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June 29, 1999
The lively imagination of Caldecott medalist David Wiesner forecasts astounding goings-on for a Tuesday in the not too distant future -- an occurrence of gigantic vegetal proportions.
Paperback, 32 pages
Published
September 18th 1995
by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
(first published 1992)
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I love David Wiesner! I think his trademark wordless books are pieces of art so when I opened this up and saw words I did a double take and felt a little betrayed. It didn't take long, however, for me to settle into the fantasy of it all. The story centers around a science experiment and the events that follow. While this isn't my absolute favorite Wiesner - it's still a very strong one and well worth checking out. This is a great book for the classroom as it encourages kids to explore ide...more
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Ohmygosh! This book is just so absurd. I love it! The fun words are great for kids, too, "Artichokes over Alaska" "Parsnips in Providence."
This story is very far fetched and funny story that I think kids would really enjoy. The story is about a science experiment that a little girl Holly who lives in New Jersey develops a science experiment. She sends out a bunch of vegetable seeds on weather baloons into space to see if plants could grow in outerspace. Soon on June 29,2009 huge vegetables were falling all over the United State Cucumbers circle Kalamazoo. Lima beans loom over Levittown. Artichokes advance on Anchorage" Then p...more
This story instantly reminded me of one of my favorites; Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.
The story starts off with a familiar setting of a girl working on her science project. She sends off seedlings aloft into the atmosphere to study the effects of extraterrestrial conditions on vegetable growth and development. Of course, we could guess what happened next. The vegetables grew and grew to a size so astronomical, people build houses out of it, renamed New York City, and it even boos...more
The story starts off with a familiar setting of a girl working on her science project. She sends off seedlings aloft into the atmosphere to study the effects of extraterrestrial conditions on vegetable growth and development. Of course, we could guess what happened next. The vegetables grew and grew to a size so astronomical, people build houses out of it, renamed New York City, and it even boos...more
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Holly, a third grader who lives in New Jersey, has carefully planned her science experiment. She will launch vegetable seedlings into the sky because she is interested in the effects of extraterrestrial conditions on vegetable growth and development. A few weeks later, citizens around the world begin discovering their skies filling with vegetables. Holly is puzzled when she listens to the news and discovers that some of the giant specimens are not part of her experiment, and is curious as to ...more
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A story about a girl who decides to do an experiment for her science project by sending various planted vegetables to the Earth's atmosphere to see how well they would grow. A bunch of different vegetables begin to fall back down to the surface in different parts of the world, but they all are enormous in size. A gigantic broccoli ends up falling in her backyard and she becomes disappointed because she didn't send a broccoli plant to the Earth's atmosphere. As she begins to wonder what happened...more
So I have to start this review by saying that I really thought that June 29, 1999 was really an important day! I was definitely proven wrong by the third page. This is a story about a girl named Holly who decides to do a science experiment to see if vegetables could grow in outer space. Holly sends off seedlings in a hot air balloon. She waits for the vegetables to come back and to her surprise vegetables started growing everywhere. The first sighting was seen in Montana Moose Lodge and eve...more
Holly has been working on a great experiment with vegetables. After months of research, Holly fills the the air with vegetable seedlings. Her goal is to study the effects of extraterrestrial conditions on vegetable growth and development. Weeks go by and soon the sky is full of giant vegetable- “cucumbers in Kalamazoo, Parsnips in Providence, and Artichokes in Anchorage.” Holly is confused because there are vegetables in places that were not apart of her experiment. What was going on? The answ...more
Flotsam was the first David Wiesner book I read and so far it remains my favorite. I have enjoyed most of his books and this one was excellent. It’s an unusual Wiesner in that there’s significant text, but the illustrations are amazing and on their own are able to tell the bulk of this story.
