Clementine conquers all sorts of disasters with spunky persistence and unflagging optimism. She tries her best to help--but things do not always go as planned. For example, Clementine's best friend Margaret's extreme haircut. She tried to help her friend by evening it up--by cutting the other side. The result wasn't good so they agreed to cut it all off. Then they drew it back in permanent flame colored marker. The Principal and Margaret's mother were less than pleased with the results. Clementine is forever getting in trouble for not paying attention--but she is paying attention and seeing lots of things no one else would ever see.
A wonderfully humorous look into a child's world of life, school, and friends with superb dialog and fabulous pen and ink drawings that capture the spirit of the characters. A laugh out loud uplifting read and a wonderful addition to early chapter books. Notables SLJ Best Books and PW .
Grades 2-4
Monday, February 5, 2007
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Clementine is a character that youngsters will relate to and laugh! She reminds me of a mix of Romona and Amber Brown. I agree with the age range posted and would add that some of our first graders would probably enjoy it as a read aloud. I would love to see Clementine become part of a series. We have several first and second graders who are enthralled with some of our series and just can't get enough of them!
I also like the way that Clementine's family copes and adapts to the day-to-day challenges that they face. They don't have an emaculate apartment like Maragaret, but one that I think I would like to visit. Another neat detail was that even though Magaret's mom seems to be something of a perfectionist, she comes around at the end of the story and shows senstivity for Clementine's feelings.
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