Get the Picture, Jenny Archer? (Springboard Books) [Library Binding]

Ellen Conford (Author), Diane Palmisciano (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 7 and up | Series: Springboard Books

Using the second-hand camera given to her by her grandparents, Jenny Archer sets out to win a local photographic contest by taking pictures of everything and everyone around her, an enterprise that has unexpected repercussions.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 2-4-When Jenny Archer's grandparents give her their old camera, she begins to look at things in a new light. She decides to enter a photo contest, but has trouble coming up with an appropriate, exciting subject. When she does, her attempts at candid shots cause her to misinterpret her subjects' actions and remarks, creating complications and strife throughout the neighborhood. The black-and-white drawings add to the overall simplicity of the plot in this easy-to-read, beginning chapter book. As in other titles about Jenny, her naivete and vivid imagination get her into predictable scraps, and she is dependent on her irrepressible charm to pull her through.
Joyce Richards, Prairie Grove Elementary School, AR
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

Gr. 2-4. In Conford's latest light chapter book about Jenny Archer, Jenny gets a camera. In search of "candid" photographs for a magazine contest, she uncovers what she thinks are deep, dark secrets. She imagines that one neighbor is trying to kill a dog, that another neighbor has stolen a car. In fact, the circumstances turn out to be far more mundane. The book ends abruptly--clearly more episodes are on the way--but there's a welcome realism in that the beginner photographer creates not a masterpiece, but a mess. Hazel Rochman

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 7 and up
  
• Library Binding: 64 pages
• Publisher: Little, Brown; 1st edition (November 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0316152471
• ISBN-13: 978-0316152471
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,803,140 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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