Three Cheers for Catherine the Great! Contributor(s): Best, Cari (Author), Potter, Giselle (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0374475512 ISBN-13: 9780374475512 Publisher: Sunburst
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: August 2003 * Out of Print * Annotation: Sara's Russian grandmother has requested that there be no presents at her 78th birthday party so Sara must think of a gift from her heart. Full color. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction |
Dewey: E |
LCCN: 2002040804 |
Age Level: 4-8 |
Grade Level: PreK-3 |
Lexile Measure: 590 |
Physical Information: 0.1" H x 9.08" W x 10.28" L (0.34 lbs) 32 pages |
Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product |
Review Citations: PW Notes and Reprints 08/25/2003 pg. 67 Publishers Weekly 08/25/2003 |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 34564 Reading Level: 3.2 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: A little English, a little Russian, and a lot of heart make a birthday celebration you won't want to miss When Sara's grandma, Catherine the Great, suddenly announces, This year for my birthday, I want no presents I have music in my Russian bones, and laughing in my heart. I have the day and the night, and I have all of you, Sara is surprised. How can Grandma have a birthday party with no presents? Her mama explains that a NO PRESENT can be anything from a kiss or a hug to a game of gin rummy -- as long as it comes from deep inside you. But what kind of NO PRESENT would be good enough for Catherine the Great? Mr. Minsky, Monica, and her dad, Mary Caruso and her baby, Mimmo, already have good ideas. But it isn't until Sara is surrounded by Grandma's bundles of Russian newspapers and books that she gets her won idea: She will teach Grandma to read and write English. This lively borscht-and-blintzes birthday celebration shows that sometimes NO PRESENTS can be the best presents of all. |
Contributor Bio(s): Best, Cari: - Cari Best has written many award-winning picture books, including Sally Jean, the Bicycle Queen, a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year; and My Three Best Friends and Me, described by the New York Times as "refreshing" and "exciting." Her picture book If I Could Drive, Mama was described by Publishers Weekly as "a wonderful tribute to an imagination in perpetual motion." In the Country of Queens is her first novel. Ms. Best lives in Connecticut.Potter, Giselle: - Giselle Potter has collaborated with Cari Best on books including Beatrice Spells Some Lulus and Learns to Write a Letter and Three Cheers for Catherine the Great!, which was a Booklist Editors' Choice and selected a Best Book of the Year by both Publishers Weekly and Child magazine. Ms. Potter lives in Kingston, New York. |
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