Utterly Me, Clarice Bean (Clarice Bean #1)
by Lauren Child (Author) Lauren Child (Illustrator)
It's not easy to concentrate at school when mysterious things are happening all around you. In fact, Clarice Bean is starting to feel just like her favorite heroine: Ruby Redfort, schoolgirl detective. Clarice and her utterly best friend, Betty Moody, are planning to ace their book project about Ruby and win the class prize, until Betty disappears into thin air, and horrible teacher Mrs. Wilberton teams Clarice up with the naughtiest boy in school. Will her new partner ruin everything? Will Betty ever come back? And what on earth happened to the silver trophy everyone's hoping to win? Lauren Child brings her trademark wacky wit and eccentric visual energy to a full-length, fast paced Clarice Bean episode that will charm even the most capricious reader.
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Publishers Weekly
According to "PW", "Fans of Child's irrepressible, impulsive picture-book heroine -as well as kids who have not yet made her acquaintance -will devour her first chapter-book adventure." Ages 8-11. "(May)" Copyright 2005 Publishers Weekly Used with permission.
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Clarice Bean is the more literate version of Junie B. Jones: sassy, slightly too confident of her abilities, winning in her no-nonsense view of the world.
—Newsday A perfect choice for reading aloud or for newly independent chapter-book readers, this will utterly captivate a wide audience.
—Booklist Fans of Child's irrepressible, impulsive picture-book heroine — as well as kids who have not yet had the pleasure of making her acquaintance — will devour her first chapter-book adventure. . . . Once again, Clarice Bean is utterly a charmer.
—Publishers Weekly The flibbertigibbet, middle-child star of three picture books jumps to a more extended format without losing her exuberance, short attention span, or stream-of-consciousness style of narration.
—Kirkus Reviews
—Newsday A perfect choice for reading aloud or for newly independent chapter-book readers, this will utterly captivate a wide audience.
—Booklist Fans of Child's irrepressible, impulsive picture-book heroine — as well as kids who have not yet had the pleasure of making her acquaintance — will devour her first chapter-book adventure. . . . Once again, Clarice Bean is utterly a charmer.
—Publishers Weekly The flibbertigibbet, middle-child star of three picture books jumps to a more extended format without losing her exuberance, short attention span, or stream-of-consciousness style of narration.
—Kirkus Reviews
Lauren Child
Lauren Child is the daughter of two teachers. She went to two art schools, worked as an assistant to the artist Damien Hirst, and designed an offbeat line of lampshades before beginning a career in children's books. Lauren lives in London, where she is a manic collector of Barbie doll mermaids and Star Wars memorabilia.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780763627881
Lexile Measure
900
Guided Reading Level
O
Publisher
Candlewick Press (MA)
Publication date
March 20, 2005
Series
Clarice Bean
BISAC categories
JUV019000 - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
JUV035000 - Juvenile Fiction | School & Education
JUV035000 - Juvenile Fiction | School & Education
Library of Congress categories
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