Books by Sara Pennypacker
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review 1: I love this series! Clementine is lovable, precocious and age-perfect for my almost-seven-year old. The situations Clementine finds herself in are realistic and hilarious, and my daughter totally understands where she's coming from, the classroom politics, and the ramifications o...
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review 1: This book was pretty cute and I liked the very detailed pictures they were excellent for working on inferencing with my students. I like how it hit the point of how our perceptions of people should constantly change with each new situation, because you never know how a person is ...
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review 1: Clementine's having a nervous breakdown. The FAMILY MEETING! sign is up in her house, and she just knows she's in trouble for something. Has she been too mean to her little brother? Too sloppy? Eating too much junk food? Try as she might to find out what's on the agenda, her pare...
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review 1: I read this book with my 12-year-old. It was somewhat unbelievable, but then again, I would imagine that when I was 12, I would've thought it was pretty fantastic to be on my own for a summer, and I probably wouldn't have found the possibility of my being successful at that to be...
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review 1: A solemn picture book of life in China under chairman Mao who declared in the late 50s that sparrows were eating the grain and must be removed. Country folk were required to take to the streets with firecrackers and noise makers to scare the birds or cause them to die of fright. ...
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review 1: An Upbeat and Well Written Addition to the Flat Stanley ShelfThese are very cool books with an interesting history. The original Flat Stanley appeared in 1964 and five more books appeared between then and 2003. When the original author, Jeff Brown, passed away in 2003, the series...
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review 1: It is the spring of Clementine's third grade year, and all the 3rd and 4th graders are getting ready to go on their big field trip to Plimouth Plantation. Clementine and Margaret have agreed to be partners, so that Clementine can help Margaret with anything that is germy or dirt...
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review 1: I just love that the book starts out with Clementine telling Margaret that she's "having a nervous breakdown!" as she huffs into a seat on the bus. She's a riot.Her feelings about being left behind by Margaret as she boards the Makeup Plane are particularly profound - I think it'...
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review 1: I sat in a conference where Sara Pennypacker was talking about this book. For a second, I thought this was a fictional tale, or parable, but after I looked online...I found out it is TRUE! In 1958 The Chinese Government decided that if the sparrows were killed, they wouldn't eat ...
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review 1: Owen says: Four stars. I liked learning more about what cowboys do. I kind of liked it when Abraham Lincoln's face fell off. I think it was funny. If you like Flat Stanley books, you should read it.Rob says: Three stars. Another extension in the Flat Stanley franchise. Whi...
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review 1: In some of the Flat Stanley books, I find it confusing the lessons that they are trying to teach or educate the children. It seems in all of them that the parents think that it is ok to mail their son because they bought too many things on vacation. How does that even seem remote...