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Jan 21, 2017
Barbara
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Lovely ink and watercolor illustrations that beg readers to take a second look complement a sweet and relatable story from Canada about the fears a girl has about leaving home for summer camp. While both are busy, especially the mother, and they don't always have time to talk things out, they still manage to communicate through a series of sticky notes they leave for one another. (Ah, yes, communication in the modern age!) As the story develops, told through those images and those notes, readers
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Lovely illustrations, and a charming story. It reminds me of when my daughter was 5, and getting ready for kindergarten. She spent the last two weeks of summer worried sick that she wouldn't make any friends in her new school. Every day, it was "do I have to go to kindergarten?" What if I don't like it. Then the first day of school arrives, and when she comes home from school, she spend the next several hours telling us how great it was, and how many new friends she had made, etc...
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Told in post-it notes, readers learn that summer camp is coming and a certain camper does not want to go. Mom is ever present to reassure that everything will be okay, but when Grandma comes to visit a certain camper gets a glimpse of past Mom who shared many of the same feelings about sleepaway camp.
Clever storytelling accompanied by lovely watercolor artwork. PreK-2.
Clever storytelling accompanied by lovely watercolor artwork. PreK-2.
A great book for any young student who is nervous about going away. There are not tricks or tips, just a sense of realism and wonderful artwork. This is handy for librarians if they have parents asking about a child who is not yet ready for a camp or get away.
A busy mom and child communicate via sticky notes, leading up to the child’s departure for sleep away camp. This is a sweet story, with lovely watercolor wash illustrations that reveal the affection among child, parent, pets and visiting grandmother. My reservations are two: the sticky notes will be hard for children to read and are difficult for adult readers to read fluently, akin to the difficulty reading aloud a graphic novel and I fear this is a story that appeals more to adults than kids.
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Clever way to show a loving mother and daughter relationship with post-it notes.
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