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Please Write in This Book
by
Mary Amato
When their teacher leaves a blank journal in the Writers' Corner, encouraging kids to "talk" to one another about anything they like, they start off with brief self-portraits in words and sketches, including bits of facts and nonsense. Lizzie tells her classmates to be nice, but she gets mad when the boys mock her and her friends with lots of talk about poop, sno...more
Paperback, 97 pages
Published
January 2nd 2008
by Holiday House
(first published October 15th 2006)
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"Hello boys and girls,
You have found this book! I hid it in the writer’s corner, hoping you would. During center time, you can choose to come to the writer’s corner and write in this journal. Write about anything you want. Leave it for other students to find and write in, too. I want you to “talk” to one another in these pages."
And that’s just what the students in this class do…..
Please write in this Book had me laughing out loud. These characters seemed so real, I...more
You have found this book! I hid it in the writer’s corner, hoping you would. During center time, you can choose to come to the writer’s corner and write in this journal. Write about anything you want. Leave it for other students to find and write in, too. I want you to “talk” to one another in these pages."
And that’s just what the students in this class do…..
Please write in this Book had me laughing out loud. These characters seemed so real, I...more
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Category: easy reader
Author: Mary Amato
Illustrator: Eric Brace
Title: Please Write in This Book
Publisher: 2006 by Holiday House
ISBN: 0823419320 (ISBN13: 9780823419326)
Genre: fiction
Reading level: grade 2/3 and up
On her first day of school, Lizzie discovers that Mrs. Wurtz has left a special notebook in the Writing Corner. A note on the first page explains that the purpose of the notebook is to become the class journal where students can writ...more
Author: Mary Amato
Illustrator: Eric Brace
Title: Please Write in This Book
Publisher: 2006 by Holiday House
ISBN: 0823419320 (ISBN13: 9780823419326)
Genre: fiction
Reading level: grade 2/3 and up
On her first day of school, Lizzie discovers that Mrs. Wurtz has left a special notebook in the Writing Corner. A note on the first page explains that the purpose of the notebook is to become the class journal where students can writ...more
Part of the 2011-2012 Maud Hart Lovelace reading list - If you liked Sloppy Copy Slip Up or The Adventures of Ron Faster at the Harvey N. Trouble School, this might be the book for you.
Could be a good book for young readers who like humorous stories or as a class read-aloud to promote creative writing.
Additional notes - I do have a few concerns about some of the things students wrote in the notebook. They could be construed as bullying. Even when the teacher had a fair idea about what...more
Could be a good book for young readers who like humorous stories or as a class read-aloud to promote creative writing.
Additional notes - I do have a few concerns about some of the things students wrote in the notebook. They could be construed as bullying. Even when the teacher had a fair idea about what...more
This book is about a teacher who hides a blank book in the class writing center for the students to write in. She says that she will check the book once a month and they can write what they want. The kids in this book are pretty mean to each other. It's great that they learn to work together in the end, but I just didn't like it. I felt that the teacher should have been reading the notebook all along, not waiting a whole month. I also didn't feel that it seemed like the teacher was taking t...more
I like this book because it was hilarious. The part when Milton says he likes roving robots and Luke says, "How about you put a roving robot up your honker" (nose), was especially funny. I also laughed at Keesha, who loves horses, when she said she wants to be a horse when she grows up. This book was basically about a class who got a journal from their teacher and they could write letters to each other. They were supposed to have fun and sign their names at the end of their lette...more
Age range: 9-12
Number of pages: 97
This is a chapter book that might be more appropriate for older grades, but could be used as a read-aloud for younger grades. It is a cute book that shows what happened when a teacher left a blank notebook out in the reading corner with the directions, "Please write in this book." This book would be good for talking about journal entries, but would still be appropriate to show informal letter writing.
Number of pages: 97
This is a chapter book that might be more appropriate for older grades, but could be used as a read-aloud for younger grades. It is a cute book that shows what happened when a teacher left a blank notebook out in the reading corner with the directions, "Please write in this book." This book would be good for talking about journal entries, but would still be appropriate to show informal letter writing.
I enjoyed this quick read written for elementary school students. It reminded me of Diary of a Wimpy Kid for younger students. The story focuses on a class taking turns writing in a journal. What starts as mean things being written about each other evolves into a collaborative creative writing exercise. By the end of the story classmates were beginning to understand each other and had learned to allow for different interests and personalities.
This is a book for kids who like funny pictures mixed in with the text.
I laughed throughout the book and it was on the 2008 SRP list for kids grades 3-6.