I love vegetables and I’ve never seen them in a story in such a creative and fantastic way, fantastic with every meaning of that word. I really enjoyed the humor; there’s probably more that I fo...more
I love vegetables and I’ve never seen them in a story in such a creative and fantastic way, fantastic with every meaning of that word. I really enjoyed the humor; there’s probably more that I fo...more
June 29,199 is about giant vegetables appearing across the USA. It doesn't particularly resemble Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs but it's nearly irresistible to make comparisons. There is a weird, science-inclined narrator in each book. There is giant food, appearing in the United States (although it is relegated to one town in Cloudy ). There, the similarities end. However, while Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs is a whimsical, yet lesson filled books, June 29,199 is a book based on one ...more
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In this science-fiction picturebook, appropriate for readers of all ages(yet some necessary inferencing may make it more appropriate for third grade and above), we meet Holly Evans. This young scientist has chosen to "study the effects of extra-terrestrial conditions on vegetable growth and development." This outlandish experiment will send vegetable seeds up into space, carried by large orange balloons, with the expectation they will fall to back to Earth in the next...more
In this science-fiction picturebook, appropriate for readers of all ages(yet some necessary inferencing may make it more appropriate for third grade and above), we meet Holly Evans. This young scientist has chosen to "study the effects of extra-terrestrial conditions on vegetable growth and development." This outlandish experiment will send vegetable seeds up into space, carried by large orange balloons, with the expectation they will fall to back to Earth in the next...more
This story looks at a young scientist that decides to float some vegetables around to eventually land and plant. She ends up trading vegetables unknowingly with a spaceship. She knows something is up when vegetables she didn't plant start landing.
I liked this far fetched story. I think it would be great for helping kids wonder and become curious about so many topics - space, flight, plant growth, etc. The illustrations were interesting and large. They told the story are much as the wo...more
I liked this far fetched story. I think it would be great for helping kids wonder and become curious about so many topics - space, flight, plant growth, etc. The illustrations were interesting and large. They told the story are much as the wo...more
This is a great picture book that can be used in many different ways. There are vocabulary words that students can learn (depending on their age) including: launch, extraterrestrial, seedlings, loom, bolster, specimen, jettisoned and more. This book can be used to describe how you compile data for a science project, or it could be used to do a DRTA predicting lesson.
The pictures are fabulous as most are in David Wiesner books. As a reader you have to pay close attention to the pictu...more
The pictures are fabulous as most are in David Wiesner books. As a reader you have to pay close attention to the pictu...more
David Wiesner is a master illustrator and his stories are brought to life by his illustrations. They are never plain or boring. In this book, a young girl sends vegetables into the sky as a science experiment. She is very shocked when a short time later, giant vegetables land all over the world but not all of them are the same vegetables that she used!
Encouraging imagination and creativity, Wiesner’s books would appeal to a wide range of ages, from younger children who would enjoy...more
Encouraging imagination and creativity, Wiesner’s books would appeal to a wide range of ages, from younger children who would enjoy...more
A little girl sends up vegetable plants up into the sky for a school project and when large vegetables begin falling from the sky, she thinks that they are hers. When she finds vegetables from the sky that she didn't plant, she realizes that they aren't hers and begin to wonder where her plants are and where those plants are coming from. As it turns out, an alien has dropped his vegetables and wonders what they will now eat...just as he sees the girl's vegetables flying toward him.
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Jessica Vu
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Social Studies
When reading this book to a group of students, I would make some vegie cut-outs and have students help me determine where to pin them on the map based on where the vegies land in the book.
Science
A science experiment was researched and conducted. There was no final conclusion...just more questions, which will help students get out of the Sientific Method mode. This is a great book to introduce 1st/2nd graders to science experiments and can be used with older...more
When reading this book to a group of students, I would make some vegie cut-outs and have students help me determine where to pin them on the map based on where the vegies land in the book.
Science
A science experiment was researched and conducted. There was no final conclusion...just more questions, which will help students get out of the Sientific Method mode. This is a great book to introduce 1st/2nd graders to science experiments and can be used with older...more
Wow, what a fantastic, imaginative book. This is only the second David Wiesner book that I've read, but I'm very keen to read more. On May 11 1999, Holly Evans from Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey (which is actually a place, I checked, great name) releases vegetable seedlings into the ionosphere. On June 29 1999 giant vegetables start drifting down from the sky. Holly is very pleased with her experiment until vegetables she didn't send up start coming down. Fabulous illustrations greatly enhance this wond...more
Holly launches her science project of seedlings planted in boxes attached to helium balloons. But on June 29, 1999 huge vegetables come down from the sky -- broccoli falls into her backyard, peas are floating in the river , NYC is renamed " big rutabaga" instead of "big apple" and large squashes become homes in North Carolina.
A great book to use with Surrealist art for young children regarding recognizable objects that are not in their natural surroundings, like...more
A great book to use with Surrealist art for young children regarding recognizable objects that are not in their natural surroundings, like...more
This is wonderful! As I love both vegetables and the surreal, June 29, 1999 was perfect for me. The illustrations will make you believe in the impossible.
