Friday, December 07, 2007

Move over, Junie B!

CLEMENTINE, by Sara Pennypacker
AR Level: 4.5 Points: 2
Vocabulary Quiz Available

Clementine is precociousness personified—and this book follows her through one very eventful week. From cutting off her own as well as her best friend’s hair, to trying to use painter’s stilts, almost everything Clementine does starts out as a way for her to help someone else—unfortunately, almost everything she does also ends up getting her into a whole heap of trouble. She reminds me of several of my past students—in fact, I think almost every elementary teacher can name students from their own experience teaching, who are very much like Clementine.

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