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Jessica

by Kevin Henkes

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I think that this would be a good book for individual reading. It's a great book for beginner readers and those students who can relate to having imaginary friends. Jessica is the imaginary friend in this story. I think that the teacher can ask the readers to make predictions at the beginning of the story and see if it matches what actually happened.

ajsampson | Nov 23, 2009 |

Reading Level 2.6

This is a precious story about a girl and her best friend. Ruthie makes up an imaginary friend, Jessica, who did everything with her. Not until school did she actually meet w new friend whose name was ironically Jessica. This is a fun book that you can ask kids what they think might happen to see if they can predict the outcome. (

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Necampos | Nov 16, 2009 |

A book about a girl with an imaginary friend who does everything she does. She takes her to school on the first day but meets a real best friend that takes her place.

mmburks | Nov 13, 2009 |

Ruthie had a friend named Jessica that was her best friend and they did everything together, only one problem, Jessica wasnt real. Ruthie started school and met a real friend named Jessica and she is never lonely again. Very cute book and good for Kindergarteners just starting school.

klhocutt | Nov 11, 2009 |

I thought this was a very cute book. Little girls would love reading it because everyone wants to have an imaginary friend. Ruthie's only friend was Jessica for so long but the problem was is that nobody else believed she was real. One day, Ruthie needed a partner and a girl named Jessica asked to be hers. She was surprised by her name and they were bestfriends from then on.

eastahlhut | Oct 29, 2009 |

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Much to her parents' chagrin, 5-year-old Ruthie has a devoted invisible friend named Jessica. When Ruthie accidentally spills juice, Jessica gladly takes the blame. When Ruthie's parents plan to hire a baby sitter and go to a movie, Jessica gets a tummy ache and needs them to stay home. "There is no Jessica," her parents keep insisting. "But Ruthie knew there was," the author keeps repeating. Kevin Henkes's Popsicle-colored watercolors and detailed pen-and-ink drawings invite us into Ruthie and Jessica's fantasy world. Through his handwritten cartoon dialogue, we are privy to their tender conversations and confidences. When it's time to start kindergarten, Ruthie's father suggests that Jessica stay home. But of course Ruthie brings Jessica anyway. On that fateful day we discover what Ruthie knew all along--there really is a Jessica! Children who believe in imaginary playmates will find their soul mate in Ruthie. And parents who fret over the isolation of an absorbing imaginary life will find comfort in the story's happy ending. All families will appreciate the twists of fate that allow a child's fantasy world to joyfully overlap into the real one. School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, Horn Book Fanfare Honor List, IRA/CBC Children's Choice, American Bookseller Pick of the Lists. (Ages 3 and older) --Gail Hudson

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