Here in the Real World
Pax
Publishers Weekly ¡ï 11/16/2015 Peter found Pax, a fox, when he was an orphaned kit, and he has kept him as a pet since his mother¡¯s sudden death, five years earlier. Now Peter¡¯s stern father is bound for an unspecified war¡ªone fought at least partly on domestic soil¡ªforcing 12-year-old Peter to move in with his […]
Clementine and the Family Meeting
School Library Journal Review Gr 2-4-Clementine's fifth adventure for early chapter-book readers addresses a topic many children can relate to. The third-grader's parents call a family meeting to announce that a new baby is on the way. Clementine's reaction to the news is realistic-she says "No thanks!" She argues that four is the perfect number […]
Clementine and the Spring Trip
For Clementine, spring is a really big deal. It’s the time for seeing her apple tree start to grow, for watching her friend Margaret go crazy with spring cleaning, and for going on the school trip to Plimoth Plantation. Clementine is ready for Ye Olden Times, but she isn’t so sure about surviving lunch there—the […]
Clementine, Friend of the Week
Children's Literature What is not to like about the spirited Clementine? Recently named Friend of the Week, which carries with it the privilege to be the leader in all thing for the week as well as a booklet about her prepared by her classmates, Clementine is determined to have her booklet be as good as […]
Clementine's Letter
School Library Journal: Gr 2-4: Clementine and Mr. D'Matz, her third grade teacher, are finally "in sync." But now he's a finalist in a contest and will be spending the entire week with the Adventures for Teachers Committee and, if he wins, he will go on a research trip to Egypt and miss the entire […]
The Talented Clementine
Publishers Weekly The Talented Clementine by Sara Pennypacker, illus. by Marla Frazee, brings back the third-grader that made such a splash in last season's Clementine (in our Best Books citation, PW called her "an eight-year-old whose spirit rivals Ramona and Judy Moody"). Here her teacher's announcement of a school talent show sends the heroine into […]
Clementine
Publishers Weekly: I have had not so good of a week," begins the irrepressible narrator of this winning caper. Pennypacker (Stuart's Cape) then takes readers straight through that week, making clear that Clementine has an unfailing nose for trouble and a comical way with words. The eight-year-old proclaims herself lucky because "spectacularful ideas are always […]