Letters to Leo Contributor(s): Hest, Amy (Author), Denos, Julia (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0763636959 ISBN-13: 9780763636951 Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA) OUR PRICE: $13.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Death, Grief, Bereavement - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Parents - Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Dogs |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2011045901 |
Lexile Measure: 460 |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 4.9" W x 7.2" (0.50 lbs) 160 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Family - Topical - Death/Dying |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 150791 Reading Level: 3.2 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 2.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The joys and trials of fourth grade -- and of life with her father now that her mother is gone -- play out in charming letters from Annie to her dog, Leo. Annie Rossi never, ever thought her father would let her have a dog. But now that he's finally given in, she's found the perfect ear for the stories of her day. She just writes them in a notebook hidden under the bed and reads them to Leo in her soft night voice, like the one her mother used when reading to Annie at bedtime before she died. And Annie sure has a million stories to tell There's mean Edward, who brags about his "noble goldfish" and gets her in trouble for accidentally lobbing a volleyball into his nose. There's her best friend, Jean-Marie, who ups and moves to New Jersey (and wants to borrow Leo for company ). There's the poem Annie writes about her mom, which Miss Meadows asks her to read for the class. And there's her professor dad, who is finally coming out of his shell, even though he is an elderly forty-year-old with a serious personality. Genuine and funny, Amy Hest's first-person narration revisits a winning young character as she takes on a new year -- and a new dog -- with humor, honesty, and resiliency. |