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Down the Road
Mama and Papa agree that eggs for breakfast would be nice, but they’re too busy to go to the store. So they decide that Hetty is old enough to go by herself. Although she practices walking smoothly up the hill so she won’t break the precious eggs, she can’t help running all the way down. Young readers will hold their breath as Hetty tries her very best to get those eggs ho...more
Paperback, 40 pages
Published
September 1st 2000
by Sandpiper
(first published 1995)
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The above title says it all. One of my favorite lines is Hetty jingling the money in her pocket and saying ...this must be what it feels like to be grown up-- to have money in your pocket and be walking down the road...
I'm a librarian and when I read this to kindergarten through third grade they are all hushed when Hetty drops the eggs. I mean, this is her first big trip to the store alone, and she has begged to go. And Papa has gone out on a limb for he...more
The above title says it all. One of my favorite lines is Hetty jingling the money in her pocket and saying ...this must be what it feels like to be grown up-- to have money in your pocket and be walking down the road...
I'm a librarian and when I read this to kindergarten through third grade they are all hushed when Hetty drops the eggs. I mean, this is her first big trip to the store alone, and she has begged to go. And Papa has gone out on a limb for he...more
Hetty's parents want fresh eggs for breakfast in the morning, but they don't have time to run to get them. They decide to let Hetty go for her first solo walk with her basket and money to get them for the family. Hetty makes it to the store just fine to get the eggs, but on her way home, she decides to stop by the apple tree to get apples for her mom and dad and that's when the eggs tumble out of the basket and bust on the ground. I felt for sure that Hetty's parents would reprimand her for spil...more
I thought this was a endearing story, but I don't know how credible it is. The little girl goes on a journey to buy eggs, but on her way home, she drops all of the eggs. Her parents don't get mad, so that is why I question the story. I don't think it is very realistic. I think it is great her parents forgave her, but it would have been a little better if the little girl had to deal with the consequences.
a simple story about a young child going on an important errand to buy eggs for her family - so grown up! But when she stops to pick just a few apples, all the eggs tumble out of the basket and break on the ground. I loved the illustrations. I loved the feeling of forgiveness. But it did stretch my credibility - would her parents really just climb up the tree with her? and not get upset? But really, it is a very sweet story.
This book is about a young girl who goes on a journey carrying eggs, but unfortunately she ends up dropping them! This book would be great to use when teaching phonological awareness. It has great words that the students can repeat while the teacher reads the story, such as squish, thump and splat! Appropriate for prek-kindergarten.
This is a sweet story of a girl on her first solo errand. Taking everything VERY SERIOUSLY she makes it to the store and ALMOST back when... well... she doesn't. She gets a bit... distracted. And with eggs, that's never a good thing. Luckily she has kind and sympathetic parents who understand that she is just young, after all, and everything turns out all right.
Powerful for it's portrayal of a family that leads with love, this was a truly beautiful book, wonderfully illustrated and compellingly told. The characters were easily identifiable and beautifully described. An excellent book through and through.
Hetty is very careful with the eggs she has bought on her very first trip to the store, but she runs into trouble when she stops to pick apples.
There might be to much text for a story time book
There might be to much text for a story time book
This was a great book. It was a great lesson on parent's forgiveness. It was a good lesson that I'm sure many of us have been through.
A very Zen story...
Teachers: great in the primary grades for introducing the concept of foreshadowing and/or making predictions.
Teachers: great in the primary grades for introducing the concept of foreshadowing and/or making predictions.
nice story
Making Meaning grade 1 resource kit
Making Meaning grade 1 resource kit
Very cute lil book!
Mar 29, 2013
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Alice Schertle has written more than 40 books, mostly for children. A mother and former elementary school teacher, Ms. Schertle is a graduate of the University of Southern California. Many of her most famous works are poetic in nature, though she writes about a wide variety of topics.
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