5 School stories: each year, we look for stories about first-day jitters and new friends. Here's what's worth adding to your shelf.How Do Dinosaurs Go to School? By Jane Yolen and Mark Teague. $16.99. Yolen and Teague illuminate once more the logistics of dinosaur life, this time with an eye toward the classroom. Teague's smart illustrations make this series, and kids will get a kick out of centrosaurus riding to school on top of a minivan. Grades PreK-2 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary School elementary school: see school. By Candace Fleming. $15.99. Fleming spins a series of modern fables about a charismatic and wily group of kids. Stories that literally end with a moral run the risk of pedantry Pedantry Blimber, Cornelia “dry and sandy with working in the graves of deceased languages.” [Br. Lit.: Dombey and Son] Casaubon, Edward dull pedant; dreary scholar who marries Dorothea. [Br. Lit. , but the author's innate sense of humor Noun 1. sense of humor - the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous; "she didn't appreciate my humor"; "you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor" sense of humour, humor, humour and school life make this a nice companion to Aesop's traditional tales. Grades 3-6 Middle School Is Worse Than Meatloaf By Jennifer L. Holm Jennifer L. Holm is a Newbery Honor-winning author. Holm was raised in Audubon, Pennsylvania with her four brothers. After graduating from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, she worked in television and later began to write. , illustrated by Elicia Castaldi. $12.99. We can't stop flipping through the pages of this Year Told Through Stuff. It's the story of Ginny Davis's seventh-grade year, but instead of traditional text, there are school schedules, handwritten hand·write tr.v. hand·wrote , hand·writ·ten , hand·writ·ing, hand·writes To write by hand. [Back-formation from handwritten.] Adj. 1. notes, instant messages, and even bank statements. It's a pitch-perfect choice for reluctant readers. Grades 5-8 Ruthie and the (Not So) Teeny Teeny 1/16 or 0.0625 of one full point in price. Steenth. Tiny Lie By Laura Rankin. $15.95. Ruthie likes small things: dinky dinosaurs and itty-bitty trains. So she's in heaven when she discovers a teeny tiny camera on the playground. But then Martin says the camera is his. Rankin nails Ruthie's voice and dilemma, and this book would be a great way to talk recess ethics. Grades PreK-3 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Corenlius P. Mud, Are you Ready for school? By Barney Saltzbereg. $15.99. David Shannon fans, meet Cornelius P. Mud. This little pig's spunkiness and Saltzberg's vivid, humorous illustrations echo Shannon at his best. Use this silly story as a springboard to talk about morning routines. Grades PreK-2 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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