Lucy Comes to Stay
by Rosemary Wells
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Mary Elizabeth loves her new puppy Lucy but discovers that puppies need special care and understanding.Tags
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This seems relatable, getting a pet is a responsibility and puppies are a handful.
This is a book that can help children understand what it is like to have a new pet. Mary Elizabeth is a girl who gets a new puppy named Lucy. Mary Elizabeth quickly learns about all the responsibilities that comes with a new pet when Lucy chews up her new shoe laces. Mary Elizabeth has to clean up Lucy and her mess when she chews up a ball point pen and when she falls into Mary's bath water. Even though Lucy is a lot of responsibility, Mary Elizabeth loves Lucy and enjoys taking care of her.
Lucy Comes to Stay is a story about a girl who gets a pet dog named Lucy. The story goes through all of the things that Lucy does, like eating the girl's new shoes, eating ice cream with liver flavor, and trying to drink and eat out of her bowls while laying down. At the end of the story, the girl's mother allows Lucy to sleep in the girl's bed with her at night. This book could be used in a classroom when talking about pets, obeying rules, or good consequences.
Type: picture book, advanced
Genre: Realistic fiction
Illustrations: painted
Type: picture book, advanced
Genre: Realistic fiction
Illustrations: painted
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Rosemary Wells was born in New York City on January 29, 1943. She studied at the Museum School in Boston. Without her degree, she left school at the age of 19 to get married. She began her career in publishing, working as an art editor and designer first at Allyn and Bacon and later at Macmillan Publishing. She is an author and illustrator of over show more 60 books for children and young adults. Her first book was an illustrated edition of Gilbert and Sullivan's I Have a Song to Sing-O. Her other works include Martha's Birthday, The Fog Comes on Little Pig Feet, Unfortunately Harriet, Mary on Horseback, and Timothy Goes to School. She also created the characters of Max and Ruby, Noisy Nora, and Yoko, which are featured in some of her books. She has won numerous awards including a Children's Book Council Award for Noisy Nora in 1974, the Edgar Allan Poe award for two young adult books, Through the Looking Glass and When No One Was Looking, and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Shy Charles. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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