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Marty McGuire (Marty McGuire #1)
by
Kate Messner (Goodreads Author),
Brian Floca
A fun, accessible chapter-book debut from an exciting new talent--simultaneous hardcover-paperback launch!
Marty McGuire would rather spend recess catching frogs in the pond than playing dress-up with the other girls in third grade. So when her teacher casts Marty as the princess in the class play, Marty's absolutely, positively sure that there's been a huge mistake. But af...more
Marty McGuire would rather spend recess catching frogs in the pond than playing dress-up with the other girls in third grade. So when her teacher casts Marty as the princess in the class play, Marty's absolutely, positively sure that there's been a huge mistake. But af...more
Hardcover, 160 pages
Published
May 1st 2011
by Scholastic Press
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Ask any 3rd grade teacher. Ask any librarian. Ask any publisher. There are not enough books for readers who are just starting to read longer chapter books. We need more Marty Mcguire books. It's well-written, funny, and entertaining.
Meet tomboy, Marty. She is having problems with her best friend, Annie, who has embraced dancing, frilly things, and new friendships... like Veronica Grace, the ultimate girly girl. In order to win back Annie, Marty tries to play dress up and learn to dance with the...more
Meet tomboy, Marty. She is having problems with her best friend, Annie, who has embraced dancing, frilly things, and new friendships... like Veronica Grace, the ultimate girly girl. In order to win back Annie, Marty tries to play dress up and learn to dance with the...more
I just might have a new favorite early chapter book series, which delights me to no end. There's so much I adore about Marty and this book, but chief among them is the voice, which is terrifically real and appropriate and just overall really fun. Great book that I look forward to recommending. Can't wait to read more adventures.
From the back of the book:
"That nice Mrs. Kramer lied to me about third grade. On the last day of school, she gave us cupcakes with sprinkles and little beach umbrellas and said have a super-duper summer and she'd wave to us in the hallway next year. She said third grade would be even more fun than second grade. She said we'd read bigger books and keep our old friends and make new ones and even get to be in the school play.
None of it is true. Because Veronica Grace Smithers has stolen my best fr...more
"That nice Mrs. Kramer lied to me about third grade. On the last day of school, she gave us cupcakes with sprinkles and little beach umbrellas and said have a super-duper summer and she'd wave to us in the hallway next year. She said third grade would be even more fun than second grade. She said we'd read bigger books and keep our old friends and make new ones and even get to be in the school play.
None of it is true. Because Veronica Grace Smithers has stolen my best fr...more
True confession: I am a sucker for chapter books, those books for the newly confident and independent 1st through 3rd grade reader. The drama! The humor! The great characters! My daughter and I read nearly all of Patrica Reilly Giff's Polk Street School Kids series, back in the day.
Kate Messner's addition to that genre is welcome and delightful. Marty is a tomboy who, to her great dismay, gets cast as the princess in the Princess and the Frog play at school. Her mom won't let her back out and th...more
Kate Messner's addition to that genre is welcome and delightful. Marty is a tomboy who, to her great dismay, gets cast as the princess in the Princess and the Frog play at school. Her mom won't let her back out and th...more
This little gem is for the discerning reader who is ready for characters and plots that go beyond your basic Junie B Jones stories. Marty is navigating the rough waters of third grade... her best friend is more into dancing these days than tadpole hunting, and Marty's mother doesn't understand why she keeps having various recess adventures that cause her to be sent home in the nurse's emergency set of clothes. It's bad enough when Mrs. Aloi tells her class that they're going to be putting on a p...more
Third grader Marty McGuire is more into nature and the outdoors than playing dress-up and princessy things. She admires people like Jane Goodall (as do I) and is not afraid to catch a big bullfrog in the pond near the playground at recess, even if it means getting a bit muddy. So why would her teacher cast her as the Princess in the class play of The Princess and the Frog? Why not Veronica Grace (a.k.a. Princess Bossypants) who wears sparkly clothes and loves dancing and dressing up?
