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Seedfolks (Joanna Colter Books)
Paul Fleischman
HarperTeen, 1999
Almost certain to make my best reads of the year list.
Paul Fleischman, Seedfolks (Harper Collins, 1997)
I've read a lot of books in the past few weeks, as I often do right around the new year for some reason. The best of them this year was Seedfolks, a kids' book about a community garden in Cleveland and how it came to ...
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Weslandia
Paul Fleischman
Candlewick, 2002
JUST WHERE YOUR MIND CAN TAKE YOU!
I love this story. I suppose I can somewhat relate as I see so much of myself in the young boy featured in this book. A young, lonely boy, who somehow just does not fit in, decides to invent his own world and simply make it the way he wants to make it. The story is ...
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Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella
Paul Fleischman
Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 2007
Glass Slipper
Fleischman, Paul. Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella. Illustrated by Julie Paschkis. Henry Holt and Company. 2007.
This is a unique and lovely presentation of the Cinderella story that incorporates distinct elements from many different cultures ...
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Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices
Paul Fleischman
HarperTrophy, 1992
Truly is a "Joyful Noise"
I'm a sixth grade teacher, and I have Poetry Cafe in my classroom every other weekend during the school year. Joyful Noise is a favorite of the kids in my class every year. It is always the poetry book the kids go for first when they are picking their poems for the ...
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Whirligig
Paul Fleischman
Laurel Leaf, 1999
Excellent Young Adult Book With A Memorable Message
WHIRLIGIG starts out like so many other young adult books. Brent is a shallow high school junior who really wants to fit in with the popular crowd. He drinks too much at a party, a pretty girl he has a crush on publicly humiliates him and as result he makes a stupid ...
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Big Talk: Poems for Four Voices
Paul Fleischman
Candlewick, 2008
Great fun--can anybody actually do this???
Those who loved "A Joyful Noise" and "I Am Phoenix" will feel that they've hit upon a treasure trove in this group of poems for four voices. The only small disadvantages: this book only contains three poems (maybe somebody should write a sequel?), and the arrangement ...
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Dateline: Troy
Paul Fleischman
Candlewick, 2006
Are modern humans and institutions like Ancient Greece?
I have read, both in my childhood and adulthood, many different versions of the Trojan War. The version in this book is well written for both adult and younger audiences. What is most interesting in this book, however, is its attempt in every page to relate something ...
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Bull Run
Paul Fleischman
HarperTrophy, 1995
DM Bull Run Review
I think this is the best book that I have ever read. I thought that the Civil War was very, very boring but when our class started to read Bull Run I knew that I was wrong. The way that Paul Fleischman writes he would leave you wanting to read more. From the way Paul ...
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Sidewalk Circus (Bccb Blue Ribbon Picture Book Awards (Awards))
Paul Fleischman
Candlewick, 2004
The circus of life!
This book is very successful in linking real world to circus. I think the idea is just wonderful, and the illustrations are exquisite.
The authors show that if we only open our eyes to every-day people, we will see how skillful they are in their jobs. It shows, for ...
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I Am Phoenix: Poems for Two Voices
Paul Fleischman
HarperTrophy, 1989
Delightful
The poems in this book are meant to be read aloud by two different people. Each person reads one of the two columns aloud and lines written on the same line are said simultaneously. This volume contains poems about birds. My 9 year old son, who doesn't like to read ...
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Seek
Paul Fleischman
Simon Pulse, 2003
And ye shall find
The idea of writing children and teen books that should ideally be read aloud is not particularly common. Just the same, author Paul Fleischman has excelled at it time and time again. Long ago when I was young and unappreciative of anything that didn't involve "The ...
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Breakout
Paul Fleischman
Simon Pulse, 2005
You May Just Learn to Appreciate a Traffic Jam
Del has decided that she can no longer live the life she?s known for so long. She has decided to change identities, sell what she can, put the rest in the truck of an old Datsun, and move out of town. On the way out of LA, she encounters a four-hour traffic jam. At ...
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The Borning Room (Charlotte Zolotow Book)
Paul Fleischman
HarperTeen, 1993
The Borning Room
This is a story of a young girl, Georgina Caroline Lott, growing up on an Ohio farm in the nineteenth century. The entire book focuses on the events that take place in the family's borning room. A borning room is a room set aside for the miracle of giving birth and ...
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Seed Folks
Paul Fleischman
Audio Bookshelf, 2003
Princessa's Recommendation
Seed Folks is a good book. Its ok, I wouldn't say that its amazing but it is a good book. It is a good book to me because its as exciting as comic books,you know. My favorite chapter is the chapter about Kim, its my favorite chapter because Kim is honoring her dad by ...
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The Animal Hedge
Paul Fleischman, Bagram Ibatoulline
Amazon Remainders Account, 2003
A lovely children's book
The Animal Hedge is a beautiful children's book with quietly amazing illustrations done in watercolor and gouache. The story tells of a farmer with three sons who endures the loss of his beloved animals and farm due to drought. He maintains himself as best he can, ...
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