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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. This is a story about a girl named Chrysanthemum who loved her name until she started going to school and the other children began making fun of it. However, her new music teacher loves her name, and suddenly everyone wants to be named after a flower. This story can be used in the beginning of the year to help students learn that teasing and name-calling hurts others. I think this would be geat to use in the classroom for teaching strategies such as predicting, cause-and-effect, main idea, sequencing, and developing higher order thinking skills. rpanek | Jul 6, 2009 |   This is a good example of fantasy because the main character is a mouse named Chrysanthemum. Also, the other characters are also mice such as the music teacher, Mrs. Twinkle. Real life details are included as part of the story such as going to school for the first time and being made fun of by classmates. Media: watercolors, pen and ink (  )rhenley06 | Apr 8, 2009 | Good book for k-4. Spring time book and good if kids are teasing others to teach a lesson. Think this book has cute pics and a cute characters. chron002 | Apr 7, 2009 | made fun of her name good for children who are being made fun off she ends up loving her name at the end abmcenerney | Mar 10, 2009 | Characters: · Chrysanthemum – cute little mouse · Mother and Father – Chrysanthemum’s parents · Mrs. Chud – Chrysanthemum’s teacher Notes: o Great book for school read aloud. o Lessons on name-calling. Subjects/topics/themes: fitting in, family, individuality Related titles: Owen, Lily’s Purple Purse Annotation: Chrysanthemum was raised to believe she was perfect and beloved, but when she goes to school she learns that her name draws unwanted attention and begins to question herself. mmmahaffey | Feb 25, 2009 | 0.041 seconds to build listing  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 0688096999, Hardcover)Until Chrysanthemum started kindergarten, she believed her parents when they said her name was perfect. But on the first day of school, Chrysanthemum begins to suspect that her name is far less than perfect, especially when her class dissolves into giggles upon hearing her name read aloud. That evening, Chrysanthemum's parents try to piece her self-esteem back together again with comfort food and a night filled "with hugs, kisses, and Parcheesi." But the next day Victoria, a particularly observant and mean-spirited classmate, announces that Chrysanthemum's name takes up 13 letters. "That's half the letters in the alphabet!" she adds. Chrysanthemum wilts. Pretty soon the girls are making playground threats to "pluck" Chrysanthemum and "smell her."Kevin Henkes has great compassion for the victims of childhood teasing and cruelties--using fresh language, endearing pen-and-ink mouse characters, and realistic dialogue to portray real-life vulnerability. He also has great compassion for parents, offering several adult-humor jokes for anxious mommies and daddies. On the surface, the finale is overly tidy and the coincidences unbelievable. But in the end, what sustains Chrysanthemum, as well as this story, is the steadfast love and support of her family. And because of this, the closure is ultimately convincing and utterly comforting. ALA Notable Book, School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, Horn Book Fanfare Honor List. (Ages 4 to 8) --Gail Hudson (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:04 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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