Some Good News [Paperback]

Cynthia Rylant (Author), Wendy Anderson Halperin (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2001 | Age Level: 7 and up | Series: Cobble Street Cousins (Book 4)

Meet the

Cobble Street Cousins

* Lily, who wants to be a poet *

* Tess, who wants to be a Broadway star *

* Rosie, who wants a little cottage with flowers by the door *

It's spring on Cobble Street, and Lily has a great idea -- the Cobble Street Cousins' own newspaper! Soon the very first edition of The Cobble Street Courier is hot off the presses, with a poem by Lily, Tess's favorite jokes, and Rosie's yummy recipe for shortbread -- even an interview with Aunt Lucy's boyfriend, Michael. Now it's time to deliver the paper to all the cousins' old friends on Cobble Street -- and a couple of new ones!

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 2-4Two more beginning chapter-book series titles that young girls will adore. Three nine-year-old cousinsTess, Lily, and Rosielive with their Aunt Lucy while their parents tour with a ballet company. In Some Good News, the girls create a local newspaper; in Special Gifts, they learn to sew. The simple plots rise and fall gently with enough action and activity to interest beginning readers. These are lighthearted stories with happy endings. The minutely detailed pencil-and-watercolor artwork sprinkled throughout the books reveals the unique personalities of the girls and creates a wonderfully serene setting. Readers are going to wish they, too, lived on Cobble Street. Good alternatives to The American Girls series (Pleasant Company).Sarah ONeal, Salt Lake County Library System, UT
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Review

The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books The charming stories are going to make second- and third-grade girls blissfully happy.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 7 and up
  
• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: Aladdin (June 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0689817126
• ISBN-13: 978-0689817120
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.2 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #360,916 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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More About the Author

Cynthia Rylant is the author of numerous distinguished novels and picture books for young readers. In addition to her beginning-reader series: Henry and Mudge, Poppleton, and Mr. Putter and Tabby, as well as her Cobble Street Cousins early-chapter series, she is also the author of the Newbery Medal-winning Missing May, the Newbery Honor Book A Fine White Dust, and two Caldecott Honor-winning picture books.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Some Very Good News, July 19, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Some Good News (Cobble Street Cousins) (Hardcover)

It was a very good book. I like the characters because they are pretty and it is fun to hear their thoughts. The characters have good ideas. I also like books with pictures, they help me figure out what is going on in the story and this book has several pictures. I really liked the Junie B. Jones books and was looking for other books to read. I finally found the Cobble Street Cousins series and really enjoy them.

5.0 out of 5 stars Favorite stories, July 30, 2011

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Leslee - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Some Good News (Paperback)

My 5 year old daughter loves the CobbleStreet Cousins series. We have been reading it over and over and over again since she was about 4. Cynthia Rylant (also writes Henry and Mudge) writes a nice story about three 9 year old cousins who spend a year with their Aunt Lucy while their parents are travelling with the ballet. During the year they do many activities, such as forming a cookie company, writing a newspaper, making doll houses, performing (songs and poems), and planning a wedding.

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is about..., July 19, 2001

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Karen Park-Spratley (Columbus, Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Some Good News (Paperback)

I like this book because I like its' newspaper. It showed me how Lily Rosie and Tess put a newspaper together. It's a lot like the newsletter than Morgan and Julia and I write.