Stella Endicott and the anything-is-possible poem #5
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- 5 of 7 copies available at LARL/NWRL Consortium. (Show)
- 1 of 2 copies available at Lake Agassiz Regional Library.
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0 current holds with 7 total copies.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Detroit Lakes Public Library | J DIC (Text) | 33500013299482 | Main | Available | - |
| Fosston Public Library | J DIC (Text) | 33500013299474 | Main | Checked out | 06/07/2023 |
Record details
- ISBN: 1536201804
- ISBN: 9781536201802
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Physical Description:
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85 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2020.
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
| Summary, etc.: | Stella Endicott loves her teacher, Miss Liliana, and she is thrilled when the class is assigned to write a poem. Stella crafts a beautiful poem about Mercy Watson, the pig who lives next door -- a poem complete with a metaphor and full of curiosity and courage. But Horace Broom, Stella's irritating classmate, insists that Stella's poem is full of lies and that pigs do not live in houses. And when Stella and Horace get into a shouting match in the classroom, Miss Liliana banishes them to the principal's office. Will the two of them find a way to turn this opposite-of-a-poem day around? In the newest spirited outing in the Deckawoo Drive series by Kate DiCamillo, anything is possible -- even a friendship with a boy deemed to be (metaphorically speaking) an overblown balloon. |
- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2020 March #2
Volume 5 of the Tales from Deckawoo Drive series focuses on second grader Stella Endicott. Tasked with creating a poem for class that includes a metaphor, Stella composes a verse about Mercy Watson, which classmate Horace Bloom criticizes. After a vociferous argument (Stella: Some pigs DO sit on couches!), the two are sent to the principal's office. Along the way, they encounter chatty maintenance engineer Mr. Murphy (who babbles enigmatically about chickens), a bullying upperclassman, and the principal's intimidating secretary, Mrs. Shirley, before becoming accidentally locked inside a janitorial closet. Throughout, Stella remains curious, courageous, and on the lookout for the perfect poetic metaphor. Surprisingly, she also comes to appreciate her annoyingly literal classmate. As always, DiCamillo offers readers sophisticated, hilarious fare, while Van Dusen's pleasing comic-style artwork captures everyone's eccentricities. Grades 1-4. Copyright 2020 Booklist Reviews.
Kate DiCamillo is the beloved author of many books for young readers, including the Mercy Watson and Deckawoo Drive series. Her books Flora & Ulysses and The Tale of Despereaux both received Newbery Medals. A former National Ambassador for Young Peopleâs Literature, she lives in Minneapolis.
Chris Van Dusen is the author-illustrator of many books for young readers, including The Circus Ship and Hattie & Hudson, and the illustrator of the Mercy Watson and Deckawoo Drive series. He lives in Maine.
Kate DiCamillo is the beloved author of many books for young readers, including the Mercy Watson and Deckawoo Drive series. Her books Flora & Ulysses and The Tale of Despereaux both received Newbery Medals. A former National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, she lives in Minneapolis.
Chris Van Dusen is the author-illustrator of many books for young readers, including The Circus Ship and Hattie & Hudson, and the illustrator of the Mercy Watson and Deckawoo Drive series. He lives in Maine.
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| Genre: | High interest-low vocabulary books. |