Her teacher,...more
Her teacher,...more
Marty was really looking forward to third grade; after all, her second grade teacher had promised it would be even better than second had been. Unfortunately, reality was not matching up with that billing. Veronica Grace has "stolen" Marty's best friend Annie. Annie no longer wants to catch frogs and crayfish, climb trees or play in the woods pretending to be Jane Goodall. Now she's joined the Veronica Grace fan club, and Marty is hurting. When her teacher announces they will be spending the nex...more
Marty McGuire is definitely NOT the princess-type! She is a tomboy through and through. She loves to explore woods and ponds, catch frogs, run and play hard, but put on tiaras and dresses to dance and pretend? Forget it! She is willing to compromise a bit, but not if it means passing up a chance to catch the biggest, fattest bullfrog she's ever seen, even if it means falling into the muddy pond on the edge of the school grounds. Marty refuses when she is chosen to play the princess lead in the c...more
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Wipe off your muddy hands (those gardening transplants can wait) and grab a copy of Marty McGuire. Not since Ramona have we had such a fiesty and independent female character - a girl who balks at sparkly princess garb in exchange for pretending to be Jane Goodall. All in good fun, with laughs and lightness woven together with pitch perfect pictures by Brian Floca.
Bring this book to life as you read it aloud. Grab some Maracas for some fun classroom management, serve cupcakes with spinkles, have...more
Bring this book to life as you read it aloud. Grab some Maracas for some fun classroom management, serve cupcakes with spinkles, have...more
A breath of fresh air for anyone sick of the requisite princess stuff girls are inundated with these days. Marty's your typical tomboy. She'd rather catch a big bullfrog behind her school than learn how to waltz with the likes of snobby Veronica (who stole Marty's best friend Annie, the rat). So when the school play for the 3rd grade is announced, no one is more surprised than Marty that she's managed to secure the title role. In short, she's going to be forced to play princess. Fortunately for...more
What a great story about a tree climbing, frog loving little girl who would rather be tromping through a muddy stream than playing dress up! Marty has just begun third grade and is excited for what it holds. The teacher has just announced that the class will be doing the play the Frog Prince. Marty is hoping that her job will be to paint the sets or play one of the animals. But no, she is chosen to be the star of the show; the princess. Marty declines the part until her teacher calls her mother...more
All I want to say is move over Ramona, Judy Moody, and Clementine, there is a new kid on the horizon who is mischievous, likeable, witty, daring, smart, tomboyish, funny, creative, and I could go on and on. Alas, welcome to the new character, Marty McGuire, created by one of the best elementary and middle grade authors, Kate Messner, and illustrator Brian Floca.
It would take someone like Marty to turn a somewhat boring end of the year class play into something hilarious so that not only the pare...more
It would take someone like Marty to turn a somewhat boring end of the year class play into something hilarious so that not only the pare...more
Read this book bc it got recommended to my mom, and I'm really glad it did bc I loved it! Marty is a third grade tomboy with tons of personality. She's having a rough year bc her bff got all girly and hangs out with princess fancypants (my description) and doesn't hang out with Marty anymore. Boy, can I relate! Anywho, Marty ends up being asked to be the lead in the class play, and she thinks she's being conned bc it's the princess role! Leave it to Ramona to get all squirrely and almost sabotag...more
Great book of which we need more of in my school library. This is a perfect chapter book for 2nd or 3rd graders, for which high quality ones are hard to find. Marty is a tomboy who is dismayed when her 3rd grade classmates want to play "princess" on the playground. And then to make matters worse she is given the role of princess for a class play of " the Frog Prince". Marty uses her humor and intelligence to make the best of the situation, and in doing so discovers some new friends. Can't wait...more
