Clementine can't believe her ears her beloved teacher, Mr. D'Matz, might be leaving them for the rest of the year to go on a research trip to Egypt! No other teacher has ever understood her impulsiveness, her itch to draw constantly, or her need to play "Beat the Clock" when the day feels too lon...
Winner or washout? When it comes to tackling third grade, Clementine is at the top of her game-okay, so maybe not all the time. After her teacher announces that the third and fourth graders will be putting on a talent show, Clementine panics. She doesn't sing or dance or play an instrument. She ...
I love Marla Frazee's illustrations. Having read only book 1 in this series, and then jumping in here at book 6, I didn't feel like I'd missed anything important, although I wonder if that's really true. Perhaps what makes Clementine special is her ability and willingness to empathize with her fr...
In this book Clementine and the spring trip by Sara Pennypacker, a curious little girl named Clementine starts to worry about a field trip that her class is going to be going on. She thinks that the fourth graders will try to punish her because she makes while she's eating and there is a specific...
We love these books. They pass pretty much all of my criteria for children's books:1: have good pictures that are more interesting the longer you look at them (we are Marla Frazee fans)2: can be read aloud without wincing at poor sentence structure, have good rhythm and sentence length3: are beli...
Clementine and the Family Meeting by Sara Pennypacker I would love having Clementine in my class at school. She is herself at all times. I admire that. She would be a great friend. She is creative and funny. Although I have to say she does some things that would make my 9-year old self a lit...
This is another Clementine story. In this book, Clementine has been chose to be the friend of the week and will get a book Friday filled with all the good things her classmates have to say about her. She is very excited and tells her mom and dad and her friend Margaret. Of course, since Margaret ...