommended** · 1st grade — [source: CCSS ELA Appendix B, grades K-1 read-aloud story exemplar](https://www.nysed.gov/sites/default/files/programs/standards-instruction/appendix-b-text-exemplars-and-sample-performance-tasks.pdf)

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