Summary: A young girl meets her grandfather for the first time in a room where he has stored everything he’s ever collected over his life. He says that every item in this room has a story and he tells her that he will tell her the story of any one item she chooses. She picks up a plain box...
The Matchbox Diary, is great! I absolutely love the interaction of the grandfather sharing with his granddaughter his memories through his matchbox collection. It was very sweet and heartwarming. The illustrations were beautiful and warm, just like the characters in the book. The illustrations we...
Beautifully illustrated fictional memoir using the idea that the grandfather collected small items and kept them in matchboxes as his "diary", giving opportunity to tell his granddaughter about significant episodes in his life as an Italian immigrant. Loved!How 'bout using as an EOY literature/wr...
I'd place "The Dunderheads" by Paul Fleischman squarely in the Realistic genre. It definitely seems to be a "What if" kind of book with lots of humor, adventure, and suspense. I'd read it to any school age kid - I certainly think they would get the most our of it, up to about 5th grade. "The Dund...
I recommend Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman to adolescent and adult readers who are interested in a simple yet inspiring story. Three reasons I like this book are because it has interesting characters, important life lessons and an inspiring message. If you read this book, you will see how one nine ...
This play write was a very interesting one. With its rapid changes in plays, it was a little hard to follow. This play consisted of 7 total plays within. At the beggining the house manager reads a monologue explaining some theater etiquite, such as turning off cell phones and no flash photogrophy...
tA Fate Totally Worse Than Death by Paul Fleischman was actually really good. I read it because I was looking for a quick read that I could read in one night easily. This was about 120 pages with large font, so it didn't take long at all. Basically it's about three rich, popular girls who will do...
Brent Bishop is a typical new kid. He is worried about his status in the school and wants desperately to have the popular Brianna on his arm and goes to great lengths to make that happen, including putting himself out there at a party. Brianna, however, has other ideas about her life and Brent su...