Serefina Under the Circumstances
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| Rating | : | 4.84 (731 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0688159427 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 32 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-14 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
where contemporary realism finds a little magic Kindle Customer Serefina is a precocious and verbose young girl who has never kept a secret in her entire life. Still, her grandmother trusts Serefina with a big secret: she's throwing Serefina's little brother a surprise birthday party. Serefina's vibrant imagination envisions the secret growing bigger and bigger as she has a harder time keeping the secret. This books uses an immense amount o. Imagination vs. Never ending love!! I thought this book was a great expression of imagination for younsgters to explore. The author truly was able to relay the message of how a young girls imagination got the best of her as she was honored to keep a secret her grandmother asked her to. Even though this young character in the story was not able to do what was asked of her for very logical reasonings on her part, t
And you can bet a combination thereof will have hilarious results when the "circumstances" involve a surprise birthday party for little brother Buster! Young readers will see more than a little of themselves in Serefina -- because there's nothing more tantalizing than guarding (and telling!) a piece of news. Phyllis Theroux's ebullient text and Marjorie Priceman's buoyant, offbeat paintings make for an altogether entertaining, totally unique, intergenerational story.. Serefina has an imagination as vivid as clear blue sky. She also has a problem keeping secrets under certain circumstances
. From Publishers Weekly A girl's penchant for embellishing tales risks landing her in hot water in this zippy picture book. But when Grandma asks Serefina to keep a secret, it grows bigger and bigger inside her, from a "sprout" to something gigantic, "with branches through every window and with roots snaking down staircases." Before long, Serefina blabs, and then concocts a tale to justify herself. Priceman's exuberant lines and fantastic imagery make this a high-flying journey. Ages 5-up. Serefina and her grandmother enjoy trading catchy phrases like "I'm counting on you," ("Up to one million," is Serefina's response) and "I'm locking my lips and throwing away the key" ("Don't go looking for that key in the bushes l