Third grade presents some challenges for Marty McGuire, but nothing she can't handle in her inimitable, creative way. Messner has created a lively, realistic active girl who reluctantly takes on the lead as the princess in a class production of THE FROG PRINCE. Marty would rather be out catching real frogs in a pond or helping her mother rehabilitate a crafty raccoon. And when she "improvises" the final scene of the play, it is pure Marty McGuire. Messner's child characters are all believable an...more
Marty McGuire is the type of kiddo you just LOVE to have in your classroom! Kate Messner's writing is authentic and helps the reader grow to know and love Marty. Marty is a 3rd grader with a spunky personality who seems very comfortable in her own skin (she is a definite tom-boy), yet not so comfortable in being the princess in the 3rd grade play of The Frog Prince. With the right amount of encouragement from her teacher, she takes on the role and does a great job, even with a little improvising...more
I just acquired Marty McGuire Digs Worms & was lucky enough to find the first book introducing Marty in an audio book so I listened to it first. What a personable, funny and likable young girl. I love that she likes to do things with her friend Annie like catch frogs instead of playing dress up as a princess. When she is cast in the school play as a princess, Marty adds her own brand of royal behavior. This is a book that will make students laugh out loud-lots of shenanigans, and Kate Messne...more
This is a cute little chapter book. Great for that first leap into 'real books' in second grade. Marty has looked forward to third grade, billed to be even better than second grade. Not so. So Not Fair. Her friend has defected from frog chasing to princess twirl land. Marty is all alone doing the things she enjoys which seem to land her in trouble. Marty is hurt and dejected.
Now, to add insult to injury Marty is cast as the Princess in The Frog Prince play. What is her teacher thinking??? Find...more
Now, to add insult to injury Marty is cast as the Princess in The Frog Prince play. What is her teacher thinking??? Find...more
Good story... love the beginning (have to look that up)... third grade is not turning out to be all that it was supposed to be. Marty's best friend no longer seems to enjoy their tomboy adventures and now their teacher is having them do a princess play for class!!!! Marty doesn't want to do it, and certainly doesn't want to be the lead, but she is. With a few little twists, Marty pulls off her role, and the friends realize you can be tomboys with tiaras! Easy reading level, chapter book. Reminds...more
Sep 26, 2012
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This was a very cute read for grade school girls. Marty is a tomboy, but is cast as the princess in the 3rd grade school play. The story shows how she eventually learns to embrace the role and "improvise!" I especially liked the emphasis on friendships between unlikely kids. Marty's best friend Annie starts to hang out with the snooty, ultra girly Veronica Grace and Marty is disgusted! But by the end of the book, the three of them decide to play together...to "improvise!" even in friendship and...more
Great chapter book for grades 1-3! Marty is a much more appealing character than Junie B. Jones (at least to me), and her voice as the narrator is spot on. The rest of the characters are believable, sympathetic, and overall well done. I highly recommend this series to girls ages 6-10 (more or less), and it's worth a try with boys.
(Note: I received a free advance reading copy of this book from the publisher at an American Library Association Annual Conference. I was not required to write a posit...more
(Note: I received a free advance reading copy of this book from the publisher at an American Library Association Annual Conference. I was not required to write a posit...more
Marty McGuire is a fun, big-hearted chapter book about a tomboy named Marty who feels a touch alienated from the other girls in her class who are into princesses. Her former best friend Annie has been hanging out with them at recess (they used to play Jane Goodall and save chimps together), but Marty slips away to catch frogs with the boys. When she is cast as the princess in the school play, mayhem may just ensue. This would be great for girls who are navigating the shifting world of middle gra...more
As posted on Outside of a Dog:
Marty McGuire does not do princesses. She doesn't do frilly dresses or tiaras or waltzes. She'd much prefer to be playing outdoors, rescuing imaginary chimpanzees like Jane Goodall and pretending to win the Nobel Peace Prize. But when it comes time for the third grade play, "The Frog Prince", Marty is called upon to be the princess, and she's not happy about it. Eventually she gets into the whole acting thing, with the help of a wonderful teacher, and even finds her...more
