Books by Eileen Spinelli
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review 1: When Suzy's 4-year-old brother, Parker, sees their neighbor have a "fit" he calls 911 and becomes a local hero. Her best friend Alison gets a part in the Ridgley Community Theater play, but Suzy doesn't. Then on her birthday, just as she and her dad are on their way to a Philli...
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review 1: 3.5 stars. The free verse format makes this an accessible first novel for young readers. The title and book cover are also very appealing, but somewhat misleading as the book themes are not at all whimsical. The story line is rather mature actually. Still, the writing is sound an...
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review 1: Loved this cute little book. I read it on Kindle and was surprized at how lovely the art work was. This was about a duck who was always getting himself into ridculous situation. The other farm animal's were sick and tired of him. So they lost him and his antics and were lonely an...
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review 1: The Best Story starts off with a girl who sees a contest at her local library. An author Anne Miles is having a contest of who ever has the best story get to go on a roller coaster ride with the Author, who actually happens to be her favorite author. She is so excited to start he...
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review 1: This humorous Thanksgiving book is about several calamities that befall members of the Tappleton family, who are responsible for different courses for Thanksgiving dinner. The colorful illustrations by Maryann Cocca-Leffler really work with the Eileen Spinelli's story. While thi...
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review 1: I chose this book for my Picture Book Soak. This is a book that I cannot wait to read to my students. This book has a great cover picture and the title really spoke to me when I picked it out. This book is about a young girl who dances, prances, twirls, dances, wrestles, and is b...