Tooter Pepperday (Stepping Stone, paper)
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.87 (942 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0679847022 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 96 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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The author lives in Pennsylvania.. There’s no cable TV, no playground, and she’s gone three days without pizza! What does a girl have to do to show her family she’ll never get used to life on the farm?“Tooter is a real-life, plucky, resourceful heroine in a good sound story that has a lot to say about the choices we make and the impact they have.”—Booklist“Tooter Pepperday is sure to bring on the chuckles and the giggles.”—School Library JournalJerry Spinelli is the author of the Newbery Award–winning Maniac Magee, as well
He then traded in his baseball bat for a pencil, because he knew that he wanted to become a writer.After graduating from Gettysburg College with an English degree, Spinelli worked full time as a magazine editor. Memories of dust in my sneakers and humming whitewalls down a hill called Monkey.”Spinelli lives with his wife and fellow writer, Eileen, in West Chester, Pennsylvania. He wrote four adult novels in 12 years of lunchtime writing, but none of these were accepte
A surprising disappointment by Jerry Spinelli When I started to read this book, I thought Tooter Pepperday was going to be another great character in the tradition of Ramona, Junie, and Clementine, all of whom I've grown to love reading about. But what draws readers to these characters is that they have redeeming qualities, and despite their foibles, they are likeable and have good hearts. They're what we would call "sympathetic characters."I real. Not a good example Janey I think it's a funny book, but my intent of reading the book was to put it in our school library, and I don't dare do that. Tooter starts out by handcuffing herself down so that she doesn't have to move with her family to her aunt's farm. Her dad lacks the parental authority to make her behave, but finally her mother wins by tickling her under the armpit. Then Tooter gives them the silent treatment. Fo. Moving Day for Tooter! A Customer Have you ever wanted to run away from home? Well, Tooter does - she hates the smell on the farm and will do anything to get away! Tooter won't talk to anybody because she doesn't want to live on Aunt Sally's farm. Aunt Sally likes the silent treatment, but it drives dad crrrraaaaazzzzy! Tooter thinks she's going to croak because there isn't any McDonald's.
Sabotage is her style, and she doesn't change her attitude until she's given an egg to incubate. Not surprisingly, the chick hatches and Tooter comes to love the farm, but along the way, there are enough farm jokes and silly scenes (Tooter steps in goat poop) to keep readers turning the pages. How will she exist without fast food and pizza delivery? She thinks farm life stinks, literally and figuratively. 3^-5. From Booklist Gr. Mary Harris Veeder. On the day her family moves to Aunt Sally's farm, Tooter handcuffs herself to the bathroom sink. It's a bit like Ramona meeting Ma and Pa Kettle