Shrinking Violet
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What's Shrinking Violet About
Never has being shy seemed so rewarding!Whether she’s impersonating Elvis, swaggering like Captain Hook, or imitating the sounds of a cricket, Violet is expressive and funny – but only when she’s alone or with her best friend, Opal. At school, especially around class bully Irwin, who teases her nonstop, she retreats into a shell of shyness. But when Irwin, playing the part of Planet Mars in the class play, begins to spin wildly out of control and threatens to ruin the entire production, it’s Violet who saves the day – managing not only to give Irwin his comeuppance but to find her own unique way of surviving the spotlight. Illustrations brimming with humor and charm add to the fun in this fresh take on overcoming shyness.
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Cari Best has written many award-winning picture books, including Sally Jean, the Bicycle Queen, a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year; and My Three Best Friends and Me, described by the New York Times as “refreshing” and “exciting.” Her picture book If I Could Drive, Mama was described by Publishers Weekly as “a wonderful tribute to an imagination in perpetual motion.” In the Country of Queens is her first novel. Ms. Best lives in Connecticut.
Giselle Potter has illustrated many books, including Kate and the Beanstalk by Mary Pope Osborne, an ALA-ALSC notable book; The Boy Who Loved Words by Roni Schotter, a Parents’ Choice Gold Award winner; and Cecil the Pet Glacier by Matthea Harvey. She is the author and illustrator of Tell Me What to Dream About and This Is My Dollhouse—both inspired by her daughters—and The Year I Didn’t Go to School, about traveling through Italy with her parents’ puppet troupe when she was eight. Giselle also illustrates “Ties,” a weekly column in the Well section of The New York Times. She lives in Rosendale, New York, with her husband and two daughters.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780374368821
- Publication Date
- August 6, 2001
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
- Page Count
- 40
- Words Per Page
- 35
- Audience
- Picture
- Reading Age
- 4 - 8 years
- Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
- 99088966
- WorldCat Number (OCLC)
- 43390301
- Lexile® Level
- AD600L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~O
- ATOS® Book Level
- 4.2
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 0.5
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 52160
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- LG
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