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Lazy Jack
Vivian French (1995), 31 pages
Illustrated by Russell Ayto
Audience: Preschool - 2nd Grade
All Lazy Jack wants to do is sleep, sleep, sleep! Mom says, 'This won't do,' and sends Jack out to work for the builder, the farmer, the dairyman, the baker, the fishmonger, and the grocer. Read this French folktale, 'Lazy Jack' by Vivian French to see the hilarious things Jack does with his payments of fish, cheese, milk, and many more. The young reader will delight in the zany illustrations created by Russell Ayto depicting life in a typical French village. You'll need to decide for yourself if Jack is truly lazy or in fact, a very clever boy!
Similar authors: Cynthia C. DeFelice; Marica Brown; Charles Perrault
Similar books: Lazy Jack by Tony Ross;
Lazy Jack and the Silent Princess by Mitchell Motomora;
Floramel & Esteban by Emilie Buchwald;
Lazy Robert by Nancy DeRosa
Reviewed by: mb
Date read: 7/20/2011
ISBN-10: 1564021300
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Leprechaun's Gold
Pamela Duncan Edwards (2004), 32 pages
Illustrated by Henry Cole
Audience: Preschool - 3rd Grade
Long ago, in Ireland, there lived an man know as Old Pat. Old Pat was a very good harpist, he was also very kind and very generous. In the same village lived a man known as Young Tom. Tom learned to play the harp from Old Pat, but Tom was boastful and shelfish. The two traveled together to the King's Harping Contest. On the way, they come across a leprechaun in trouble. Will Old Pat's generosity get him in trouble with the little people or will it win him the leprechauns' gold?
Reviewed by: caroll
Date read: 4/20/2010
ISBN-10: 0066239745
ISBN-13: 9780066239743
Frankie and Sal are two boys who have done everything, many times over. What can they do now? Nothing. They decide to do nothing! Can they do nothing? Laugh-out-loud as they try to do nothing and discover a universal truth.
Reviewed by: hap
Date read: 4/8/2011
ISBN-10: 0763634409
ISBN-13: 9780763634407
Letters From Camp
Kate Klise (1999), 192 pages
Illustrated by M. Klise
Audience: 5th Grade - 8th Grade
Sent to Camp Happy Harmony to learn how to get along with each other, pairs of brothers and sisters chronicle how they come to suspect the dubious intentions of the family running the camp in letters home.
Reviewed by: sc
Date read: 3/27/2009
ISBN-10: 0380975394
ISBN-13: 9780380975396
Reader Comments
Camp Happy HarmonyCommenter: St. Charles Reader, grade 0
Six kids all have one thing in common- they hate their siblings. They are sent to this camp to learn how to get along. But...the place is weird!
'Lights Out' by John Himmelman is a MUST read for the novice camper. Counselor Jim is having a difficult time getting the Scouts settled in for the night. The boys can't seem to fall asleep. They keep imagining all kinds of creatures who are just waiting until the lights are turned out to eat them, suck their blood, or make them sick. But never fear, Counselor Jim puts all their fears 'to bed' and the boys turn off the lights and fall fast asleep. The young reader will love the surprise ending that just might get those lights turned right back on!
Similar authors: Alex Harvey; Gwendolyn Hooks
Similar books: Olivia Goes Camping by Alex Harvey;
The Noisy Night: A Pet Club Story by Gwendolyn Hooks;
Scare a Bear by Kathy-jo Wargin;
Camping Day by Patricia Lakin;
Camping Catastrophe by Abby Klein;
I'm Not Scared by Kirsten Hall
Reviewed by: mb
Date read: 8/3/2011
ISBN-10: 081673450X
ISBN-13: 9780816734504
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