Cody and Quinn, Sitting in a Tree [Library Binding]

Kirby Larson (Author), Nancy Poydar (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1998 | Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up

Cody and Quinn are the best of friends. It's no big deal to Cody that Quinn is a girl. But it's a big deal to Royce, the class bully who likes to sing "Cody and Quinn, sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" Cody loses his temper and gets angry at Quinn. Now his best friend won't talk to him. How can Cody make up with Quinn and solve his problem with Royce?

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Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 2-3?Larson's attempt to create a credible bully story falls short. Royce is making life miserable for Cody, especially when he begins to challenge Cody's friendship with Quinn, a female classmate. The tension mounts until Cody finally fights back, only to find out that the bully, too, has a vulnerable side. Royce would like to be accepted by the rest of the class, and the story ends with Cody helping him do just that. Although the second graders take on their own personalities as the story unfolds, their teacher hardly emerges at all, and doesn't express any kind of authority to curb Royce's disruptive behavior. While the children are in the foreground of the story, the apparent lack of discipline and structure within the school scenes dramatically weaken it. Joanna Cole's Bully Trouble (Random, 1989) and Laurie Lawlor's How to Survive Third Grade (Albert Whitman, 1988) are much better chapter books for young readers.?Cheryl Cufari, N. A. Walbran Elementary School, Oriskany, NY
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

From Booklist

Gr. 2^-3, younger for reading aloud. Larson explores the issues of second-grade bullies and boy/girl friendships in this beginning chapter book. Cody has always been best friends with Quinn until Royce begins taunting them, "Cody and Quinn, sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" Cody tries ignoring Royce; when that fails, he retorts that he hates Quinn. She is understandably miffed, forcing Cody to think of some better strategies for dealing with both classmates. Larson has an accurate sense of seven-year-olds' preoccupations and a good ear for dialogue. Although real problems are not always as easily resolved as Cody's, the characters are likable and the solutions believable. A popular choice for beginning readers, to be illustrated with black-line drawings. Kay Weisman --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 7 and up
  
• Library Binding
• Publisher: Econo-Clad Books (January 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0613071719
• ISBN-13: 978-0613071710
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,620,250 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I was born at Fort Lawton Army Hospital in Seattle and haven't moved very far from there since. When I was a senior in high school, I got into an argument with a guy in the school library. Four years later, we were married. We have a son, Tyler, who lives in Brooklyn and works in film and TV; a daughter, Quinn, who is such a terrific interior designer she can even make our house look good and a son-in-law, Matt, who thinks he has a full-time job as an accountant but his real job is helping me with computer problems.