Marty McGuire does not do princesses. She doesn't do frilly dresses or tiaras or waltzes. She'd much prefer to be playing outdoors, rescuing imaginary chimpanzees like Jane Goodall and pretending to win the Nobel Peace Prize. But when it comes time for the third grade play, "The Frog Prince", Marty is called upon to be the princess, and she's not happy about it. Eventually she gets into the whole acting thing, with the help of a wonderful teacher, and even finds her...more
It's high time "tomboys" rescued their term from its negative connotations. One very rarely runs across parents who use the word with pride. It happens, sure, but more often than not it's paired with a complaint. Same goes for tomboys in children's books. They exist but they tend to appear in works of historical fiction more often than not. The contemporary tomboy is, oddly enough, relatively rare these days. Maybe that's one of the reasons I loved Kate Messner's Marty McGuire as much as I did....more
I wasn't sure if I'd like this book because too often books for a 3rd/4th grade level offer little in content. But I loved Marty McGuire. Marty is a 3rd grade girl who, so far, is not too crazy about her 3rd grade experience, especially since her former best friend Annie has a new best friend Veronica Grace. And now, to make matters worse her class is doing a play - the Frog Prince and Marty isn't too certain she wants to be involved. I found the characters to be well developed and (thinking as...more
Sometimes it seems like in books girls are one of two extremes: pink, princess-loving and propper, or precocious tomboys. This book falls into the tomboy category. The story is fairly predictable if you've been around the easy chapter book block a few times, but it's still very well written and will be lots of fun for young readers. I liked it lots. Give to fans of Clementine.
Marty McGuire is my kind of girl! Who cares about sparkly tiaras and princesses? Not Marty. She'd rather pretend to be Jane Goodall out on a wild adventure. The only problem~ she is cast to play the lead role in her class play, The Frog Prince. Can Marty be a princess and still be herself?
Fast-paced and funny, this Third-grade tale of frogs, frills, and mud (with a tiny bit of sparkle) is perfect for readers aged 7 and up. You will love this first book in the Mart McGuire series.
Fast-paced and funny, this Third-grade tale of frogs, frills, and mud (with a tiny bit of sparkle) is perfect for readers aged 7 and up. You will love this first book in the Mart McGuire series.
Love Marty. She is no cutesy-wutesy, but a very real little girl, and her classmates are real kids too. Especially like the improv scene and the ending, where even Veronica Grace (Princess Bossy Pants) to Marty proves to be not so bad after all. And there's a nice nod to Beverly Cleary, whose immortal Ramona is clearly one of Marty's predecessors.
Another series to add to an ever growing shelf of books for girls ready for short novels--now all we need is an equal number of such series for boys!
Another series to add to an ever growing shelf of books for girls ready for short novels--now all we need is an equal number of such series for boys!
I loved this book. I bought it for our third grade teacher & her class, but had to read it first because Kate is one of my favorite middle grade authors. The third graders are going to love this story. Marty is a live wire! There is so much in the story for every student to relate to, from disappointment over changing friendships to trying to concentrate on math sheets the day of the play... Kate has once again done a beautiful job capturing the voice and emotions of young people.
Nice to read a book about a girl that loves frogs and adventures instead of dress up and princesses. We also enjoyed the putting together of a play, since Cora loves drama. But it's just a quick little read, not good literature, and I'll save those for her to read on her own in the future. I want something that interests me more for a read aloud. Although I do like Marty almost as much as Ramona, and WAY more than Junie B! Cora would give it 5 stars.
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Kate Messner is an award-winning author, TED 2012 speaker, and former middle school English teacher. Her books for kids include THE BRILLIANT FALL OF GIANNA Z.,SUGAR AND ICE, and EYE OF THE STORM (Walker/Bloomsbury Dec. 2010) the MARTY MCGUIRE series (Scholastic), SEA MONSTER'S FIRST DAY, and OVER AND UNDER THE SNOW (Chronicle, Books). Kate also wrote SPITFIRE and CHAMPLAIN AND THE SILENT ONE, bot...more
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