Annie and Simon: The Sneeze and Other Stories (Candlewick Readers)

by Catharine O'Neill (Author) Catharine O'Neill (Illustrator)

Little sister, big big brother, and (mostly) good friendsNAnnie and Simon areback in a second wry and warmhearted early chapter book. Full color.
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PreS-Gr 2--Annie, a prereader, loves to draw and has an incredibly patient, attentive big brother; their interactions are chronicled throughout four chapters in this book for fluent beginning readers. The first chapter takes place at a lake where the siblings look for living things for Annie to draw: a frog, a crayfish, a clam, and a dragonfly. Simon gently suggests that she make some changes to her work and provides some interesting facts about the creatures. In the second chapter, Annie is convinced that Simon is sick because he is sneezing and has a warm forehead. Her efforts to care for him require her brother's help, but he is finally able to rest when he reads a book to Annie. In the third chapter, Simon postpones looking at Annie's new pictures until he reads "three hundred and six" more pages of his book while reclining in a hammock. Annie impatiently waits and becomes distracted by the neighbor's cat, and wishes her dog, Hazel, had some feline attributes. She tries to convince Simon that she has taught Hazel to purr. In the concluding chapter, Simon and Annie gather horse chestnuts and later must track them down when a squirrel buries them. Readers will enjoy the clever, humorous ending for each chapter, and adults may appreciate opportunities to extend the tales with informational texts about aquatic and domestic animals. Expressive, distinctive watercolor paintings depict the love and activities these siblings share in a quaint frame house in the country.--Laura Scott, Farmington Community Library, MI

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Catharine O'Neill
Catharine O'Neill is the illustrator of many books for children. Originally from Toronto, she now lives in upstate New York with her family and a small red dog named Hazel.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780763649210
Lexile Measure
480
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Candlewick Press (MA)
Publication date
May 14, 2013
Series
Candlewick Readers (Hardcover)
BISAC categories
JUV029000 - Juvenile Fiction | Nature & the Natural World | General
JUV013070 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Siblings
JUV044000 - Juvenile Fiction | Readers | Intermediate
Library of Congress categories
Brothers and sisters
Dogs
Delaware Diamonds Award
Nominee 2014 - 2015

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