During a visit to her great-aunt in the country, a little girl discovers a wonderful cut-glass container in the kitchen, a discovery that leads to Aunt Emma's story about how she received the family treasure, a lemon-drop jar, many years before.
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Kindergarten-Grade 2-- When winter first threatens with its gray days, Great-Aunt Emma brings down her lemon jar from her big china cupboard ``. . . to invite the sun in.'' Given to her by her mother one lonely winter when Emma was away at boarding school, the jar has become a symbol of the ever-present warmth of family love. And now with her young niece's fall visit, the elderly woman once again retrieves the etched-glass jar and allows the girl to fill it with the lemon drops bought especially for her. The child muses that someday she will have a lemon jar, too, but she won't put it away. She will keep it ``. . . by my window all the time . . . to remind me of Aunt Emma.'' Kieffer's realistic acrylics richly depict Widman's comforting message of ``a hundred little suns'' passed from one generation to another. The subtle use of a patchwork quilt also extends this theme. The complementary blue and orange color scheme allows a smooth transition from the golden glow of autumn and Aunt Emma's hearth to the bleak blues of the school's isolation. The story unfolds through the niece's present-tense voice. The text is rich with poetic devices; coming from the mouth of the five-year-old narrator, some of the images seem too old or sophisticated for her age. At times, the continual use of the word ``yellow'' becomes too obvious and a bit tedious. But these shortcomings are minor. The Lemon Drop Jar is a reassuring promise of generational suns to warm our winters. --Claudia Cooper, Ft. Stockton Independent School District, TX
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Teachers - use this book to connect math and literature.,
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This review is from: The Lemon Drop Jar (Hardcover)
Lemon Drop Jar is a good lead-in to a math estimation or division lesson. Begin by reading The Lemon Drop Jar (be sure to share the pictures and discuss it.) Ask if the children have ever tasted lemon drops? Would they like to? K-4 Show the class a candy jar half full of lemon drops. Ask them to estimate how many lemon drops they think are in the jar. Actually count (Children can suggest easier ways to count - perhaps by 10's) Record the number of lemon drops in the jar. Then show a second identical candy jar full of lemon drops. Ask the class to estimate how many lemon drops they think are in the full jar. Go back to the half full jar and remind the children of how many lemon drops there are in that jar. Then add 10 more. Ask if the children would like to change their estimates? Continue adding lemon drops 10 at a time and tallying the new total on the board. Stop once in awhile to allow children to change their estimates. Discuss whether or not their estimates are close. Determine how many lemon drops it took to fill the jar and how many are in each jar. When everyone agrees on the amount, K- 2 should stop here and the teacher can then share the lemon drops with the students. To extend this activity for 3rd & 4th graders ask the class to work in partners and determine how many lemon drops each child will get if they are shared equally. They should each show their thinking on paper and hand it in. Remind them to show their thinking using words, pictures and numbers. You may wish to allow them to use manipulatives. When everyone agrees on the number that each child should receive is equally dividied, share them with the children.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great gift for favorite teacher,
This review is from: The Lemon Drop Jar (Hardcover)
We bought this book for my daughter's first grade teacher several years ago as a rememberance of the year. We recently heard from her teacher, and she told us how special that book was and how she thought of my daughter each time she read it (we have moved away from the town). We bought a jar and filled it with lemon drops to go along with the book. It's a lovely story.
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