Curtis, Jamie Lee: It's Hard to be Five: Learning How To Work My Control Panel.Curtis, Jamie Lee IT'S HARD TO BE FIVE: Learning How To Work My Control Panel. ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 0-06-008096-5. Il. by Laura Cornell. New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of : Joanna Cotler Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2004. 40 pp. US $17.89/$24.89 CAN. What can be more trying than being 5--you know what is expected of you, but you're not always able to stop yourself from doing the opposite, especially at school. Curtis and Cornell playfully and honestly portray the inner struggles of a 5-year-old. Many of these struggles will resonate with the adult sharing the story, because some of them never leave us! A personal favorite is the part about sitting still. The reader will find herself moving empathically with the illustrations of the character, reliving re·live v. re·lived, re·liv·ing, re·lives v.tr. To undergo or experience again, especially in the imagination. v.intr. To live again. Noun 1. the urgency to MOVE! This book is a definite must for children about to embark on the journey through the perilous world of being 5. Ages 4-8. Reviewed by Isabel Killoran, York University York University, at North York, Ont., Canada; nondenominational; coeducational; founded 1959 as an affiliate of the Univ. of Toronto, became independent 1965. , Toronto, ON |
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