![]() How to raise money for a coveted poster: put your friends to work! It is sure to be a favorite that will be read again and again. There are delightful surprises on every page of this charmer. There is also an addendum in the form of a “vocabulary parade Scrapbook.” Even the end papers and the flyleaf are an integral part of the book. A border of sentences that Sage writes for another assignment provides a subtext that explains her emotions as the plot unfurls. Frasier ( Out of the Ocean, 1998, etc.) uses pencil and markers on notebook paper to create a complete record of Sage’s vocabulary disaster and ensuing triumph. Words are defined within the text and as part of the colorful illustrations. The hilarious error is discovered during a vocabulary bee and she is “devastated, ruined, finished.” The format of this enchanting book is ingenious. ![]() Sage spells the unfamiliar word as best she can and compounds the problem by writing her own highly imaginative definition without the benefit of a dictionary. ![]() ![]() Sage has the flu and receives her vocabulary list via a hurried phone call from her best friend, who spells all but the last word. ![]()
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