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Amelia's Notebook (Amelia's Notebooks)
by
Marissa Moss
When Amelia's mom givs her a journal for her ninth birthday, Amelia has a place to share her truest feelings at last!
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published
May 3rd 2011
by Aladdin Paperbacks
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" Amelia's Notebook" was definitely one of my absolute favorite books in fourth grade! Marissa Moss does an excellent job creating a book that reads just like your reading out of someone's journal. Besides the fun text she incorporates, she also includes hilarious pictures which help make the book even better. I will definitely implement this in my classroom library because it definitely encouraged me to use creativity in my writing, and I'm sure it'll encourage other children. I also ...more
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Amelia is a precocious character, kind of reminds me of Ramona. Moss does a great job revealing her voice through her journal entries, doodles and captions.
Goes along with the following lesson on WritingFix entitle Fierce Wondering Stories. Here's the link: http://writingfix.com/Picture_Book_Promp...
Students spend a few days coming up with "What if?" questions that affect them personally, affect the people around them, or affect the whole world. After they've ha...more
Goes along with the following lesson on WritingFix entitle Fierce Wondering Stories. Here's the link: http://writingfix.com/Picture_Book_Promp...
Students spend a few days coming up with "What if?" questions that affect them personally, affect the people around them, or affect the whole world. After they've ha...more
Both back when I was a kid and now, I really admire the creativity and originality of this book. It's a 9-year-old's view of the world through a composition notebook, and it's pretty dead-on, from what I can remember. I loved it when I was a kid because I was really jealous that Amelia could draw things that actually looked like what they were representing, and that the editorial team for the book kept the page structure of real comp notebooks, with the measurements table and class list. Real...more
I adored these books as a kid! It felt like I was reading the adventures of a real girl. It was one of the books that sparked a love of reading in me at a young age, and the humorous illustrations made the stories come to life.
Amelia's family is moving and she is not happy about it given that she will be leaving behind her best friend, Nadia. To help her cope with the upheaval, her mother gives her a notebook to write and draw in. And Amelia does pour out her frustration and issues into the book, illustrating it along the way with cleaver drawings.
This book is a cross between a picture book and a chapter book, with its mix of long text passages and colourful drawings. There are also plenty of margin drawi...more
This book is a cross between a picture book and a chapter book, with its mix of long text passages and colourful drawings. There are also plenty of margin drawi...more
I read this book because my daughter wanted to buy it. She's only 8, so what she reads really matters. This is a good book to get children to journal. It's a story about Amelia - I could only guess the first of a series - that documents her first attempts at journaling.
The entrees are age-appropriate and current enough for my daughter to identify. And she did. She's now hooked, and even if she read it in a day -- I read it in one sitting, of course :) -- I can see her getting an averag...more
The entrees are age-appropriate and current enough for my daughter to identify. And she did. She's now hooked, and even if she read it in a day -- I read it in one sitting, of course :) -- I can see her getting an averag...more
Fabulas entries!
Marissa Moss does an excellent job creating a book that reads just like your reading out of someone's journal. Besides the fun text she incorporates, she also includes hilarious pictures which help make the book even better.
This book would be great in a classroom because it'll encourage children to use creativity in their writing. I also would love to use this book as a writing activity, where my students write a journal about them.
This book would be great in a classroom because it'll encourage children to use creativity in their writing. I also would love to use this book as a writing activity, where my students write a journal about them.
I saw this in our class the other day and felt so nostalgic! I remember when my mom gave me this book and how I devoured it, probably when I was 10 or 11. It's a great book and series for girls to read when they are in 4th or 5th grade, and even middle school. In this original, Amelia fills her notebook like a journal and talks about all the things she is going through - dealing with her little sister, moving to a new house, missing her best friend, etc. It's also filled with her drawings of wha...more
One of my favorites when I was growing up! I always identified with Amelia and I remember feeling that she dealt with a lot of the same issues I did in a realistic and humorous way. I loved the entire series, and while I could never keep up a journal (they devolved into sketchbooks) this book inspired me to try. Would definitely recommend this for young readers.