Published in 1995, June imagines a not-too-distant future in which enormous vegetables float gracefully to the ground. Actually, since the real 1999 saw the mass popularity of ridiculous, plant-excluding fad diets, it probably would have benefited America’s health a great deal if this had actually happened.
Published in 1995, June imagines a not-too-distant future in which enormous vegetables float gracefully to the ground. Actually, since the real 1999 saw the mass popularity of ridiculous, plant-excluding fad diets, it probably would have benefited America’s health a great deal if this had actually happened.
We love David Wiesner's books and this one does not disappoint. Though we are used to his wordless stories, where the pictures tell the whole tale, this book uses minimal narrative and his inimitable bizarre, yet beautiful illustrations to create the scene. I know that I've read this one before, but I cannot pinpoint exactly when; the images of peas floating down the Mississippi and a potato version of Mount Rushmore are unforgettable.
This is a fun book about a little girl who conducts a science experiment that involves sending vegetable seedlings into the sky using weather balloons. One month after she launched her plants, on June 29, 1999, to be exact strange things began happening around the world, giant vegetables beginning falling from the sky! This is a good book to use in the classroom that shows students the difference between reality and make believe.
This book, with is surreal scenes of gargantuan vegetables landing all over--- in the forest, in the desert, on a farm, in a small town and in a big city--- would be fun to read aloud. The illustrations of people are quite expressive, especially the seriousness and later the surprise of the would-be scientist. I love the surprise switch at the end, and also the idea of earth being part of an interplanetary tour.
Through this story, students will get a good idea of how experimenting and how science processes may work. The discoveries and the act of exploring and discovering in the story may encourage the students to delve deeply into science. The illustrations are captivating and add a lot of color to the story, and the content is very descriptive, giving students more insight into the creative theme.
I picked this book up on clearance because 1. it had flying vegetables on the cover and 2. June 29 is my one sister's birthday and the main character shares a name with my other sister. So it was fate! This is the first book that I've read by Wisener and I really like it. It's clever and imaginative and would make a great companion to Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs which I *loved* as a kid.
Lindsey
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A little girl sends up vegetable plants for a school project and when large vegetables begin falling from the sky, she thinks that they are hers. When she finds vegetables from the sky that she didn't plant, she realizes that they aren't hers and begin to wonder where her plants are and where those plants are coming from.
Great wordless book for schema story reading strategy.
Great wordless book for schema story reading strategy.
Holly Evans sends seedlings up into the sky as a science experiment. Soon afterwords, all over the United States, huge vegetables appear. In the end, we find out that the aliens had a part in the big vegetables.
I could use this book to connect Science and social studies because we can talk about experiments and the different places the vegetables show up.
I could use this book to connect Science and social studies because we can talk about experiments and the different places the vegetables show up.
The book June 29, 1999 by David Wiesner serves as a good resource for lessons on plants. The book focuses on different types of vegetables. The book discusses the growth of various vegetables. The book also addresses the use of experiments. The book can also be used for lessons on different states because illustrations of places are percise.
June 29, 1999 is a fun and imaginative book. This story makes science and experiments appear fun for children. A little girl, Holly is developing a science experiment where she studies the growth and development of vegetables. I would use this book for science and social studies because it talks about all the places the vegetables came down.
Genre: Fantasy/Science Fiction
I love the floating veggies, I love the details, I really like the story!. I was surprised when the book went "out of the world", but I loved the imagery. I plan to use all of David Wiesner books in my classroom. They will help teach students that they can read by looking at the pictures. (Read to self in Daily 5)
I love the floating veggies, I love the details, I really like the story!. I was surprised when the book went "out of the world", but I loved the imagery. I plan to use all of David Wiesner books in my classroom. They will help teach students that they can read by looking at the pictures. (Read to self in Daily 5)
Summary: Holly Evans decides to send an array of vegetable seedlings into the atmosphere as a way to test the extraterrestrial conditions on agriculture. When Holly's vegetables don't return, she gets worried. All of the sudden, on June 29, 1999, giant vegetables fall from the sky on cities around the world. Were Holly's vegetables to blame? If not, where did her experiment go?
Uses: read aloud to secondary grades (perhaps during science class); independent reading to late trans...more
Uses: read aloud to secondary grades (perhaps during science class); independent reading to late trans...more
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