Park, Barbara. Skinny-bones
January 26th 2016 by Yearling
Alex Frankovitch is very small, and doesn't play baseball very well. He gets into a bragging match with T.J., and gets himself into a pitching contest. He doesn't want everyone to show up at his game, but can't really stop them. Alex's parents want to support him, but this includes making him go to the game! There are a variety of funny school occurences as well, and at the end, Alex wins the Kitty Fritters essay contest he has entered, and wins a chance to be in a commercial, filmed in New York City.
January 26th 2016 by Yearling (First published October 17th 1989)
January 26th 2016 by Yearling
Howard's parents have decided to move all the way across the country to Massachusetts, and he isn't happy about it. It's bad enough that he has to put up with baby brother Gaylord, but when 6-year-old neighbor Molly decides he will be her new best friend, it just adds to his difficulties, but his parents make it very clear that Molly has had a harder life than his, and he should be nice to her. He has the usual issues with fitting into his new school, but eventually settles in and is able to report his successes to his friends back home.
These books all have a few mildly dated references; watching t.v., grandmas with blue hair, talking on the telephone and writing letters, and the whole idea of a local television show. I'm not sure this will matter much to elementary school readers, and I know that The Kid in the Red Jacket provoked some actual belly laughs in at least one student that I knew.
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