I would have loved to have this book as a child. All children can relate to having a "private" notebook or journal that is special to them and has all of their thoughts, ideas, drawings, and feelings. This would be a good book to read before itroducing journals in the classroom because it shows the format that journals should be written in.
An all-time favorite. Very funny, unusual design for its time. The writing is 'real'--this author is in touch with this age group. And this very funny story takes a poignant turn when there's trouble at the school. The trouble is not contrived, but rather is believable. Amazing book we love.
Amelia is moving & her mom gives her a journal in which to write her feelings. We see, from the girl's point of view, the stress of moving, going to a new school & building new friendships without forgetting the old. Cute book. Lots of margin notes & drawings.
After reading this book in fourth grade I was inspired, like most students, to keep my own journal. I wanted my journal to be just like Amelia's. Now, as a pre-service teaching I look at books with a new lens and after reading this book again I remember how important and motivational this book is to students. This book series is another must have in my classroom. P.s. This book can also be used as an example of reading like a writer!
I read this book many years ago when I was about nine. I guess I was encouraged to read it because at the time I had a subscription for American Girl magazine, they had an expert from it and it looked real cute to me. This was one of the most fun to read for me as a kid! It really encouraged me to be a lifelong journal writer and to not be afraid to get creative with it. This book is probably about 15 years old, but it's timeless because Amelia feels the same alot of girls her age feel... moving...more
I remembered this book but I couldn't remember what it was called but the cover! I loved these books in fourth grade. It sort of inspired me to try and keep a journal, but that only lasted about a day. I'm just not the type.
Oh my God, I copied the crap out of this girl, even carrying around my own composition book and reporting on the day's lunch menu with colourful, lampooning illustrations. Oh, Amelia, what an inspiring human being!
Enjoyable read for upper elementary aged students. I would use this book to assist students expand their creative writing in ways the author uses in this story. Great for teaching journal and note writing.
all the amelia books are very appealing to little girls because they're set up like amelia's journal and it's very cute. good in the classroom for introducing journals at the beginning of the year.
I love love love love this book. This is a great book to motivate children to write. Because of the way she is writing in her journal, this would be a great book to read to students to show them how to read like a writer. For example, the font, punctuation, and the way she correct her misspelled word is different from any other book.
I love these books! I have read many of them, and I think they are really cool because they are written in notebook form and they are good to read if you wanna read a short story just for fun!
After reading this book the kids all couldn't wait to write in their source books and put down notes, stories and drawings like Amelia. This has a whole series of books.
Debating whether to add all of the books to my shelf. I loved this damn series as a youth-ager and upon rereading they hold up in context. Maybe 4 stars. 3.5? Hm.
So it's not THE Best writing ever, but it's good. It's cute. It's fun. It's a great example of how a notebook could be--full of nothing and everything.
This is an ALL GIRL BOOK! so if you cross the line you will be cursed by my Friend RACHEL indean burn hurts on you you dead like meat! gamal@aim.org
Wow, this book sure brings back memories!! I absolutely loved the notebook format, and I was so drawn in my the pictures as a little girl.
Amelia writes her thoughts down in her notebook as she copes with moving away from her best friend and starting at a new school.
This was a childhood favorite! I first read it in American Girl magazine and the books came out soon after. :)
I can't believe that, for all I read these in American Girl, I'd never read one of the Amelia notebooks.
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Marissa Moss was doing Wimpy Kid stuff way before. Very fun books. Kids like them, too.
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I’ve been making children’s books for a looooong time. I sent my first picture book to publishers when I was nine, but it wasn’t very good and they didn’t publish it. I didn’t try again until I was a grown-up and then it took five years of sending out stories, getting them rejected, revising them and sending them back over and over until I got my first book...more
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I’ve been making children’s books for a looooong time. I sent my first picture book to publishers when I was nine, but it wasn’t very good and they didn’t publish it. I didn’t try again until I was a grown-up and then it took five years of sending out stories, getting them rejected, revising them and sending them back over and over until I got my first book...more
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