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Tuesday Tales: Clementine’s Letter by Sara Pennypacker; Illustrated by Marla Frazee

*Chapter book for second to fourth graders, realistic contemporary
*Third-grade girl as main character
*Rating: Clementine’s Letter is laugh-out-loud funny while being touching and so true to life at the same time!
Short, short summary: Clementine is back and in third grade. She is finally “in sync” with her teacher, Mr. D’Matz (be careful how you say [...]

December 1, 2009 in Chapter Books, Elementary Educators, Frazee, Marla, Making Personal Connections, Making Predictions, Pennypacker, Sara, Reading Skills, Tuesday Tales
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Timeless Thursdays: Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary

Two weeks ago, I talked about Judy Blume’s classic Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret and about the recent controversy over book covers. As you can see, today’s Timeless Thursday book Ramona Quimby, Age 8 also has a new, modern book cover, but that’s not what I’m here to blog about today.
Beverly Cleary has [...]

September 11, 2009 in Chapter Books, Cleary, Beverly, Elementary Educators, Making Personal Connections, Middle Grade Novel, Patron, Susan, Pennypacker, Sara, Timeless Thursdays
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Clementine (Written by Sara Pennypacker; Illustrated by Marla Frazee)

reviewed by Margo Dill, www.margodill.com, margodll@aol.com
Chapter Book (ages 7-10)
Third-grade girl, main character
Rating: Laugh out loud funny!
Short, short summary: Clementine is the funniest third-grader I know, but she’s not having a very good week in her debut novel. Maybe she shouldn’t have cut Margaret’s hair and then drawn it back on with a marker. Maybe [...]

August 28, 2008 in Chapter Books, Frazee, Marla, Pennypacker, Sara
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