The teacher tries to promote writing in her classroom by creating a "writing corner" where the kids can write in a book that the teacher will not read. This is the start of an hilarious by-play of words with pictures between the kids of the class.
reviewed by Dori
I laughed throughout the book and it was on the 2008 SRP list for kids grades 3-6.
The teacher tries to promote writing in her classroom by creating a "writing corner" where the kids can write in a book that the teacher will not read. This is the start of an hilarious by-play of words with pictures between the kids of the class.
reviewed by Dori
I first was a little turned off when I realized the whole project was adult initiated. Books are so much stronger when the children initiated it. Then I felt that it glorified bullying in a way. This is the same type of bullying that is very prevalent online. I realize that it all got resolved at the end, but I just didn't think the book was funny. My search for chapter books for 3rd-5th grade continues.
I just loved this book. While it's younger kids writing in the 'class book' placed in the Writing Center by the teacher, I think even high schoolers can get into the meanness theme, the personalities that come through the writing, and how the kids resolve and learn to accept differences. I even wondered to myself whether a MS or HS group would decide to replicate the act of a 'class book'....
3rd&up. This story is told in journal format, with a class full of main characters. The chapter book includes plenty of illustrations, and a fair amount of potty-type humor (you decide if that's a positive or negative)! It's a fast read, with a girls versus boys thread, and It should be quite popular with it's intended audience.
This book is fun each students write what they want and what happend at school each day.A lot of fun is in this book, girls hid in the girls bathroom the book because they think boys write mean things about girla specialy of Lizzy and Yoshi but the boys found the book and hided in boys bathroom.But at the hed everybody was happy.
Mrs. Wurtz leaves a blank notebook in a corner of her room for the kids in her class to discover and write their thoughts in. When the writing gets out of hand, the kids must work together to decide how to solve the conflict. A quick read with true to life characters, this book will inspire others to start notebooks of their own.
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I didn't like how most of this book was the students calling each other names and fighting. Not only does it set a bad example but it's also just uninteresting to read. I can't imagine kids getting very excited about this book. It doesn't have any of the charm of the Wimpy Kid books which I'm sure it was modeled after.
This is an interesting idea for teaching and shows how sometimes we are better off letting the kids work it out. This would be a good book for kids who aren't into reading. It is written as if they are passing notes. Lots of "body humor" and the 7-10 year old in my house finds it quite funny!
For kids that like Captain Underpants and are moving into the Diary of Wimpy Kid books, this is a similar type of read with lots of goofy pictures and sassy type of talk between classmates as they record their thoughts into a class book. Very funny
just reread this since i'm using it for my 2nd-3rd grade book club this month. i forgot just how funny it is! and the word on the streets of the village i work in is that all the kids loved it too. winner!
I love this book, it's silly and fun and most kids could read it in 1 or 2 sessions. Also at the end they can write in their own review. The reviews have been just as fun to read as the book.
When Ms. wurtz leaves a blank book at the writing center to encourage her students to write to each other in it, her class embarks on a classroom battle. Fun diary format that I would recommend for 3rd or 4th graders to read.
This book is great for second or third grade. I was tempted to use as a read aloud for literary lunch, but shared it with a classroom teacher who is emphasizing writing this year.
Super cute and short. A nice intro to books with illustrations in it ala "Diary of a Wimpy Kid." This would probably appeal to both boys and girls.
its about these kids their teacher gave them this book to write nice notes to each other then they started writing mean notes
I learned that boys and girls can work well together.
EX: they wrote a story together. (the whole class did)
EX: they wrote a story together. (the whole class did)
i think this book is my faoviter book ever that i had read and i have read it a lot of times
What a fun book to use to start a journal writing unit! I'd love to use this to get kids using writing to share story ideas back and forth.
Another great read out loud book for grade school kids. Fast and Funny.
Light and fun. Might inspire kids to keep their own notebooks.
Far too easy for him, but he loved it. After all, we don't always have to challenge ourselves. I like to read easy books sometimes too. I loved this book for him though just listening to him chuckling to himself as he read. A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E
All i have to say is......
IT WAS HILARIOUS!!!!!!
IT WAS HILARIOUS!!!!!!
Cute book with an interesting premise.
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Born January 3, 1961, in Belvidere, IL; grew up in Libertyville, Illinois; married Ivan Amato (a science writer); children: Maxwell, Simon. Pets: Sorry, none! Favorite food: Chocolate.
I studied special education and dance at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. In graduate school, I studied fiction writing and poetry at Johns Hopkins University in Washington, DC.
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I studied special education and dance at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. In graduate school, I studied fiction writing and poetry at Johns Hopkins University in Washington, DC.
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