# The Sweetest Fig

**Author:** Chris Van Allsburg
**Grade range:** Grades 3–8
**Age range:** 8–13
**First published:** 1993
**Page count:** 30
**Genre:** Fantasy
**ISBN-13:** `9780395673461`
**ISBN-10:** `0395673461`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/the-sweetest-fig
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Themes

- dogs
- dreams
- ficción juvenil
- magia

## Where this book is recommended

### Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania)

- **recommended** · 3rd grade · Pennsylvania — [source: Mountain Laurel Book Award / Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award — PSLA past winners list, 1995-1996 winner (3-8)](https://pyrcapsla.wixsite.com/pyrca/past-titles-and-winners)
- **recommended** · 4th grade · Pennsylvania — [source: Mountain Laurel Book Award / Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award — PSLA past winners list, 1995-1996 winner (3-8)](https://pyrcapsla.wixsite.com/pyrca/past-titles-and-winners)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · Pennsylvania — [source: Mountain Laurel Book Award / Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award — PSLA past winners list, 1995-1996 winner (3-8)](https://pyrcapsla.wixsite.com/pyrca/past-titles-and-winners)
- **recommended** · 6th grade · Pennsylvania — [source: Mountain Laurel Book Award / Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award — PSLA past winners list, 1995-1996 winner (3-8)](https://pyrcapsla.wixsite.com/pyrca/past-titles-and-winners)
- **recommended** · 7th grade · Pennsylvania — [source: Mountain Laurel Book Award / Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award — PSLA past winners list, 1995-1996 winner (3-8)](https://pyrcapsla.wixsite.com/pyrca/past-titles-and-winners)
- **recommended** · 8th grade · Pennsylvania — [source: Mountain Laurel Book Award / Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award — PSLA past winners list, 1995-1996 winner (3-8)](https://pyrcapsla.wixsite.com/pyrca/past-titles-and-winners)

### Rhode Island Children's Book Award

- **recommended** · 3rd grade · Rhode Island — [source: Rhode Island Office of Library & Information Services (OLIS) — Rhode Island Children's Book Award winners and nominees 1991-2025 — 1995 winner](https://olis.ri.gov/programs-and-support/reading-programs/rhode-island-childrens-book-award/award-winners-and-nominees)
- **recommended** · 4th grade · Rhode Island — [source: Rhode Island Office of Library & Information Services (OLIS) — Rhode Island Children's Book Award winners and nominees 1991-2025 — 1995 winner](https://olis.ri.gov/programs-and-support/reading-programs/rhode-island-childrens-book-award/award-winners-and-nominees)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · Rhode Island — [source: Rhode Island Office of Library & Information Services (OLIS) — Rhode Island Children's Book Award winners and nominees 1991-2025 — 1995 winner](https://olis.ri.gov/programs-and-support/reading-programs/rhode-island-childrens-book-award/award-winners-and-nominees)

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