Book Description:
Margaret's hair was not my fault and besides she looks okay without it,"
narrates ingenuous 8-year-old Clementine. Kids who appreciate the funny
foibles of Junie B. Jones will love this firecracker of a heroine,
who calls her little brother, variously, Spinach, Radish, and Rutabaga:
"Okay fine, my brother's name is not really Spinach.
But I got stuck with a name that is also a fruit, and it's not fair that he didn't.
The only thing worse than a fruit name is a vegetable name," she reasons.
A sweet family life, though, serves as the foundation for the story, which charts a tough week for Clementine, involving badly cut (and marker-dyed) hair, trouble with the principal, and a spat with a best friend. Spirited black and white ink drawings make Clementine's antics easy to envision for new chapter book readers. (Ages 6 to 8)
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