Title: Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Author: Judy Blume
Publisher: Dutton Children's Books
Publication Date: 1972
ISBN: 9780525469315
Summary: Peter Hatcher's life with his little brother, Fudge, makes him feel like a fourth grade nothing. Fudge is never far from trouble but always seems to get away with everything and Peter has had enough of it. When Fudge takes Dribble, Peter's turtle he's had enough of it! Fudge ate Dribble sending him to the hospital for an extraction. Unfortunately, Dribble died in Fudge's stomach leaving Peter grieving his loss even though nobody seems to care. Later one, the Hatcher's adopt a dog in place of Dribble who Peter names Turtle.
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars.
Title: Ramona's World
Author: Beverly Cleary
Publisher: Morrow JuniorBooks
Publication Date: 1999
ISBN: 068868167
Summary: Ramona believes that fourth grade will be the best year yet! She has wonderful handwriting, a new baby sister named Roberta, and a new best friend Daisy. However, Ramona doesn't know what fourth grade has in store for her. She must improve her horrible spelling, be a good role model for Roberta, and her mom wants her to spend more time with the awful Susan. Sometimes Ramona fails, quite hilariously, but she learns something very important with the help of her friends and family: sometimes being imperfect is perfectly fine.
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Title: Frindle
Author: Andrew Clements
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Publication Date: 1998
ISBN: 978-0689818769
Summary: Nick Allen loves school and has plenty of great ideas, but is he a trouble maker? One day in school he learns how words a created and decides to create one of his own, frindle. Things begin innocently enough as Nick gets his friends to use the new word. Then other people in town start saying frindle. Soon the school is in an uproar, and Nick has become a local hero. His teacher wants Nick to put an end to all this nonsense, but the funny thing is frindle doesn't belong to Nick anymore. The new word is spreading across the country, and there's nothing Nick can do to stop it.
Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars
I remember reading Frindle in school and wanting to make up a new word. This would be a good book to have the class make up their own. The Judy Blume books are always great reads for children because they offer such realistic stories that they can relate to.
ReplyDeleteI remember having almost all of the books Beverly Cleary wrote about Ramona! It was one of my favorite collections of books I read too! It is sometimes helpful that little girls can imagine being Ramona and dealing with the many different obstacles she faces!
ReplyDeleteI love all your blog choices this week! I remember reading Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing and relating to Peter because I have a younger sibling just like him. I also like how the Ramona books emphasize how you do not have to be perfect
ReplyDeleteThree prolific authors that specialize in realistic fiction with school-aged children as the main protagonists. I went off on a rant in Lyndsay's blog about Judy Blume though. She has a tendency to give away the whole Santa thing in her books, groan.
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