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10/19/14

Clever Beatrice


TITLE:  Clever Beatrice
AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Margaret Willey/Heather M. Solomon
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Publication                PUBLICATION DATE: 2001 
AWARDS:  The 2002 Charlotte Zolotow Award, Parent's Choice Award, Los Angeles Time Best Book Award, and Horn Book Fanfare Award
GENRE: Traditional Book - Tall Tale                       READING LEVEL:  Fourth grade
BRIEF OVERVIEW: Beatrice wants to help her mother buy more porridge, so she finds a giant in the woods who likes to bet. When Beatrice bets three times that she is stronger than the giant, she wins all three times by being clever.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Have students create their own tall tale with them outsmarting the giant.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: (Jasmine Nall, Valdosta State University ECED)
LABELS: nature, imagination, tall tale
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