# The Sign Painter

**Author:** Allen Say
**Grade range:** Grades 2–3
**Age range:** 7–8
**First published:** 2000
**Page count:** 0
**Genre:** Realistic Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9780544105140`
**ISBN-10:** `0544105141`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/the-sign-painter
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

An assignment to paint a large billboard in the desert changes the life of an aspiring artist.

## Where this book is assigned

### Common Core State Standards (ELA)

- **recommended** · 2nd grade — [source: CCSS ELA Appendix B, grades 2-3 read-aloud story exemplar](https://www.nysed.gov/sites/default/files/programs/standards-instruction/appendix-b-text-exemplars-and-sample-performance-tasks.pdf)
- **recommended** · 3rd grade — [source: CCSS ELA Appendix B, grades 2-3 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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