Lionel In The Fall (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Puffin Easy-To-Read: Level 3) [School & Library Binding]

Stephen Krensky (Author), Susanna Natti (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 1993 | Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up | Series: Puffin Easy-To-Read: Level 3

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. For Lionel, fall means starting a new school year, raking leaves, and getting to dress up as a knight and chase a dragon from house to house on Halloween.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

The collaborators from Lionel at Large return with an autumn adventure that begins on Lionel's first day of school. He is uneasy: "I have a new shirt, new pants, and new shoes. . . . But I am just the same old me. I don't match my new things." At his parents' prompting, he compares an old photo with his "new" image in a mirror. Now persuaded that he has grown and changed since last September, he gobbles up his breakfast, saying "The new me doesn't want to be late." Other chapters focus on his new teacher, raking leaves and Halloween trick-or-treating, all of them appealing and wry. Krensky's stories and dialogue are realistic and humorous, perfectly matched by Natti's upbeat color drawings. Ages 4-9.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From School Library Journal

Kindergarten-Grade 2 First introduced in Lionel at Large (Dial, 1986), Lionel is a sensitive, yet quite resourceful, seven-year-old boy with typical seven-year-old concerns. In each short, easy-to-read chapter, he is faced with a new challenge measuring up to his new clothes on the first day of school, coping with a new teacher who asks the class to stand up and talk about themselves, tackling a yard full of leaves that have to be raked, and solving a Halloween mystery. Sometimes on his own, and often with the help of his loving family and friends, Lionel comes out on top in each episode of this low key, but very positive easy reader. Natti's familiar round-faced characters and exuberant drawings in pencil and watercolor washes are a per fect complement to the text, capturing all the warm, rich hues of the fall. A hit in any season. Luann Toth, Summit Free Public Lib . , N.J.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• School & Library Binding: 48 pages
• Publisher: Turtleback (August 1, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 083354960X
• ISBN-13: 978-0833549600
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,183,567 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Not a very good example, August 21, 2005

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This review is from: Lionel in the Fall: Level 3 (Easy-to-Read, Puffin) (Mass Market Paperback)

I was disappointed in this book due mainly to the fact that the siblings and friends treated each other so poorly. This is bad enough but there is never any talk of the parents intervening and teaching the children how to treat each other with kindness and respect. Children do not need to be encouraged to treat each other in mean spirited ways. I would not recommend this book to anyone.