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| Genre/Form: | Novels Children's stories Fictional Work Young Readers Choice Award: Youth:Winner Sasquatch Reading Award: Winner: novels Fiction Juvenile works Romans Juvenile fiction Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse |
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| Material Type: | Fiction, Juvenile audience |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Andrew Clements; Brian Selznick |
| ISBN: | 0689806698 9780689806698 9781442013339 1442013338 9781665906227 1665906227 9780329620851 0329620851 0689818769 9780689818769 0439896398 9780439896399 |
| OCLC Number: | 33900128 |
| Awards: | Christopher Award Rhode Island Children's Book Award New Hampshire Great Stone Face Award Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award Massachusetts Children's Book Award Kansas William Allen White Children's Book Award Georgia Children's Book Award, 1998-99 Minnesota Maud Hart Lovelance Award Washington Sasquatch Children's Book Award, 1999. Prairie Pasque Children's Book Award, 1999-2000. Arkansas Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award Nevada Young Reader's Award North Carolina Children's Book Award Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award, 1999. Texas Children's Crown Award Indiana Young Hoosier Book Award Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Utah Children's Book Award Awarded: Premio Cassa di Risparmio di Cento di Letteratura per Ragazzi of Cento, Italy |
| Target Audience: | 830L |
| Description: | 105 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Contents: | Other book format -Nicholas Allen has plenty of ideas. Who can forget the time he turned his third-grade classroom into a tropical island, or the times he fooled his teacher by chirping like a blackbird? But now Nick's in fifth grade, and it looks like his days as a troublemaker are over. Everyone knows that Mrs. Granger, the language arts teacher, has X-ray vision, and nobody gets away with anything in her classroom. To make matters worse, she's also a fanatic about the dictionary, which is hopelessly boring to Nick. But when Nick learns an interesting tidbit about words and where they come from, it inspires his greatest plan yet: to invent a new word. From now on, a pen is no longer a pen -- it's a frindle. It doesn't take long for frindle to take root, and soon the excitement spreads well beyond his school and town. His parents and Mrs. Granger would like Nick to put an end to all this nonsense. But frindle doesn't belong to Nick anymore. All he can do now is sit back and watch what happens. This quirky, imaginative tale about creative thought and the power of words will have readers inventing their own words. Brian Selznick's black-and-white illustrations enhance the humor in this unforgettable story. |
| Responsibility: | Andrew Clements ; pictures by Brian Selznick. |
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Nicholas Allen has plenty of ideas. Who can forget the time he turned his third-grade classroom into a tropical island, or the times he fooled his teacher by chirping like a blackbird? But now Nick's in fifth grade, and it looks like his days as a troublemaker are over. Everyone knows Mrs. Granger, the mean language arts teacher. But when Nick learns an interesting tidbit about words and where they come from, it inspires his greatest plan yet: to invent a new word. This is the book frindle, written by Andrew Clements. This is a book you wont forget! Everyone knows that Mrs. Granger, the language arts teacher, has X-ray vision, and nobody gets away with anything in her classroom. To make matters worse, she's also a fanatic about the dictionary, which is hopelessly boring to Nick. His parents and Mrs. Granger would like Nick to put an end to all this nonsense. I think the author did a good job of developing his characters. He makes people think Mrs. Granger is discouraging the word frindle but in the end she was trying to encourage it, and I thought that that was cool and surprising to find out. read this book
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**Winner of the 2016 Phoenix Award** "Will have readers smiling all the way through...hilarious." * The Horn Book, starred review * "If there's any justice in the world, Clements may have something of a classic on his hands. . . . A captivating tale--one to press upon children, and one they'll be passing among themselves." * Kirkus Reviews, starred review * Read more...
