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Timmerman was here
After her initial resistance, a girl decides to like the man who is renting her grandfather's old room, and decides to keep on liking him even after rumors about him begin to spread.
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Camilla Chameleon
One day Willy McNilly comes home from work and finds his wife in bed, surrounded by empty cans of Cream of Chameleon soup. When he asks what he can get her for supper, her reply is, \"Some Cream of Chameleon soup, please.\" From then on, Mrs. McNilly eats Cream of Chameleon soup for breakfast, Cream of Chameleon soup for lunch, and Cream of Chameleon soup for supper. Not surprisingly, it soon turns out that Willy and Milly are expecting a baby. When little Camilla is born, her parents are delighted. \"She was a little strange looking, but her parents thought she was perfect.\" Camilla has some very special talents. She can pick up a hopscotch rock without bending over; look at her teacher with one eye and read a comic book with the other, and, most amazing of all, she can disappear by blending perfectly into her surroundings.
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Smarty Pants. 2d ed
When Norah's mom is away on business, she gets to stay with her great aunt and namesake, Auntie Norah. Like Norah, her great aunt is a little unusual. Their shared sense of play and their pun-like sense of humour help Norah when she is faced with an embarrassing situation at school. Superstitious Auntie Norah asks Norah to give her clothes three hard shakes one evening. In a moment of stubbornness, Norah refuses. Auntie Norah warns her that \"Something eye-popping, heart stopping, holy-moly horrible\" might happen to Norah the next day. Something does happen at school, only it occurs when Norah least expects it.
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Maxwell's metamorphosis
In Maxwell's Metamorphosis, Nora takes her role as peer mediator seriously. When first grader Laura entrusts her with the secret that she's afraid to use the school washroom, Norah breaks a rule to take Laura (rhyming names can be confusing!) home at recess. Maxwell, new boy and bully, has Norah targeted for blackmail. He knows she plans to share Laura's secret with her friend Frankie and that she's keeping quiet about Laura's trips home. Norah learns of Maxwell's own insecurities and his artistic talents and uses this knowledge to effect a positive change in his attitude. Humor and suspenseful action would give Norah opportunities to shine, and these stories could use more of both. There are details which stretch credibility. For example, Laura's emotional problem in Maxwell's Metamorphosis is based on a traumatic association with the color of the washroom walls. But Norah is left to deal with it with no adult involvement (parents are all but invisible, and where is the supervising teacher at recess?). Also, Maxwell's negative and sometimes cruel behaviour is the result of changing schools several times, and yet he responds immediately when Norah simply points out his drawing talent. Both of these incidents seem well beyond the intended responsibility level of a peer mediator. The plot structure in Fashion Fandango is weak. The initial problem (Norah's wish to be a mediator) is solved before mid-book. The main action and conflict, which takes place in the last half between two secondary characters, was only briefly alluded to earlier. Norah, as mediator, becomes mostly a bystander while the dialogue is dominated through several pages by Barbara-Jane and Frankie. This approach does little to showcase Norah's character, although it gives a practical demonstration of peer mediation.
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Fashion fandango
In Maxwell's Metamorphosis, Nora takes her role as peer mediator seriously. When first grader Laura entrusts her with the secret that she's afraid to use the school washroom, Norah breaks a rule to take Laura (rhyming names can be confusing!) home at recess. Maxwell, new boy and bully, has Norah targeted for blackmail. He knows she plans to share Laura's secret with her friend Frankie and that she's keeping quiet about Laura's trips home. Norah learns of Maxwell's own insecurities and his artistic talents and uses this knowledge to effect a positive change in his attitude. Humor and suspenseful action would give Norah opportunities to shine, and these stories could use more of both. There are details which stretch credibility. For example, Laura's emotional problem in Maxwell's Metamorphosis is based on a traumatic association with the color of the washroom walls. But Norah is left to deal with it with no adult involvement (parents are all but invisible, and where is the supervising teacher at recess?). Also, Maxwell's negative and sometimes cruel behaviour is the result of changing schools several times, and yet he responds immediately when Norah simply points out his drawing talent. Both of these incidents seem well beyond the intended responsibility level of a peer mediator. The plot structure in Fashion Fandango is weak. The initial problem (Norah's wish to be a mediator) is solved before mid-book. The main action and conflict, which takes place in the last half between two secondary characters, was only briefly alluded to earlier. Norah, as mediator, becomes mostly a bystander while the dialogue is dominated through several pages by Barbara-Jane and Frankie. This approach does little to showcase Norah's character, although it gives a practical demonstration of peer mediation.
Book Review
Smarty pants
but so is Norah, and they do a good job of building each other's self-esteem. The twist to the story is that Aunt Norah is very techniques that help to build self-worth as Aunt Norah encourages Norah's
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Ooo-cha!
\"Young lady!\" roared the tiger, \"my nose tells me that you have \"Because, \" said the tiger, \"I have teeth as big as daggers and razors,\" said Emily, \"but you certainly don't have any manners,
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