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Words with wings / Nikki Grimes.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextEdition: First editionDescription: xi, 84 pages ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 1590789857 (hardcover)
  • 9781590789858 (hardcover)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • [Fic]
LOC classification:
  • PZ7.G88429 Wor 2013
Contents:
Two of a Kind -- Summer Shift -- Cheri -- Hope -- First Day -- Gabby -- Words with Wings -- Getting Started -- Gone -- Concert -- Games -- Adjusting -- Setting the Table -- Washing Dishes -- Laundry -- Report Card -- Explain This, Please -- Nothing New -- Arabesque -- A Trip to Thailand -- Mom's Complaint -- Maybe -- Sled -- Snowflake -- Waterfall -- Mom -- Favorite Words -- Missing My Old School, My Old Life, My Old Family -- Parent-Teacher Talk -- Mom the Nurse -- Wishful Thinking -- Teased -- Stuck in Dreamland -- I Quit -- Color-blind -- Perfect -- Home Work -- Correction -- Persistent -- Macaroni Memory -- Spring -- Butterfly -- Carousel -- Roller Coaster -- Willow -- Closer -- Switch -- Inside Joke -- My New Best Friend -- Stilts -- Dragon -- Camp Dreams -- Tent -- Planetarium -- Comet -- Teacher -- Practice, Practice -- Firefly -- Sand -- Uh-oh -- Later -- Canyon -- Idea -- Announcement -- Good Night -- Home -- It's Here! -- All In -- Author -- Fair Is Fair.
Awards:
  • Coretta Scott King Honor, author, 2014
  • ALA Notable Children's Book, Middle Readers 2014.
Summary: Gabby daydreams to tune out her parents' arguments, but when her parents divorce and she begins a new school, daydreaming gets her into trouble. Her mother scolds her for it, her teacher keeps telling her to pay attention, and the other kids tease her ... until she finds a friend who also daydreams and her teacher decides to work a daydreaming-writing session into every school day. With a notebook "thick with daydreams," Gabby grows more confident about herself and her future. This verse novel poignantly celebrates the power of writing and the inspiration a good teacher can deliver.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library Nash 301 Children's Books Section J FIC GRI N Available 33710001227458

WordSong is an imprint of Highlights.

"Design by Barbara Grzeslo"--Title page verso.

"Jacket illustration...Eva Vazquez"--Jacket flap.

Two of a Kind -- Summer Shift -- Cheri -- Hope -- First Day -- Gabby -- Words with Wings -- Getting Started -- Gone -- Concert -- Games -- Adjusting -- Setting the Table -- Washing Dishes -- Laundry -- Report Card -- Explain This, Please -- Nothing New -- Arabesque -- A Trip to Thailand -- Mom's Complaint -- Maybe -- Sled -- Snowflake -- Waterfall -- Mom -- Favorite Words -- Missing My Old School, My Old Life, My Old Family -- Parent-Teacher Talk -- Mom the Nurse -- Wishful Thinking -- Teased -- Stuck in Dreamland -- I Quit -- Color-blind -- Perfect -- Home Work -- Correction -- Persistent -- Macaroni Memory -- Spring -- Butterfly -- Carousel -- Roller Coaster -- Willow -- Closer -- Switch -- Inside Joke -- My New Best Friend -- Stilts -- Dragon -- Camp Dreams -- Tent -- Planetarium -- Comet -- Teacher -- Practice, Practice -- Firefly -- Sand -- Uh-oh -- Later -- Canyon -- Idea -- Announcement -- Good Night -- Home -- It's Here! -- All In -- Author -- Fair Is Fair.

Gabby daydreams to tune out her parents' arguments, but when her parents divorce and she begins a new school, daydreaming gets her into trouble. Her mother scolds her for it, her teacher keeps telling her to pay attention, and the other kids tease her ... until she finds a friend who also daydreams and her teacher decides to work a daydreaming-writing session into every school day. With a notebook "thick with daydreams," Gabby grows more confident about herself and her future. This verse novel poignantly celebrates the power of writing and the inspiration a good teacher can deliver.

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Coretta Scott King Honor, author, 2014

ALA Notable Children's Book, Middle Readers 2014.