Clementine by Sara Pennypacker is a delightful and amusing chapter book. This book is about Clementine who is a third grader who is always out to do good but instead finds herself in trouble. The book starts out with Clementine trying to help her best friend Margaret cut her hair after getting glue in it. Clementine then gets in trouble with the principal, her parents, and Margaret's mother for making a mess of Margaret's hair. Throughout the same week Clementine continues to get into trouble and she has convinced herself that her parents want to get rid of her.
Clementine eventually helps her parents solve a problem and she patches things up with Margaret and her mother. I found this chapter book to be so funny and engaging. I was amused by the illustrations by Marla Frazee, they really do capture the energy and facial expressions of Clementine. I know this would be a great chapter book to use for a read aloud in a library setting.
" This engaging chapter book is well suited to reading alone or reading aloud to a roomful of children." - Carolyn Phelan, American Library Association
" A delightful addition to any beginning chapter-book collection." - Cheryl Ashton, Amerherst Public Library, OH
