Books by Paul Fleischman
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review 1: I enjoyed this story of a great-grandfather telling his life story to his granddaughter through matchboxes. Each matchbox contains a trinket inside that is attached to a memory. When all the matchboxes have been opened, the granddaughter learns of her great-grandfathers struggle...
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review 1: I think this book would be ok for students who are doing research. I don't think it is something that anyone would want to read all the way through though. This book claims to be a "briefing that will launch you on your own list." of things that you may want to do to save the e...
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review 1: November 18, 2010We read it last night when we got it home. Such fun! I love the class full of kids who may seem like misfits, but each of whom has very desirable skills which they use together to thwart the evil teacher. An elaborate heist pulled off by kids against a teacher...
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review 1: This book is wonderful. My Lila loves little boxes and collects them. After reading this story, she asked for a cigar box and a few matchboxes to create her own diary. My husband happened to have both of these and gave them to her. It's amazing to see a book inspire your child. S...
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review 1: This is another book by the same writing/illustrating team as The Animal Hedge and also gets a pass for being a little bit sappy at times. An Italian grandfather recounts his family's emigration to his granddaughter through the items he kept stored in old matchboxes. The artwork ...
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review 1: (Mommy's review from 5/2/12)We must have missed the first few books. What, exactly, IS a "dunderhead"? And why, praytell, are these kids named things like "Pencil" and "Clip" and "Hanger"? I'm not following? Am I officially old? Me think not because guess what? My 6-year-old-cool...
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review 1: A group of misfit kids come to the aid of their friend Spider after he is mistakenly accused of stealing jewelry. I thought this book was mediocre. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't amazing. I think it is primarily because it was a bit sporatic and the storyline wasn't that appeali...