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I will be the first to admit that animal stories are not usually my first choice in reading. Except when it comes to books by Kathi Appelt. Her gift with the language of southeast Texas, and her ability to humanize her animal characters while maintaining a clear sense of their unique species characteristics, make books like Scouts or her Newbery Honor Book, The Underneath, shimmer with literary magic. Appelt's down home storytelling, with its winks and nods to the reader, absolutely begs to be
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Only 2 1/2 months or so of 2013 and I have so many books I still want to read. I look at blogs and lists for what are considered the "best". I also have to think what will appeal to kids for the Maine Student Book Award and what is on the list of nominees for the Cybils. This is one book that has been on some "best" lists. I checked it out of my local library before I started getting Cybils nominees so I felt like I needed to finish it first.
I am not always a fan of the animal fantasy so I had t ...more
I am not always a fan of the animal fantasy so I had t ...more
I've been warry of Kathi Appelt ever since I read The Underneath (a book whose writing I appreciated, but whose story I did not like even a little bit). I really didn't want to read this book, which I worried would be more of the same.
Boy, am I glad I was wrong.
First of all, The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp is funny. Not goofy, rolling in the aisles funny. Much of the humor is tongue in cheek. But it sure has its moments.
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Boy, am I glad I was wrong.
First of all, The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp is funny. Not goofy, rolling in the aisles funny. Much of the humor is tongue in cheek. But it sure has its moments.
But the book is also plenty sweet and the characters are very, very ...more
The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp by Kathi Appelt - Animal Fantasy, 4th grade and up – I love reading Kathi Appelt’s books. I love how she makes me slow down and say, hey, wait a minute! I love how she integrates in legends that can be completely feasible and accepted within her stories. I love how she creates characters that I just love and adore and other characters that I think are completely horrible. I love how her narrator chats with the reader in natural ways from “We’re almost to t
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I am not sure how I missed writing a review for this wonderful book. All I can think is that I wrote a fan letter to Kathi Appelt after seeing how she pulled six different stories all together, and so maybe I was so caught up in that I forgot. Anyway!
The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp is a true gem. I LOVED this book and won't stop talking about it to people. I read it with a group of 5th and 6th grade students and they LOVED it just as much as me. They are presently working on a book trail ...more
The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp is a true gem. I LOVED this book and won't stop talking about it to people. I read it with a group of 5th and 6th grade students and they LOVED it just as much as me. They are presently working on a book trail ...more
The Bayou Tourterelle, where the elusive Sugar Man and cousin of Sasquatch lives in the swamp, might become a Gator World Wrestling Arena and Theme Park if Sonny Boy Beaucoup gets his way. But, true blue scouts enter the scene and aim to save it by awakening the Sugar Man with the finest sugar--muscovado. These scouts are raccoon brothers and twelve-year-old, Chap, whose grandfather, before he died, instilled a love of the swamp in the boy.
The narrator takes the reader deep into the swamp throu ...more
The narrator takes the reader deep into the swamp throu ...more
Predictable, but charming book for young readers.
Completely delightful. Raccoon Scout brothers charged with protecting the legendary Sugar Man of Sugar Man Swamp. (Think Sasquatch or Wendigo, but not as scary.) A wacky ecological adventure in the Bayou. Wonderful voice. I never imagined I would love a book with a rattlesnake as a character. Yikes. Great read for our Mother/Daughter book group at the library. Good for boys, too.
The Bayou is in trouble. The wild pigs are set to destroy it and there is an alligator wrestler who wants to turn it into a wrestling stadium. It's up to Chap, the Sugar Man and the raccoon swamp scouts to save it.
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I very much enjoyed this book. The characters are fun. The story is sweet! A book kids can really enjoy.
Absolutely loved it!
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