Fiercely and Friends: The Big Something
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- $1.99
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- $1.99
Publisher Description
An endearing new chapter book series by two-time Newbery Honor author of the bestselling Polk Street series.
Jilli and Jim are best of friends. But today, Jim has some news. Something scary is happening next door. Workmen are building something that is big and red. And a woman in a pointy hat is on a ladder painting. Could she be the witch from Hansel and Gretel making a big red gingerbread house?
When Jilli's dog Fiercely crawls under the fence and runs into the witch's yard--the children must go over there and rescue him! But a surprise is in store for everyone. The woman is not a witch at all. She's Ms. Berry--the nicest teacher from the school. And soon she will be their teacher!
With her characteristic warmth, humor, and irresistible child-friendly drama, Patricia Reilly Giff is at her very best!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
False assumptions underlie the comedy of this buoyant launch to Fiercely and Friends, a paper-over-board early chapter book series that's right on target for recent picture-book graduates. Peering through a hole in the fence, Jim and Jilli see men building "a Big Red Something" next door. They decide that the woman in a pointy hat painting pictures of gumdrops and ice-cream cones on the structure is a witch creating "a Hansel and Gretel house," and they fear for the safety of Jilli's dog, Fiercely, when he gets into the neighboring yard. Using short, punchy sentences, Giff (the Kids of Polk Street School series) writes in the chipper voice of Jilli, whose mind hurtles amusingly from one thought to another. Searching for disguises to scare the "witch," Jilli finds gummy bears stuck to the woodshed floor and dusts them off: "Gummy bears made you brave. They tasted good, too." Palmisciano's (Gifts from the Heart) oil pastels playfully reinforce the energy and puckish personalities of the kids and Fiercely in this promising series kickoff. Ages 5 8.
